Whitworth Art Gallery
Aesthetics of Anatomy
Culture Shots Museums and Galleries Week 2016
Culture Shots 2016 is here!
Culture Shots is a week-long series of events based in hospital environments which are run by museums and galleries.
Culture Shots 2016 is running from Monday 18th July – Friday 22nd July. Click on the link below for the complete programme…
Culture Shots is designed to give you the opportunity to see how culture can enhance the health and well-being of health and social care professionals as well as their patients and families.
Here is a taster of one of the programmes on offer…
Culture Shots Printing Competition with Artist in residence Alan Birch
Alan has created a series of hand coloured prints depicting later-day saints; these first appeared at the John Rylands Library in Manchester in 2015.
Inspired by the medical saints found in the Welcome Collection, the 52 prints bring saints into the 21st century. Alan’s humorous saints reflect individuals’ obsession with contemporary technology, fashion and consumerism.
As part of our +Culture Shots 2016 programme Alan will be in residence in hospitals. Staff, patients and visitors to the hospital are invited to view the later-day saint prints and to meet Alan and chat about his work.
If you want to see more of Alan’s work, click here.
Create Your Own Saint
Packs of materials will also be available and you will be invited to create your own engraving of a saint. Alan will then make you two prints from your engraving. You can either use inspiration from personal or observed obsessions and behaviour or transform an image from an earlier time.
Drop by during any of our sessions:
Thursday 26 May 9am – 12pm @ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (Atrium)
Tuesday 21 June 10am – 1pm @ Trafford General Hospital (Main Entrance)
Monday 18 July 9am – 3pm @ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (Atrium)
Tuesday 19 July 9am – 3pm @ Manchester Royal Infirmary (Atrium)
Wednesday 20 July 9am – 3pm @ Trafford General Hospital
Thursday 21 July 9am – 5pm @ Trafford General Hospital
Friday 22 July 10am – 3pm @ Whitworth Art Gallery (Grand Hall)
Tuesday 2 August 1pm – 4pm @ Trafford General Hospital
Thursday 4 August 10am – 1pm @ Manchester Royal Infirmary (Atrium)
A partnership between Manchester Museum, The Whitworth, Manchester Art Gallery, and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dance for Parkinson’s – Taster Session
Dance for Parkinson’s – Taster Session
Friday 22 July, 2pm – 3pm at Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester
A unique opportunity for people with Parkinson’s, their carers, friends and family, to engage in a creative dance activity to live music led by professional artists from English National Ballet. The classes are fun and expressive and explore the themes, choreography and music of ballets.
Drop-in on the day, no booking required. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can easily move in. Following this taster session, join us for a cup of tea in the Whitworth Art Gallery café.
For further information, please contact: Wendy.Gallagher@manchester.ac.uk | 07920 595772
Museums for Health and Wellbeing conference
The National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing will be holding its first conference at the Whitworth Art Gallery on 2 March 2016. The programme will feature speakers from the health, social care and museum sectors who will explore the contribution museums can make to health & wellbeing from a range of different perspectives.
The day will offer opportunities for networking and sharing information about museum & wellbeing activities. A ‘market place’ area will showcase museums’ work in this field – download the open call for pop-up stands and/or posters by clicking on the link below if you are interested in participating.
Delegates can also take part in a range of practical, hands-on activities in the afternoon, including behind the scenes tours of the Whitworth; mindfulness sessions in the galleries; object handling for wellbeing workshops and walking tours of the gardens. The event will end with a performance and wine reception.
This one-day event is aimed at museum professionals looking to develop their health & wellbeing offer as well as those interested in working in partnership with museums including health and social care workers, artists and art-therapy practitioners.
Click this link for further information or contact National Alliance Coordinator Krisztina Lackoi, k.lackoi@ucl.ac.uk
Download the Open Call for Marketplace Participation (pdf)
Events at the Whitworth
Happy New Year to you all from the Medical Humanities Lab. Lab member Wendy Gallagher asked us to let you know about the following events held at the Whitworth Art Gallery.
Coffee, Cake and Culture
Making culture accessible to people living with dementia and their carers
Fully supported museum visits for people with dementia and their family members or care partners, on Thursdays the 28 January, 25 February, 31 March, 28 April and 26 May, from 2 to 4pm. Attendance free.
