Happy International Women’s Day 2024!

At Hundred Heroines, it’s IWD all day, every day, as we celebrate the achievements of photographic Heroines past, present and future …

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Join the SCOBY Experiment

We’re intrigued to find out more about the way SCOBYs can be used artistically. We’d love you to take part in the experiment, by taking a SCOBY home, nourishing it with memories and tea, then using it – or its water – in your art or craft, or even a living SCOBY-world…

SCOBY Installation

The Gloucestershire SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) is a one-of-a-kind, living art installation. In the autumn, contemporary textile artist Monica C. LoCascio will hold a performative harvesting. The repetitive, dirty and smelly nature of SCOBY harvesting will reflect, in real terms, the working conditions of the historic textile industry.

The Big Reveal

The unveiling of the Great Train Tapestry takes place today, 8th March 2024, at 14:30 at Gloucester Railway Station

The Gloucestershire SCOBY

A unique, living and growing art installation by Hundred Heroines will weave Gloucestershire’s textile history with the story of its forgotten workers.

Sitters of Dorothy Wilding

Dorothy Wilding would have many famous sitters throughout her career, all of whom have their own interesting and unique lives and careers.

Royal Portraitist

05.05.23 - step into Dorothy's shoes and create a portrait of a royal (not necessarily British!) with paper-cutting and scraps
Red glass rose

Knife Rose: Renate Bertlmann

To coincide with the arrival of the Knife Angel – the National Monument for Serious Violence - we have acquired a Knife Rose, thanks to the support of the Stronger, Safer Gloucester Partnership

Alice Austen

Alice Austin (1866-1952) was one of the first women to work outside the photographic studio, documenting New York City as well as intimate relationships between Victorian women

Elisabeth Buchmeyer Lewis

Born in 1935, Elisabeth was a prolific photographer. By the time of her death in 2018, she had created a vast collection of images with immense social, political, and aesthetic value.
Until You Change

Until You Change

In Ecuador approximately 200 facilities exist to ‘cure’ homosexual men, women and transsexuals. Unfortunately, the majority of these centers remain open because they are disguised as Treatment facilities for alcoholics and drug addicts.

Aïda Muluneh

Aïda Muluneh - reframing global perceptions of the African continent.
Just Beyond the River

Daesha Devón Harris

Daesha Devón Harris is a Saratoga Springs, NY native, artist and photographer who plays an active role in her community as a youth advocate, social activist and cultural history preservationist.
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