Beyond Words

We are currently sharing the students' work on an online gallery, Instagram and Twitter. In case you haven't already, here are the links:

Online gallery: https://shorturl.at/dhUV5
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondwordswhitworth/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeyondWordsArt

Head on over to our galleries to see some amazing pieces of art!

Autism Art Workshop (@BeyondWordsArt) / Twitter 'Beyond Words' is an art exhibition & workshop at that explores communication differences in autism.

Thank you to everyone who came along on the day!

We were thrilled by the turnout and praise from the attendees. It was particularly wonderful to see how many autistic children and their families came along to take part in the workshop.

We are busy sifting through all the materials at the moment, but keep your eyes open on this site for links to an online gallery and Instagram of all the displayed artwork.

↓ Head over to our Twitter page - we are releasing pictures every day for a week!
https://twitter.com/BeyondWordsArt

Thank you so much again, we are glad you enjoyed the event and hope it was a valuable learning experience - we are proud of everyone involved!

Autism Art Workshop (@BeyondWordsArt) / Twitter 'Beyond Words' is an art exhibition & workshop at that explores communication differences in autism.

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭:

There will be two talks elaborating on themes of autism and social communication, directly following lunch at 1.30.

✨We will welcome two speakers who helped make this project come to life:

🗣️ 1.45PM: Dr Alexandra Sturrock, a speech & language therapist, will talk about how she undertook innovative interviews with autistic children, that aimed to elicit the children's genuine experiences. This research resulted in the quotes that have been used in this exhibition.

🗣️ 2.00PM: Natalie Linney, Campus Lead at Pinc College, will detail how the staff and students worked with the quotes to generate novel pieces of art. She will also explain how they created interpretations of the original text, while weaving in the artists' own experiences.

There will be a Q&A session following both talks, where you can ask any questions about the event, research, art or anything else that comes to mind!

We look forward to seeing you there.

🎨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 🎨

Speech and language therapists at the The University of Manchester have been developing their understanding of how communication difficulties impact autistic children.

One significant study formed the basis of our exhibition: autistic girls and boys aged 9-14 years were interviewed so they could vocalise their personal struggles.

Quotations from the children’s interviews will be interpreted by students from Pinc College and inspire their displayed artwork.

As well as publishing online as an academic paper, the researchers designed an easy-to-follow poster about the findings (see picture)

Of course, please feel free to read or share the paper if you are interested!

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13623613211002047

Autism at Manchester - the team behind this event!

📄 This is a large collaborative project where clinicians, researchers, practitioners, and autistic people unite to expand universal understanding of autism and share specialist knowledge.

🤝🏻It was created in 2014 to build a bridge between researchers and autistic people.

A crucial element of autism@manchester is collaborating with autistic people to create quality research and a safe space to share knowledge.

Visit the official page https://www.facebook.com/autismatmanchester

Or the website for further information on the project’s aims, initiatives, and research
http://www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/

🖌️Meet our featured artist! 🖌️

Anastasia is an outstanding Ukrainian illustrator whose artwork typically centres around children’s characters and animals. Her surrealist and fantastical style will vividly bring to live the quotes from our original research project.

Anastasia is creating illustrations that portray experiences of autism and communication difficulties, such as feeling out of place in everyday conversations.

In combination with the students’ work from Pinc College, our exhibition will provide an enticing and informative interactive experience for everyone, autistic and non-autistic people alike.

Visit her artistic profiles:

✨https://www.fiverr.com/anastasiakhm812...
✨https://www.instagram.com/cute_miuu/?hl=en

🎨 Meet our collaborators @ Pinc College

‘Pinc College’ is a specialist art college for 16-25-year-old neuro-divergent creatives.

We are collaborating with Pinc College to empower young artists with the creative freedom to healthily express their feelings and share their experiences of autism and communication difficulties.

These visual depictions of autism will inform visitors of the exhibition of the experiences of neurodivergent people.

✨ Visit the site for more information https://pinccollege.co.uk/

See the students' outstanding work! https://www.instagram.com/pinccollege/

📍 Find out more about The Whitworth

The ‘Beyond Words’ art exhibition will be held at The Whitworth art gallery, located on Oxford Road, near the University of Manchester and Whitworth Park.

Well-loved and historic, it is the first English gallery to open in a park (1889) and has a great café overlooking a scenic view.

Our exhibition takes place in the beautifully designed garden studio, shown below.

You could enhance your visit by popping down to the main gallery exhibitions or visiting local cultural venues like the Manchester Museum or the Gallery of Costume.

Visit this site for more information https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/about/
or to plan your visit: https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/visit/planyourvisit/

Come along to the Beyond Words art exhibition to understand the lived experiences of autistic people.

Everyone is welcome!

✨ An interactive workshop & exhibition with short talks
📆 Saturday, 25th March @ 10am-3pm
📍 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐, The Whitworth