An LGBTQ+ banner making workshop for Homotopia festival in Liverpool, 2022.
Photography by Mhairi Bell-Moody
A feminist banner making workshop celebrating the women’s literature festival 2022.
An online log cabin workshop for Proximity members.
Log cabins by:
Ann Carragher
Jackie Haynes
Anthony Hall
Bex Howard
This workshop was commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum for the Friday Lates program: There is no place like home. The workshop was developed in collaboration with the Gendered Interpretations at the Victoria and Albert Museum and VASA museum research project at Plymouth University.
The workshop was inspired by the Oxburgh hangings made by Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Talbot, which are held in the V&A collection, celebrate the home as a place of friendship, creativity and collaboration for women. The workshop used digital print, applique and stitching to re-assemble and recreate contemporary interpretations of the hangings celebrating connection between women.
This workshop was part of the Arts Immersion Project at L Fest 2019. The workshop was a space to celebrate lesbian culture, power and families. The miniature protest banners can be used on marches or taken home and kept as a reminder of lesbian strength and power.
This banner making workshop was delivered at Loughborough University with the Women’s Network. The two banners were used in the international Women’s Day march 2019. The women chose to focus the banners on the issues of sexual assault and consent in nightclubs for students.
This workshop was delivered as part of the Art School for Rebel Girls summer school program organised by Pavilion, Leeds. The workshop included an archive engagement session in Feminist Archive North to find inspiration from the women’s movement that came before. The banner was exhibited as part of the Art School for Rebel Girls exhibition at The University of Leeds.
For more information about the project: https://pavilion.org.uk/art-school-for-rebel-girls/
review: https://theculturevulture.co.uk/cultures/pavilion-rebel-girls/
I was a participant in this Automation and Me hackathon, organised by Northern Sound collective, part of Leeds International festival. 20 female artists came together to share digital skills and create new collaborations. For this hack, pfaff kindly sponsored me with the loan on a creative 3.0 digital sewing machine.
