Here you’ll find in-depth research projects carried out by individual members of the Visitor Team around topics which interest them, as well as group projects. You can also find more light-hearted content, such as our digital advent calendar, and learn about how we have created colouring sheets from pieces within the gallery’s collections.
Audio Description: Listen to audio descriptions of artworks from the Whitworth’s collections.
Colour Our Collections: Here you will find colouring sheets for all ages- and all created from pieces in our collections! Each colouring sheet was created by a member of the Visitor Team carefully hand tracing an image of a piece from our collections. You can download a free pdf. version of each sheet and find out about the process of turning each piece into a colouring sheet- as well as read about the history behind the original artwork.
Inside the Gallery: a series of interviews with staff at the Whitworth, held over two years, organised and facilitated by Ruby from the Visitor Team. The project aims to demystify what happens behind the scenes of an art gallery.
#WhitworthBestiary: Uncover the folklore, mythology and other stories attached to beings and creatures, real and imagined, found within the Whitworth’s collections.
The Whitworth in Stitches: Read about different textiles from around the world and learn how to stitch some projects inspired by the Whitworth’s collections yourself, from different types of embroidery to small sewing projects.
Movement of the Month: Beginning with the Renaissance and moving right through up to Impressionism, Hannah from the Visitor Team took pieces from various eras and examined them on our blog and our Instagram account @whitworthart
Exploring the Floating World: A project created by Steph which will examine the histories and stories behind Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints and the artists and artisans who created them.
Art, Health and History: Steph explores the various connections between art, health, and history- with particular focus on the history of medicine and a bit of the supernatural. The project also looks at popular festivities in centuries past and the customs attached to them.
#WhitworthAdvent: An online advent calendar which ran from 2020-2024. Here you can find craft tutorials, delicious recipes and posts about festive folklore and history.
Whitworth Invents: a programme designed to inspire innovation, creativity and make art useful.
A Place Between The Trees 