Wonder what the Visitor Team get up to when they’re not saying hello to all of you lovely people on the gallery floor? Find out here.
#WhitworthBestiary: Uncover the folklore, mythology and other stories attached to beings and creatures, real and imagined, found within the Whitworth’s collections- from seals to the walking dead. The project was originally started by John and Steph from the Visitor Team and is now led by John, Jake and Steph- with entries written by various members of the Whitworth’s Visitor Team.
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.
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 thrown in (it was the past, after all!) The project also looks at popular festivities in centuries past and the customs attached to them.
#WhitworthAdvent: An annual online advent calendar comprised of contributions from the Visitor Team and Whitworth Volunteers as we get into the festive spirit each December.
Audio Description: Listen to audio descriptions of artworks from the collection of the Whitworth, The University of Manchester.
Movement of the Month: Beginning with the Renaissance and moving right through up to Contemporary and Mixed Media works, Hannah from the Visitor Team takes pieces from various eras and examines them on our blog and our Instagram account @whitworthart
Whitworth Invents: a programme designed to inspire innovation, creativity and make art useful.
A Place Between The Trees 