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Aesthetics of Anatomy
Life drawing classes in the study of anatomy. Last Thursday of every month, £5 per session – all materials provided. Book your sessions here.
For more information, please contact wendy.gallagher@manchester.ac.uk
Not so grim up north: how can museums contribute to health and wellbeing?
The Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum are part of a new Arts Council funded research project looking at the impact of engaging in museum activities for individuals’ health and wellbeing. Not So Grim Up North (2015-2018) is a collaboration with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM), working with researchers at University College London (UCL).
The Whitworth and TWAM have been leading creative work in the field of health, culture and wellbeing for many years, with specifically developed arts and heritage programmes in partnership with local healthcare and social care services. Inspired by the collections of art and local history, the programmes offer behind-the-scenes tours and object handling; arts activities; sound recording; creative writing; and photography.
The Whitworth’s contemporary textiles handling resource
The research will explore how taking part in a museum or art gallery activity can have demonstrable health and wellbeing outcomes, through a longitudinal study using a mix-methods approach – that is, we will be using validated (quantitative) clinical scales alongside qualitative interviews to measure the impact of these activities over 18 months. The project will work with a range of audiences across the two regions, including adults with mental health issues, adults in addiction recovery, stroke rehabilitation patients, and older adults living with dementia; and will also bring together the perspectives of healthcare professionals and cultural professionals to explore the work of partnership. The project will contribute to better understanding the value of museum encounters on health and wellbeing.
Dr Nuala Morse is the Research Associate for the project, based at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. Nuala’s background crosses human geography, museum studies, participatory theory and the medical humanities, and her work is interested in the distinctive nature of the ‘social work’ of museums professionals; the role of the museum as a space of social care; and the role of culture in (mental health and addictions) recovery work. Nuala’s recent papers can be found here.
You can find out more about the research project here (please note some of these pages are under construction).
If you would like any further information please contact Nuala: Nuala.morse@manchester.ac.uk
Find out more about the museums’ programmes:
Medicine in Arts Society Launch Event
The new Medicine in Arts students Society, MIAS, are inviting us to attend their launch night on Thursday, 26 November at the Whitworth Art Gallery: an evening of live art, music, performance and presentations.
MIAS is a brand new student society at the University of Manchester that aims to bridge the gap between the arts and medicine by exploring medical themes in literature, film, art and music.
By providing a platform to share knowledge and skills between the faculties of humanities and medicine MIAS aims to enhance students’ understanding of the patientsʼ narratives and the humane aspects of healthcare.
Through their socially responsible arts projects they intend to develop empathy, reflective practices and observation skills as well as promote well-being through creativity.
Register your attendance here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-in-arts-launch-night-tickets-19231506955
Launch Event
Invitation to the Medical Humanities Laboratory Launch Event
Thursday 19 November, 5:30 pm, Whitworth Art Gallery
Are you a humanities scholar whose research or teaching considers the meaning and experience of health, health care and biomedicine?
Are you a biomedical researcher interested in how the arts and humanities can add dimension and impact to your work?
Are you an arts practitioner or member of a community group whose work engages with biomedicine and healthcare?
Are you a healthcare practitioner looking for new perspectives on the clinical encounter?
Do you teach healthcare professions students, and would you like to use art, literature and the humanities to enrich their learning?
Would you like to have new conversations, meet potential collaborators, and access more funding?
If so, come join us in the Medical Humanities Laboratory, where innovative collaborations are created!
This new University of Manchester network encourages collaboration and exchange amongst those whose work, practice, and interests involve the artistic, humanistic, and human dimensions of medicine and health.
Please join us at our launch, where we’ll kick off this year’s activities with interactive discussions and exchange of ideas.
Thursday 19 November at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Rd, Manchester
With drinks and nibbles from 5:30 pm, and ‘speed networking’ and discussion from 6 pm
‘Speed networking’ provides an opportunity to meet colleagues and potential collaborators in an informal but productive – and fun — environment. Please come prepared to tell others about your work, and hear about theirs!
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medical-humanities-laboratory-launch-event-with-speed-networking-session-tickets-19370360269
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