Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar
Fri 10 Nov 2017
10.30am – 4.30pm | 18+
Price: £10
Location: mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Sales & Information: 0121 446 3232
Booking Info: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/womens-protest-and-activism-seminar
In response to the themes inherent with Sally Payen’s exhibition, The Fence And The Shadow, join the artist, curator Mandy Fowler, art and social historians and organisations campaigning for women’s rights and equality in a one-day symposium to discuss the broad-based area of women’s protest and activism and its continued relevance today.
SPEAKERS
Professor Lynda Morris – The Legacy of Women and Empire Lynda Morris is known as a pioneering curator, writer and art historian who gave many, now well-recognised, artists their first UK exhibitions, including Agnes Martin and Gerhard Richter. She is currently Professor of Curation and Art History Norwich University of the Arts. Lynda continues her relationship with mac following on from her previous involvement in the exhibitions of work by Vanley Burke and Barbara Walker by discussing the legacy of women and empire.
Frankie Armstrong – The songs and singing of politics Frankie Armstrong is an internationally renowned singer and pioneering voice coach and an initiating member of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network who has been involved in singing for a number of causes over the decades including Anti-Apartheid and Anti-Vietnam War movements, the Women’s Movement, and the Greenham Common Campaign. She will discuss the use and value of song and singing in these contexts.
Anna Hill – Feminism Today Anna Hill is the Editor of the Feminist Times, a radical feminist magazine re-launched from the iconic Spare Rib magazine of 70s-90s. Anna will discuss the continued role of feminism and women’s activism.
TIMETABLE
10.30am: Registration/refreshments 11am: Welcome 11.10am: Prof. Lynda Morris 12.00am: Women Artists and the Cold War? 1pm – 1.45pm: Break for Lunch (Food not included) 1.45pm: Speaker tbc + Q&A 2.30pm: Anna Hill 3.30pm: Frankie Armstrong 4.30pm: Exhibition tour 5.30pm: Drinks and networking
Sally Payen
The Fence and the Shadow
Date: Sat 23 Sep – Sun 26 Nov
Location: First Floor Gallery, mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Times: 11am – 5pm – Tuesday to Sunday
URL: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/exhibition/sally-payen-the-fence-and-the-shadow
The Fence and The Shadow is a new series of paintings by artist Dr. Sally Payen based on her exploration and research about the contested landscape of Greenham Common and the women’s peace camps and anti-nuclear protests that took place in the 1980s.
The Women’s Peace Camp was originally established at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, to protest against the nuclear weapons that were being housed there. The majority of protest was undertaken during the 1980s, including famous actions such as ‘Embrace the Base’, where hundreds of women joined hands in a giant circle around the perimeter of the base. Although the missiles were removed in the early 1990s, protests continued at the site for years. Today, Greenham Common contains many traces and memorials of the protest and camps that happened there and is still an emotive symbol of Women’s Activism.
Payen’s exhibition explores the protests, stories of the women who were involved in the peace camps and the site today. Inspired by growing up in the community close to the site, research in the archives, interviews with the women who were involved in the protests and extensive site visits to Greenham Common as it is now, Payen explores Greenham’s continued relevance today.
This exhibition is supported by Arts Council England and The John Feeney Charitable Trust and is curated by Independent Curator Mandy Fowler in partnership with mac.
Image: Sally Payen, Invisible Woman and the Telephonic Tree’, Oil on Canvas, 2017
