Departments & Contacts

Departments and Contacts

Manchester City Galleries forms part of Manchester City Council’s Cultural Directorate, which comprises:

  • Manchester City Galleries
  • Cultural Strategy
  • Renaissance in the Regions

Cultural Directorate Management Team

Director of Culture Virginia Tandy OBE v.tandy@manchester.gov.uk
(Virginia Tandy’s PA Kathryn Cope) k.cope@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Galleries Moira Stevenson m.stevenson@manchester.gov.uk
(Moira Stevenson’s PA Marie Jones) m.jones2@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Cultural Strategy Lyn Barbour l.barbour@manchester.gov.uk
Manager of Renaissance in the Regions North West Emma Anderson e.anderson@manchester.gov.uk


Manchester City Galleries is responsible for delivering services on four public sites:

  • Manchester Art Gallery
  • Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall
  • Heaton Hall
  • Wythenshawe Hall

The Service has responsibility for three designated collections of fine art, decorative art and costume, as well as the City’s heritage assets in relation to war memorials and public art.

Manchester Art Gallery

Head of Galleries Moira Stevenson m.stevenson@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Programmes Sara Holdsworth s.holdsworth@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Development Val Young v.young@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Services Kate Farmery k.farmery@manchester.gov.uk
Head of Asset Managementand Development Amanda Wallace a.wallace@manchester.gov.uk

Divisions of Manchester City Galleries

Programmes

The Programmes division consists of four main areas:

Collections Access

Responsible for the display of our art collections, which have been Designated as being of national importance.
Principal Manager: Collections Access Ruth Shrigley r.shrigley@manchester.gov.uk

Exhibitions

Managing Manchester Art Gallery’s diverse programme of changing exhibitions.
Principal Manager: Exhibitions Tim Wilcox t.wilcox@manchester.gov.uk

Learning

Responsible for programmes for schools, colleges, adult learners, families and community groups
Principal Manager: Learning Ronan Brindley r.brindley@manchester.gov.uk
Schools and Colleges contacts: Helen Mole or Caroline Turner h.mole@manchester.gov.uk or c.turner@manchester.gov.uk
Family learning, adult learning and community development contact: Louise Thompson l.thompson1@manchester.gov.uk

Interpretation Development

Developing new approaches to the interpretation and use of the Galleries’ art collections
Interpretation Development Manager Liz Mitchell
l.mitchell1@manchester.gov.uk
General Programmes enquiries contact:
Programmes Assistant Gillian Michaels g.michaels@manchester.gov.uk

Services

The Services division has three main areas:

Audience development

Principal Manager: Audience Development Kim Gowland k.gowland@manchester
Communications Manager Jenny Davies (including press enquiries) j.davies1@manchester.gov.uk
Marketing Manager Jane Wilcox j.wilcox@manchester.gov.uk
Web Manager Martin Grimes m.grimes@manchester.gov.uk
Design Manager Pauline Minsky p.minsky@manchester.gov.uk

Trading: Retail and Catering

Including Manchester Art Gallery shop
Principal Manager: Enterprises and Performance Marcus Chase m.chase@manchester.gov.uk

Contact for enquiries about Manchester Art Gallery Cafe and Restaurant:

Head of Services Kate Farmery k.farmery@manchester.gov.uk

Visitor Services and Operations

Principal Manager: Visitor Services and Operations
Catriona Morgan catriona.morgan@manchester.gov.uk

Development

The Development division is responsible for fundraising activities for the service.
Development Manager (Corporate Fundraising) Catherine Corlett c.corlett@manchester.gov.uk
Business Development Managers, including venue hire, weddings and commercial filming Michael Heaven or Marie Bergin m.heaven@manchester.gov.uk or m.bergin@manchester.gov.uk
Development Manager, including Trusts and Foundations Chris Whitfield c.whitfield@manchester.gov.uk
Development Manager (Individual Giving), including Friends membership Leila Aitken l.aitken@manchester.gov.uk

Asset Management and Development

Responsible for the care, conservation and documentation of our collections, and exhibition technical support and art handling. This team also looks after the City’s portfolio of public art and war memorials.

Principal Manager: Collection Care and Conservation Linda Matthews l.matthews1@manchester.gov.uk
Programme Manager: Technical Services (including art handling) Alan Rawcliffe a.rawcliffe@manchester.gov.uk
Paintings Conservator Verity Rowe v.rowe@manchester.gov.uk
Works on Paper Conservator Claire Grundy c.grundy@manchester.gov.uk
Furniture and Frames Conservator Chris Russell c.russell1@manchester.gov.uk
Collection Care Officer Sarah Rainbow s.rainbow@manchester.gov.uk
Public Art and Memorials Conservator Stefan Strittmatter s.strittmatter@manchester.gov.uk
Principal Manager: Collections Management Vincent Kelly v.kelly@manchester.gov.uk
Registrar Phillippa Wood p.wood@manchester.gov.uk

Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall

The Gallery of Costume houses our Designated collections of clothing and fashion accessories, one of the one of the largest collections in Britain. It is based at Platt Hall in Rusholme and is closed for major improvements until March 2010.
Senior Manager: Gallery of Costume Dr Miles Lambert m.lambert@manchester.gov.uk