Where are you really from?

27 Jun 2026
1-3 pm, The Whitworth
Free

To celebrate Refugee Week and Pride Month, this workshop invites you to explore the concept of “home”, both as a physical place and as an internal sense of belonging.

Recoverist Curator Penny will begin with a screening of her short film Where Are You Really From?, opening up conversations around migration, queer identity and the complexities of feeling at home in the world.

You will then take part in a collaborative zine-making workshop inspired by the current Recoverist Curators exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery, using collage (of artwork images Penny selected for the exhibition), writing and visual storytelling to create personal and collective responses to this themeTo celebrate Refugee Week and Pride Month, this workshop invites you to explore the concept of “home”, both as a physical place and as an internal sense of belonging.


Portraits of Recovery
supports recovery from substance
use through contemporary art