Whitworth & Inspire
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Whitworth & Inspire
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011WEA Learners make Cup Cakes at Whitworth Art Gallery
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011WEA Learners
Tim Jones – Jerwood winner 2009
Friday, February 26th, 2010Whilst at the ‘goodbye my darling Urbis’ bash I met a local artist called Mit Senoj (AKA Tim Jones). We got chatting and I asked him if he had a business card as we are always on the lookout for new tutors and workshop facilitators. He handed me two postcards of his work and mentioned that he had recently won the £6,000, 2009 Jerwood prize for drawing. Click here to see Drum, his winning entry. Congratulations Tim!
You can see more of Tim’s work at Bureau Gallery in Manchester.
The Butterfly Effect: Julie Freeman
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Saw this very interesting article on the Ted website about the artist Julie Freeman, who uses data as a source for biologically inspired artworks and installations.
Tasleem Akhtar writes about her visit to Whitworth Art Gallery
Friday, June 17th, 2011
I went on 9th March 2011, to the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, with my Teacher and English class.
I made cupcakes. They were very nice. I used cotton, wool, felt, scissors, pens, coloured pinheads, coloured pompoms, needles and thread.
I was very happy and enjoyed my day. I saw wallpapers. They were very expensive and beautiful.
I saw lots of pictures. All of the pictures were different and very nice and beautiful. They made very beautiful paintings. I saw a very nice rug made in Afghanistan, about fighting. The mat had pictures of tanks, cars, helicopters and handguns. The rug was made with different colours. The rug looked very nice and beautiful.
Tasleem is learning English in Rochdale with tutor, Khalda Ahmed. Tasleem is currently studying for the Edexcel ESOL exams at Entry 3.
Well done Tasleem. I am impressed by your excellent spelling of difficult words such as expensive, different and helicopter.
The writing in red shows where Tasleem’s written English has been corrected. She can then compare her original work to the edited version here and discuss the differences with her tutor.
Peripheral Vision magazine
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
So, the Peripheral Vision project may have ended, but you can view the gorgeous PV magazine here. It contains creative writing, photography, textiles and drawings by some of the learners enrolled on the courses.
Above, is a drawing by Jason Turner.
On Track T Shirt Designs
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Gorgeous printed fabric – look!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Today, the women on the A Stitch in Time course visited the Whitworth Art Gallery and attended a workshop on textile printing. I popped in with Fiona, to have a look at their work and chat to Wendy and Alan, the printmaker. There was a real buzz in the workshop with participants busy adding inks to their designs and choosing colours etc. The finished designs are beautiful and I have taken some photos which can be viewed here. I also conducted a very quick interview with Zubede Karim, who told me about her grandmother, who taught her how to weave in Pakistan. I will upload this to the site very soon.
As this course is proving so popular, we will shortly be running another A Stitch in Time course for adults from the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester. Check out the A Stitch in Time ticket for more details.
Design Stylist’s 100th magazine cover!
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Calling all photographers, graphic designers and illustrators – here’s a fantastic opportunity to create your own magazine cover to celebrate Stylist’s 100th edition. The competition ends on Wednesday 5th October, so that gives you plenty of time to put together something stylish and eye-catching. Good Luck!
Creative Textiles at Manchester Art Gallery
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011Creative Textiles project