WhitworthYC

Whitworth Young Contemporaries is a Manchester collective of 16-24s who produce workshops + creative events with a social conscience. Instagram: @whitworthyc.

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

Have a read of our blog that we wrote about working with the brilliant @shortsupplymcr. You can read the Zine via the link below too, and check out their website too.

https://t.co/xTW6tsFZVq

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

FREE Lunch time talk: Dr Monica Pearl on Douglas Crimp, AIDS activism and queer domesticity. Join us on Friday 10 June 1 - 1:45pm at @WhitworthArt where @mbpearl will read extracts from Crimp on HIV/AIDS in collaboration with #queeringtheWhitworth & the #openhouse exhibition.

[Ed Watts @Ed__Watts]

Brilliant handmade ceramics by young people from @WhitworthYC available now in the @WhitworthArt Shop 👍 Absolute bargains too as these young creatives are more concerned about the cost of living crisis than most in Whitehall 😳 #ShopOfCreativity

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

In the first part of her blog series exploring A World Adrift, Rebecca considers the significance of the toppling of the Edward Colston statue during the global BLM protests in 2020. Read it over at #APlaceBetweenTheTrees:
https://t.co/EF41AWsee6

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

LISTEN: An #AudioDescription of Two People - The Lonely Ones (1889) - a wood block print by #EdvardMunch which resonated with our #StillParents participants.

Listen to this and more #WhitworthAudioDescriptions here: https://t.co/ZgyOapnoYQ

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

Exciting opportunity below for non-binary and young people!

[The Proud Trust @TheProudTrust]

🏳️‍⚧🎨 An exciting opportunity for trans and non-binary young people - please share to spread the word

We're looking for trans and non-binary young people to create art pieces for an exhibition this summer
Find out more about getting involved: https://t.co/OL4kEcrz0c

[Curious Minds @CuriousMindsNW]

Applications are now open for this year’s Young Associates programme.

This refreshed programme supports early career professionals to build the skills and attributes needed to become the next generation of leaders and changemakers in cultural education.
https://t.co/B7IRBfk0pw

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

The Pankhurst are looking for between 4 - 6 young creatives between the ages of 18-25 years old who are interested in working with the collection in a digital medium e.g. film, photography, design etc. check out the details on the poster attached.

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

To all the transgender kids who are living with bullies, know that you are shining 🌟 #TransgenderVisibilityDay
Bullies, Virgil Marti, 1992 and 1997, W.2010.1.1

[Art History UoM @ArtHistoryUoM]

28 April_6.30-8.30pm White Cube film screening and discussion with Renzo Martens, Alistair Hudson, David Olusoga, and Emilia Terracciano @WhitworthArt
Free and open to all
Registration now open for this event: https://t.co/6dFVWg5Vhg

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

Join us 23 - 26 March @WhitworthArt + @mcrartgallery for the #WhatKindofCity summit - a public forum of presentations, workshops & roundtables taking the work of Suzanne Lacy as inspiration towards creating a vision for a more equitable city. FREE https://t.co/3RsLJu6s8N

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

The wonderful Dylan Edge of @rncmlive presents Queer composers in collaboration with #QueeringTheWhitworth, Sunday 20 March 1pm-3pm. Wander along a musical trail of Queer composers set against a backdrop of Queer artworks for #FREE! Don't miss such incredible talent in action!

[Short Supply @shortsupplymcr]

Short Supply are thrilled to be delivering a programme of activity for the major retrospective of Derek Jarman in collaboration with artist in residence Jez Dolan. The second session is with our very own @molliebalshaw, making queer paintings together looking at Jarman’s methods!

[York Art Gallery @YorkArtGallery]

Now open! 🏳️‍🌈

Together with @YorkLGBT we've been working to queer our Burton Gallery, by telling the stories & sharing the perspectives of LGBTQIA+ people.

Find out more about this display here > https://t.co/XGXSn8iLIE

#LGBTHM22

🖼️ Saint Sebastian by Juan Carreno de Miranda

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

Thank you @igoedesigns for a really great ceramics session today as we start to make material for the Whitworth Young Contemporaries honest shop at @thewhitworthshop. Looking forward to seeing the results after they are fired.

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

A new space for LGBTQIA+ youth. The Prude Place. Fantastic name.

[The Proud Trust @TheProudTrust]

🌈 We're excited to formally announce the appointment of our very first CEO, Lisa Harvey-Nebil. We’re also delighted for her to reveal the name for the rebuilt LGBT+ Community Centre

Introducing The Proud Place - Manchester's LGBT+ Community Centre: https://t.co/qffRTwNooa

[WhitworthYC @WhitworthYC]

We finished our zine making project with @shortsupplymcr yesterday with the project ending up exploring our relationship to queerness. We allowed the process to develop, and like queer we didn’t pin it down to a definition. looking forward to seeing it in print. @WhitworthArt

[Contact @ContactMcr]

“Hearty is a siren call to remember the trans warriors of the past & to prepare for the future, the coming storm. This is a performance that comes doused with fire, suffused in ritual, born of pain and also a steely determination.” Stagedoor

👉More here: https://t.co/1dHIxZjwJI

[Contact @ContactMcr]

JUST LAUNCHED 🚀

We’re inviting sex educators and queer speakers from across the UK to run a series of discussions at Contact as part of our Queer as F**k programme!

Learn more here: https://t.co/vz02FEEwqX

[Short Supply @shortsupplymcr]

We’ve loved working with this ace group - 1 session left - excited to reveal the final zine 💥