Month: April 2022

In Conversation: The American Feminist Art Movement and Its Impact on Contemporary Art

April 18, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for in-conversation event between Professor Judith K. Brodsky and Dr. Ferris Olin chaired by Marjorie W. Martay at Murray Edwards College. One of the more recent additions to The Women’s Art Collection is Femfolio, a portfolio of prints created in 2006 by 20 pioneering US feminist artists. The artists were commissioned by Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) partners: the Brodsky Center […]

In Conversation: Spirituality and Technology

April 4, 2024 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

To accompany The Goddess, the Deity and the Cyborg exhibition we have partnered with the Fitzwilliam Museum on a programme of events to coincide with their exhibition, William Blake’s Universe. Join curator, writer, and Senior Lecturer, Art and Public Engagement at King’s College London, Dr Clare Carolin, in conversation with artists Margarita Gluzberg, Babar Suleman […]

Printmaking Workshop with Alison Hunte

March 23, 2024 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

To accompany The Goddess, the Deity and the Cyborg exhibition we have partnered with the Fitzwilliam Museum on a programme of events to coincide with their exhibition, William Blake’s Universe. Unlock your imagination as we creatively explore the spiritual and the divine in a printmaking workshop led by artist Alison Hunte. Alison Hunte is a printmaker […]

The Women’s Art Collection: Artworks and Artists in Context

March 15, 2024 9:30 am - 7:00 pm

A one-day conference which showcased research by academics, researchers, artists, curators and writers to deepen understandings of the artists, artworks and themes represented in The Women’s Art Collection. See the full programme here The Women’s Art Collection (WAC) is the largest collection of art by women in Europe. Works in the Collection are displayed across […]

Exhibition Opening: The Goddess, the Deity and the Cyborg

March 7, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, The Goddess, the Deity and the Cyborg that explores how artists have conjured, revered and reimagined the goddess figure. Drawing from the works in The Women’s Art Collection as well as loans from public and private collections, the exhibition explores the enduring appeal of the […]

Women & Water

October 7, 2023 10:00 am - February 25, 2024 6:00 pm

Our exhibition Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water in the works of 17 women artists, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition examines how water has been used by artists both as subject matter and artistic medium to reflect the multiplicity of women’s experiences. Artists: Wilhelmina […]

Curator’s Tour: Women & Water

February 8, 2024 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Join us for a tour of Women & Water with exhibition curator Naomi Polonsky, including an in-depth analysis of the artworks on display, a broader look at water-themed works by women and an insight into the curatorial decisions behind the exhibition. BOOK HERE. Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water in the works […]

WOMEN & WATER: AN ONLINE TALK BY FEDERICO RUDARI

January 18, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

In his online talk, Women & Water: Mythologies, Earthly Species, Hydrofeminism and Future Perspectives, researcher Federico Rudari explored water’s status both as a major necessity for multi-species survival and an indispensable tool of contemporary ecofeminism. The talk looked at water as an element and medium to reflect on the experience of being a woman, artist, […]

A Spirit Inside

September 23, 2023 - January 14, 2024

The Women’s Art Collection are collaborating with The Ingram Collection on A Spirit Inside, a new exhibition at The Lightbox which will display 29 works by women and non-binary artists across a diversity of mediums, including sculpture, paintings, film and collage. Exploring how women artists have grappled with the notion and sense of ‘spirit’, the themes range […]

NATIVITY: A Performance by Rosa-Johan Uddoh

December 7, 2023 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for NATIVITY, a performance by Rosa-Johan Uddoh that offers a history of Black performance in the West, through a parody of the traditional Christian nativity play. This short epic tale focuses on the Black character of ‘Balthazar’, one of the three Kings who visited the baby Jesus at his birth and who became a […]

NATIVITY: A Performance by Rosa-Johan Uddoh

December 7, 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for NATIVITY, a performance by Rosa-Johan Uddoh that offers a history of Black performance in the West, through a parody of the traditional Christian nativity play. This short epic tale focuses on the Black character of ‘Balthazar’, one of the three Kings who visited the baby Jesus at his birth and who became a […]

Feminist Art History in 1944?

November 28, 2023 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Re-introducing Helen Rosenau’s brilliant war-time study: Woman in Art: From Type to Personality Join us for a talk by Professor Griselda Pollock to coincide with the publication of a new edition of Helen Rosenau’s 1944 book Woman in Art in collaboration with Cambridge Visual Culture. Helen Rosenau (1900–1984) was part of the influential migration of European Jewish […]

Curator’s Tour: Women & Water

November 16, 2023 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

Join us for a tour of Women & Water with exhibition curator Naomi Polonsky, including an in-depth analysis of the artworks on display, a broader look at the theme of water-themed works by women and an insight into the curatorial decisions behind the exhibition. BOOK HERE. Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water […]

Artist Talk – Eileen Cooper RA

November 2, 2023 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us for an illustrated talk and drinks reception with leading international artist Eileen Cooper whose work is part of the current Radium Dreams exhibition. Eileen will share work from across her 45 year career and will speak about her longstanding relationship with The Women’s Art Collection. The talk will be followed by an in-conversation […]

Exhibition Opening: Women & Water

October 20, 2023 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, Women & Water, which explores the relationship between women and water in the works of 17 women artists, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition examines how water has been used by artists both as subject matter and artistic medium […]

Radium Dreams

March 2, 2023 - September 3, 2023

Radium Dreams is a unique collaboration between award-winning poet Sue Hubbard and internationally acclaimed artist Eileen Cooper RA who together illuminate the struggles and triumphs of one of the most brilliant women of modern times. The exhibition showcases a series of poems and artworks inspired by the remarkable life story of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist […]

