News & Articles
News & Articles
Who are the Friends of the Whitworth?
by Graham Carlisle - Monday 25th May, 2020
As we make our way through the Covid19 Pandemic, we thought it was a good opportunity to introduce you to some of our Friends. Rather than presenting them...
Who are the Friends of the Whitworth?
by David Willars - Tuesday 12th May, 2020
As we make our way through the Covid19 Pandemic, we thought it was a good opportunity to introduce you to some of our Friends. Rather than presenting them...
Photos/Comments - Virtual Riga/Tallinn/Helsinki
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 7th May, 2020
From 7th May 2020, several Friends were due to visit the cities of Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland). As we were unable to...
Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki FOW Tour Cancelled
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 7th May, 2020
It’s that time of year when we look forward to our Friends of the Whitworth summer tour and the one planned for 2020 promises to be fascinating. It will...
Look!
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 28th March, 2020
We are living through strange and difficult times. The Whitworth Gallery, along with other Galleries, is closed for the foreseeable future. We thought it was time to share...
Looking Forward
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th March, 2020
These are difficult times. For very obvious reasons we have cancelled what was remaining of our Spring Programme and, for now at least, we won’t be publishing...
Smile!
by Sonia Chapman - Sunday 22th March, 2020
The Nathan Colley Light sculpture which sits on top of the Whitworth Gallery and looks out to Whitworth Park has always been a favourite of the Friends. It...
Friendly Students!
by Fabia Martin - Thursday 19th March, 2020
For the last three years the Friends of the Whitworth has been working with the Art History Department at the University of Manchester to provide a student with the opportunity to...
AGM-Cancelled
by tricia Tierney - Thursday 19th March, 2020
We are so sorry that, due to the situation with regard to Covid19, we have to cancel our AGM, scheduled to take place on 19th March....
December 2020 Overseas Tour
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 5th February, 2020
It may seem a long way in the future, but we are already working on the latest of our very successful short winter 'blockbuster' tours. Last year we...
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Quilting Workshop
by Joan Gem - Tuesday 4th February, 2020
Learning the basics of quilting with Isabel Dibden Wright ...
Christmas Lunch donation to MAG
by Joan Gem - Friday 13th December, 2019
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), The Goatherd Manchester Art Gallery has recently been allocated a painting in lieu of tax by the government, and we are going...
Friends Tour to Amsterdam
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 4th December, 2019
The recent Friend’s Dutch tour was a great success! We set off from Manchester Airport on Wednesday 27th November for the less-than-one-hour (!) flight to Amsterdam....
Carlisle to Dundee - a review
by Susan Jenkin - Thursday 10th October, 2019
Departing Manchester in heavy rain, it was encouraging to observe that the weather forecast for Carlisle, Dundee and Perth for the duration of our trip showed brighter prospects...
Shh...Christmas is coming
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th September, 2019
Ready or not, Christmas is coming! It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to Christmas. Here at the Friends of the Whitworth we...
Sunday Concerts 2019
by Anne Mackinnon - Wednesday 11th September, 2019
Sunday Concerts 2019 3pm in gallery 3, the Whitworth Sunday 29 September 2019: Project 6 Project 6 aims to promote the beauty and sound world of male-voice...
Modernism and the Cote D'Azur
by Jennie Banfield - Wednesday 24th July, 2019
From the moment Nirvana, in her Sunday lecture series at the Whitworth, spoke of the exceptional light and colours of the Cote d’Azur and how it attracted the...
Reflections on the Friends tour to the Cote D’Azur
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
It was with some trepidation that I took on the task of organising the overseas tours for the Friends of the Whitworth. Over the past years, Friends groups...
Who are the Friends of the Whitworth?
by Graham Carlisle - Monday 25th May, 2020
As we make our way through the Covid19 Pandemic, we thought it was a good opportunity to introduce you to some of our Friends. Rather than presenting them...
Who are the Friends of the Whitworth?
by David Willars - Tuesday 12th May, 2020
As we make our way through the Covid19 Pandemic, we thought it was a good opportunity to introduce you to some of our Friends. Rather than presenting them...
Photos/Comments - Virtual Riga/Tallinn/Helsinki
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 7th May, 2020
From 7th May 2020, several Friends were due to visit the cities of Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland). As we were unable to...
Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki FOW Tour Cancelled
by Mike Tierney - Thursday 7th May, 2020
It’s that time of year when we look forward to our Friends of the Whitworth summer tour and the one planned for 2020 promises to be fascinating. It will...
Look!
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 28th March, 2020
We are living through strange and difficult times. The Whitworth Gallery, along with other Galleries, is closed for the foreseeable future. We thought it was time to share...
Looking Forward
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th March, 2020
These are difficult times. For very obvious reasons we have cancelled what was remaining of our Spring Programme and, for now at least, we won’t be publishing...
Smile!
by Sonia Chapman - Sunday 22th March, 2020
The Nathan Colley Light sculpture which sits on top of the Whitworth Gallery and looks out to Whitworth Park has always been a favourite of the Friends. It...
Friendly Students!
by Fabia Martin - Thursday 19th March, 2020
For the last three years the Friends of the Whitworth has been working with the Art History Department at the University of Manchester to provide a student with the opportunity to...
AGM-Cancelled
by tricia Tierney - Thursday 19th March, 2020
We are so sorry that, due to the situation with regard to Covid19, we have to cancel our AGM, scheduled to take place on 19th March....
December 2020 Overseas Tour
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 5th February, 2020
It may seem a long way in the future, but we are already working on the latest of our very successful short winter 'blockbuster' tours. Last year we...
Quilting Workshop
by Joan Gem - Tuesday 4th February, 2020
Learning the basics of quilting with Isabel Dibden Wright ...
Christmas Lunch donation to MAG
by Joan Gem - Friday 13th December, 2019
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), The Goatherd Manchester Art Gallery has recently been allocated a painting in lieu of tax by the government, and we are going...
Friends Tour to Amsterdam
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 4th December, 2019
The recent Friend’s Dutch tour was a great success! We set off from Manchester Airport on Wednesday 27th November for the less-than-one-hour (!) flight to Amsterdam....
Carlisle to Dundee - a review
by Susan Jenkin - Thursday 10th October, 2019
Departing Manchester in heavy rain, it was encouraging to observe that the weather forecast for Carlisle, Dundee and Perth for the duration of our trip showed brighter prospects...
Shh...Christmas is coming
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th September, 2019
Ready or not, Christmas is coming! It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to Christmas. Here at the Friends of the Whitworth we...
Sunday Concerts 2019
by Anne Mackinnon - Wednesday 11th September, 2019
Sunday Concerts 2019 3pm in gallery 3, the Whitworth Sunday 29 September 2019: Project 6 Project 6 aims to promote the beauty and sound world of male-voice...
Modernism and the Cote D'Azur
by Jennie Banfield - Wednesday 24th July, 2019
From the moment Nirvana, in her Sunday lecture series at the Whitworth, spoke of the exceptional light and colours of the Cote d’Azur and how it attracted the...
Reflections on the Friends tour to the Cote D’Azur
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
It was with some trepidation that I took on the task of organising the overseas tours for the Friends of the Whitworth. Over the past years, Friends groups...