News & Articles
News & Articles
FOW Study Tour to Helsinki
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 30th October, 2025
We are pleased to confirm that the 2026 Summer FOW tour will be to Helsinki, Finland. This location would have featured in the 2020 tour which had to...
Student Symposium
by Lucie Bellingham - Wednesday 29th October, 2025
On 29 October, art history students and arts professionals from the University of Manchester, the Whitworth and Castlefield Gallery gathered for a symposium that promised intellectual generosity and...
Student Ambassador
by Emily Hargreaves - Saturday 18th October, 2025
A welcome from the Student Ambassador. My name is Emily Hargreaves and I’m the student ambassador for the Friends of the Whitworth (FoW). I’m currently a second-year...
FOW Tour to Florence - Fully Booked
by Mike Tierney - Tuesday 27th May, 2025
The Friends winter study tour to Florence, between 1st and 6th December, has proved very popular and is now fully booked! As previously advised, the main attraction...
Nirvana Romell
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 22nd May, 2025
Nirvana Romell In recognition of her many years leading study tours for the Friends, the Trustees are delighted to report that Nirvana Romell has been made an Honorary...
Fine company, great art..and a National Emergency
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 1st May, 2025
The Friends have now returned from an eventful study tour to Toledo and Madrid, with a visit to El Escorial. This article is somewhat longer than normal for...
Behind the Scenes
by Karin Howell - Tuesday 4th February, 2025
Behind the Scenes: Shirley Craven Exhibition and Merchandising at the Whitworth Gallery Shirley Craven’s exhibition at the Whitworth offers a compelling examination of her pioneering work in textile design...
Student Notebooks
by Nuala Kinsman - Wednesday 18th December, 2024
On 26 April 2024, History of Art students were given the opportunity by Friends of the Whitworth to create a cover design for a notebook inspired by an aspect...
FOW Study Tour to Helsinki
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 30th October, 2025
We are pleased to confirm that the 2026 Summer FOW tour will be to Helsinki, Finland. This location would have featured in the 2020 tour which had to...
Student Symposium
by Lucie Bellingham - Wednesday 29th October, 2025
On 29 October, art history students and arts professionals from the University of Manchester, the Whitworth and Castlefield Gallery gathered for a symposium that promised intellectual generosity and...
Student Ambassador
by Emily Hargreaves - Saturday 18th October, 2025
A welcome from the Student Ambassador. My name is Emily Hargreaves and I’m the student ambassador for the Friends of the Whitworth (FoW). I’m currently a second-year...
FOW Tour to Florence - Fully Booked
by Mike Tierney - Tuesday 27th May, 2025
The Friends winter study tour to Florence, between 1st and 6th December, has proved very popular and is now fully booked! As previously advised, the main attraction...
Nirvana Romell
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 22nd May, 2025
Nirvana Romell In recognition of her many years leading study tours for the Friends, the Trustees are delighted to report that Nirvana Romell has been made an Honorary...
Fine company, great art..and a National Emergency
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 1st May, 2025
The Friends have now returned from an eventful study tour to Toledo and Madrid, with a visit to El Escorial. This article is somewhat longer than normal for...
Behind the Scenes
by Karin Howell - Tuesday 4th February, 2025
Behind the Scenes: Shirley Craven Exhibition and Merchandising at the Whitworth Gallery Shirley Craven’s exhibition at the Whitworth offers a compelling examination of her pioneering work in textile design...
Student Notebooks
by Nuala Kinsman - Wednesday 18th December, 2024
On 26 April 2024, History of Art students were given the opportunity by Friends of the Whitworth to create a cover design for a notebook inspired by an aspect...