Come and find out what’s happening on your

cultural doorstep during the Student

Weekender

This year’s Student Weekender highlights art, music, science and

culture on Manchester’s student corridor through events,

exhibitions, talks and performances, launching with our

headlining event on Thursday 12, that encompasses all of these,

Student Social Art Party at the Whitworth!

The Oxford Road corridor is home to some of Manchester’s most

iconic and forward-thinking cultural destinations. Manchester has

artistic, architectural, academic, musical, scientific, theatrical

and creative breadth, including the Whitworth,

Manchester Museum, Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM),

University of Manchester, Central Library, Contact,

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Holden Gallery,

Cornerhouse and soon to be opened, HOME.

Map of all venues along the student corridor

The Student Weekender gives students such promising

opportunities to immerse themselves in the cultural vibrancy

of city life in Manchester.- Student, University of Manchester

 

2015 is an exciting year for Manchester. In February, the Whitworth

reopened after a £15 million development and has been

transformed into a 21st century gallery in the park. In the same

month, FutureEverything, the award-winning innovation lab for

digital culture and annual festival celebrated their 20th

anniversary and hosted an ambitious programme of music and

film commissions, premieres and performances at RNCM.

Wonder Women, a feminist festival launches this month with a

programme of events across the city to celebrate International

Women’s Day 2015. RNCM officially opens its £7m concert hall

this month. While Cornerhouse closes in April, HOME, the new

multi-arts centre opens in May with an opening weekend of art,

music, performance and celebration.

Manchester International Festival, returns in July for three weeks of

new commissions from some of the world’s best-known and most

experimental artists.

Naomi Kashiwagi

Student Weekender Producer

Top 5 exhibitions All Free

1. Cornelia Parker, the Whitworth

A major solo show from one of Britain’s most acclaimed

contemporary artists. Cornelia Parker’s work invites you to witness

the transformation of ordinary objects into something

compelling and extraordinary.

2. Playtime, Cornerhouse

The final exhibition at Cornerhouse that bids farewell to the

building and pays homage to the place they have called

home since 1985. For this momentous occasion, nine artists

present playful, participatory work inspired by Cornerhouse’s

iconic brick structure and director Jacques Tati’s 1967 comedy

masterpiece Playtime.

It's so easy to get overwhelmed by the number of

exhibitions and events that happen in Manchester and the

Student Weekender helps students to find out what’s on, on

and near to campus! - Student, University of Manchester

3. Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies, Manchester

Museum

Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of

Africa’s foremost contemporary artists, Romuald Hazoumè. It

features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which take over

the Museum’s Living Worlds gallery, interacting with the

Museum’s own collections.

4. Trial / Error / Art, Holden Gallery

Trial/Error/Art brings together a selection of work whose

existence is marked by differing degrees of experimentation,

the testing out of the limitations as to what might make a work

of art.

5. Commemorative Postcard Exhibition, Central Library

Eight years ago, when Central Library first opened in 1934,

local school children were sent a commemorative

handkerchief.  In 2015, all Manchester's school children will be

sent a commemorative postcard inviting them in to see what

the Library has to offer after a 4 year transformation

programme.  The postcard designs are the 4 winning entries

from our design a commemorative postcard competition.

Map of all venues along the student corridor

Thursday 12 March Viktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders

G22 Mansfield Cooper Building, The University of Manchester

main campus (map)

5:15-6:30pm, Free,

In his recent book, Viktor Wynd’s Cabinet of Wonders, the

filmmaker John Waters comments: ‘An insanely delightful how-to

guide on becoming a mentally ill, cheerily obsessive eccentric

hoarder told with lunatic humor and absolute joy. Viktor Wynd is

a sick orchid who seems like the perfect man to me.’

Student Social Art Party

6-9pm, Free

The Whitworth (map)

Produced by students for students, this art party is the place to

socialise, create and participate. Come and celebrate the

reopening of the Whitworth as a 21st century gallery in the park!

Live music. Workshops. Spectacular exhibitions. Cultural

conversations.

Find out more: www.facebook.com/thewhitworth/events

Friday 13 March Umbrella Doodles

Umbrella Doodles Tours will start at 1pm and 3pm at the

University Visitor Centre on Oxford Road (map)

Take a stroll from the University to Manchester Central Library

with artist Sarah Marsh as your guide. Create custom umbrellas

by using glass pens to outline some of the architecture you will

see on your journey and complete them in the stunning

refurbished Library.

Filmed Up

Part of Filmed Up – North West Filmmakers Night

Cornerhouse (map)

Cinema 2 6:20 - 8:30pm

£3 concessions

From grassroots guerrilla filmmakers to start-up production

companies, the film community is thriving in the North West. Join

us for an evening screening in the Annexe where you’ll discover

a selection of short films that are being produced right here on

your doorstep.

Book tickets here

Saturday 14 March

Saturday Supplement: Portraits

The Whitworth (map)

11am – 4pm, Free

11am – Tour: Exhibitions Curator, Bryony Bond will bring to light

stories of the some of the key individuals and artists in our

collection through this exhibition of biography and portraiture.

1pm – Talk: Artists, curators and thinkers discuss the themes at

work within our exhibition, Portraits.

2.30pm – Workshop: Artist, Alan Birch, leads a hands-on print

making session inspired by the work of Thomas Schütte.

4pm – Performance: Epiphany create live, improvised musical

portraits of keys works with our Portraits exhibition.

Nirbhaya

Contact (map)

£10 concessions and includes post-show talk

Based on the performers’ real life experiences and the violent

incident that shocked Delhi and the world. This award-winning

play cracks open the cone of silence around women whose

lives have been shattered by violence. Book tickets here.

Sunday 15 March

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

Manchester Museum (map)

Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of

Africa’s foremost contemporary artists, Romuald Hazoumè. It

features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which take over

the Museum’s Living Worlds gallery, interacting with the

Museum’s own collections.

RNCM Strings Festival - Evening Concert featuring RNCM

String Ensemble

RNCM (map)

6:30-8:45pm

This year’s celebration of all things strings which explores music

from Vienna.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La partenza; Romance from Eine

kleine Nachtmusik

Johannes Brahms String Sextet No 1 in B flat major, Op 18

Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op 4

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what’s on along the student corridor all year round.

With thanks to:

Corridor Manchester

Central Library

Cornerhouse

HOME

The Holden Gallery

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

Manchester School of Art (MMU)

Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)

The Manchester Museum

University of Manchester

Contact

The Whitworth

CMFT (Hospital Trust)

Marketing Manchester

Creative Tourist

Manchester City Council