From Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th October 2022, we were delighted to be back with our friends at The Whitworth to launch 'Afrocats x The Whitworth' takeover.
Our partnership brought free global culture-inspired creative outlets to families across Greater Manchester that might often face multiple barriers to accessing culture, including refugees, asylum seekers, and first-generation young British people of various heritages and of all abilities including neurodiverse young people.
Visitors were guided by experienced creative facilitator of Indian heritage Nayna Lad, and participants who joined us for the event had the chance to create artistic pieces with various materials including oil pastels, ink, paper Ankara wax print, and paper mosaic in the style of three diverse contemporary artists.
Day One explored paper plate mosaics inspired by the designs of African-American abstract artist Alma Thomas, while Day Two looked at sgraffito art incorporating Ankara wax print inspired by interdisciplinary British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare.
Lastly, Day Three involved printmaking inspired by current Whitworth exhibition ‘Colour Is Mine’ by British-Trinidadian artist Althea McNish.
Downstairs in the main gallery spaces, energy was high with singing and dancing, with families all joining in together.
Come and get your creativity on by joining us for the next Takeover.
Can you help us create even more inspirational activities? Making a donation to Afrocats enables us to provide free activities, projects and experiences for some of the most vulnerable communities in Manchester.
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