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Ed Watts

@Ed__Watts

Head of Civic Engagement and Education @WhitworthArt. he/him LEAVING THIS PLACE SO GET ME ON EMAIL - [email protected]

 Manchester. England, UK
Joined April 2010
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Art Fund@artfund17 Oct 2024
Today's #OnlineArtExchange we're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth and the stunning work of Barbara Walker. 💛 You can explore her work now in an exhibition at @WhitworthArt in Manchester. 🖼️Barbara Walker, The Sitter, 2002 © Barbara Walker.
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I’m so proud!! It’s been such an incredible journey for neurodivergent artists in Manchester over the past 10 years… artists are achieving incredible artworld firsts and leading the way in creating a more equitable cultural landscape! Thank you @ManCityCouncil and @ace_thenorth
Venture Arts (@VentureArts) profile pictureVenture Arts@VentureArts9 Oct 2024
🎉 We are thrilled to be FINALISTS in this years Manchester Culture Awards🎉 We have been shortlisted for Manchester Culture Awards, including: ⚡ Promotion of Equality and Social Justice – Venture Arts ⚡Independent Creative of the Year - Laura Nathan We are so proud!
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Insightful interview in @guardian with artist Barbara Walker, ahead of the opening of her first survey exhibition titled: Barbara Walker: Being Here ✨ Thanks @ameliagentleman for the write-up 🖊️ See the exhibition from Friday 4 October. 📰 Read here: theguardian.com/artanddesign…
‘I’m pointing a finger’: Barbara Walker on her paintings about the Windrush scandal and her son’s...

‘I’m pointing a finger’: Barbara Walker on her paintings about the Windrush scandal and her son’s...

As her hard-hitting works go on show in Manchester, the Midlands-based artist reveals the emotional toll of making such political, personal work

theguardian.com
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This is #WhitworthPLAYTIME A carnival-themed summer programme for families packed full of joy and colour. All inspired by our current exhibition #JohnLyons. Wed/Thu/Fri throughout August 👇 whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/w… – at Mytholmroyd, England
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@HOME_mcr @WhitworthArt @ward_esme @oneredpoppy @MAGcurators @mcrartgallery @factoryintl @CastlefieldGall @McrMuseum @Ed__Watts
Portraits of Recovery (@P_O_Re) profile picturePortraits of Recovery@P_O_Re24 Jul 2024
Passionate about the transformational power of the arts? Join our team as our Deputy Director and help to make real impact. We are hiring! Check out the job description and application pack here: portraitsofrecovery.org.uk/n… @ace_national @ace_thenorth @mcrartgallery @VentureArts
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It's that time of year again 🥳 #WhitworthPLAYTIME The Carnival is coming to @whitworthart this August. 🎊💃🎊🕺🎊🥁🎊📣🎊☀️🎊 whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/w… – at Manchester, England
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⚡ We are hiring ⚡ Whitworth Curatorial Fellowship @friezeofficial x @deutschebank 🤩 We are looking for an emerging curator interested in visual arts, willing to learn and get involved, with a desire to develop a career as a curator 📅 Apply by 21 May 👉 ow.ly/JIJ850Rztzk
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Fantastic evening at @WhitworthArt, selling our artists’ fabulous prints and the brand new book from Horace Lindezey! 📚🤩
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We're looking for a Part-Time Visitor Team Assistant to join our warm, personable and knowledgeable team. More detailed information is available via the link below, including a job description and an example rota. Closing Date: 13th March 2024. t.ly/ptp27
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📣 Open Call: Visual Organising Training with Migrants in Culture Migrant-led design agency @migrantsculture leading FREE workshops. We’re looking for 10 MCR-based community organisers engaging with refugees and migrants to join 3 workshops in March-April. whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/w…
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“Names not numbers. Nobody is more important than anyone else" @AndyBurnhamGM "Challenging and changing the narrative is what PORe does" Mark Prest, @P_O_Re. From Fridays, Towards a Recoverist Future event @WhitworthArt. An discussion on all things recovery, & the arts...
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ECONOMICS OF LIFE: Join @decolonisingeconomics for a workshop that explores the Economics of Life across generations & histories of displacement, looking at how communities have self-organised to survive. 📆Thursday 12 October ⏰6pm - 8pm Free 🎫 : bit.ly/3PKSojE
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Wired differently: how neurodiversity adds new skillsets to the workplace theguardian.com/global-devel…
Wired differently: how neurodiversity adds new skillsets to the workplace

Wired differently: how neurodiversity adds new skillsets to the workplace

From the arts to the law, employers are seeing conditions such as autism and ADHD can have more benefits than drawbacks

theguardian.com
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📢#WhitworthPLAYTIME is coming soon! Join us from 1 August for our summer programme of activities for the family. This year's theme is PLAY Market and our market role-play area is designed for kids to make and trade with friends. Find out more: bit.ly/PLAYTIME23 #families
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What are you doing this Friday?👀 Why not join us for our RECOVERIST CULTURE FIX tour, exploring the @WhitworthArt 's radical new exhibition #EconomicstheBlockbuster + our exhibition guide will be the brilliant Poppy Bowers, senior curator @oneredpoppy ☺️eventbrite.co.uk/e/recoveris…
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TODAY: Join printmaker Alan Birch inside the #EconomicstheBlockbuster exhibition space whilst he creates new editions from Goldin+Senneby's 'Quantitative Melencolia' plate. 📅 Saturday 8 July ⏰ 11am - 4pm ⚡Free and open to all Find out more: bit.ly/LiveProgramme
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Thank you to the brilliant community of @TyPawb for joining us @WhitworthArt to explore art and economics news.wrexham.gov.uk/wrexham-…

Wrexham traders and playworkers star in major exhibition at Manchester International Festival -...

Twenty five market traders from Tŷ Pawb’s market and food court have products on show at Economics the Blockbuster: It’s not Business as Usual, a

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Getting some of our younger visitors to dive into the themes of #EconomicstheBlockbuster Exploring the school values of 'Enjoyment, Respectfulness, Inclusion and Achievement with Yr 7's from Queen Katherine School, Kendal using our Whitworth Economy as a Cake model @WhitworthArt
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CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!! 🏆
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It's the final day of Aftocats x @WhitworthArt and we're back with more African dancing, story telling and crafts 🎨🖌️🖼️📚 👉 Whitworth Art Gallery from 12 to 3pm 🫶 Free entery, everyone is welcome buff.ly/3qWbtDx #manchesterevents #manchester #whitworthartgallery
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