In the Process: An interdisciplinary panel discussion

June 8, 2023 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

To coincide with the Radium Dreams exhibition this event brings together artist Soheila Sokhanvari with writers Megan Hunter and Rebecca Sollom to explore the overlaps and interrelations between science, text and art. Before becoming an artist and writer, Soheila and Rebecca were practising scientists so will offer a unique viewpoint on their process within their […]

Poetry workshop led by award-winning poet Sue Hubbard

May 11, 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sue Hubbard’s poetry forms the basis of the current Radium Dreams exhibition and participants will have the opportunity to see the exhibition out-of-hours and produce poetry inspired by The Women’s Art Collection. This event has been organised in collaboration with the Blackbirds Poetry Society. Sue Hubbard is a poet, novelist and art critic. She has […]

A Conversation Between Sisters: Esther & Sarah Teichmann on art, science and sisterhood

April 27, 2023 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

This event brings together the artist Esther Teichmann and scientist Sarah Teichmann in a discussion focusing on their interdisciplinary collaboration Constellations, a project that produced an experimental film and online publication informed by research into the Human Cell Atlas funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge. An excerpt of the […]

Unlocking The Women’s Art Collection

March 30, 2023 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us to discover the story behind Europe’s largest collection of art by women. The Women’s Art Collection was established in 1992 after a call for donations to women artists in the UK. It has continued to grow and now includes over 600 works, nearly all of which are on permanent display at Murray Edwards […]

Radium Dreams Exhibition Opening

March 2, 2023 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for the opening of our next exhibition ‘Radium Dreams’. Register here for free. Radium Dreams is a unique collaboration between award-winning poet Sue Hubbard and internationally acclaimed artist Eileen Cooper RA who together illuminate the struggles and triumphs of one of the most brilliant women of modern times. The exhibition showcases a series of […]

Life is Still Life

September 16, 2022 - February 12, 2023

Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its associations with women and the home. Despite this, still life has been the site of radical experiments […]

Still Life Study Day

November 18, 2022 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Join us for an afternoon of talks with artists and academics on the topic of still life in modern and contemporary art. The event will explore the radical and enduring nature of still life by women artists and its role as a site for artistic experimentation. Speakers include Sekai Machache (artist in Life is Still […]

Revisiting Modern British Art: Panel Talk

October 28, 2022 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for a panel discussion on the legacy of Modern British art and the influences between generations of women artists from the twentieth century to the present day. The event accompanies the recent publication of Revisiting Modern British Art, edited by Jo Baring. The event is generously supported by the Ingram Collection. Book your […]

Anything But Still: Flower Workshop

October 8, 2022 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Take part in this interactive flower workshop, including a curator-led tour of Life is Still Life with a focus on the artists’ radical representations of flowers, a tour of the award-winning gardens at Murray Edwards College and a hands-on session with Anna Taylor of Anna’s Flower Farm where participants will create their own posies to […]

Curators Tour: Life is Still Life

September 29, 2022 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Join us for a curator-led tour of the exhibition ‘Life Is Still Life’. Register here for free. ‘Life Is Still Life’ presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its […]

Exhibition Opening: Life is Still Life

September 16, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for the opening of our next exhibition ‘Life Is Still Life’. Register here for free. ‘Life Is Still Life’ presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its […]

What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles

February 17, 2022 - August 28, 2022

What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles brings together a multi-generational, international group of women artists and collectives, using textiles to comment on politics and society. Traditionally, the history of textiles is the history of women’s work. Whether hung over beds, laid on floors or worn on the body, textiles have a unique ability to communicate collective […]

Curator Tour: What Lies Beneath

May 26, 2022 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Book your free tickets here. Join us for a curator-led tour of What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics Textiles which brings together a multi-generational, international group of women artists and collectives, using textiles to comment on politics and society. Traditionally, the history of textiles is the history of women’s work. Whether hung over beds, laid on floors […]

Weaving Cultural and Personal Memory: Academic Symposium

April 28, 2022 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Book your free in-person and livestream tickets here. CALL FOR PAPERS Join us for an afternoon of talks relating to the theme ‘Weaving Cultural and Personal Memory’. Speakers will present their papers on a range of topics and the event will culminate with presentations from two keynote speakers. The intersection between cultural and personal memory underpins […]

Raw Material: Stitching Session with Pamela Whitaker

April 27, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Book your free in-person tickets here. We are delighted to be hosting Dr Pamela Whitaker, Lecturer in Art Psychotherapy at Belfast School of Art, for a guided sewing session on using needle and thread to explore our personalised stitches. This will be an opportunity to create an artwork in response to the exhibition What Lies Beneath: Women, […]

Online Event: Quilts in the Contemporary Imagination

April 19, 2022 7:00 am - 8:30 pm

Book your free online tickets here. Among the mediums associated with women’s artistic practices, quilting holds a significant place. Quilts are physical embodiments of our connections to others, they express our personal or cultural histories, and they keep us warm. Whilst traditionally understood as a private, domestic practice, modern and contemporary quilting has forged new relevance […]

Narcissus Nature Morte Mukbang: A Performance

April 10, 2022 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Narcissus Nature Morte Mukbang by Emily Perry is made in response to Gayle Chong Kwan’s photographic series Cockaigne (2004) and the wider collection of art by women in The Women’s Art Collection. It uses humour to explore consumption, feminism, the fetishisation of nature and food in the context of the pandemic and climate crisis. In […]

Two Feet Walking: Linda Karshan Performance & Panel Talk

April 8, 2022 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us for a performance by Linda Karshan in which the artist will enact one of her innovative ‘walked drawings’ in response to the iconic Brutalist architecture of Murray Edwards College, in collaboration with the filmmaker Ishmael Annobil. The performance will be followed by a panel talk on the theme of embodiment in art with […]