Art & Activism: There are two more Open Access sessions this year for teenage girls to create their own protest art. Stay tuned for the 2024 programme, which we'll be publishing over the holiday.
It's the time of the year when the world just seems to be a little kinder, a little warmer in Spirit and a little cosier at home. The lights, the decorations add to the ambience, but there's nothing quite like a Christmas music playlist to set the tone.
Advent Calendar, 1st December - Looking for something interesting to do which has nothing to do with Christmas? Why not come to one of our workshops and contribute to the Great Train Tapestry.
Phase I of the Great Train Tapestry’s creation has now reached its close and thanks to the creative guidance of Lisl Ponger, we continue our process with a solid foundation of ideas and an established vision for the project’s next steps!
Since the early 2000s, visual activist Zanele Muholi has used photography to re-envision the realities of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa. Published in tandem with a Tate exhibition held in 2020, the Zanele Muholi Exhibition Book showcases the breadth of their ongoing photographic and activist practice.
Throughout the 16 days of activism, we have posted about the work of women photographers who are highlighting violence against women in its many different forms, read their stories here.
What resists commodification? Very little these days. Subcultures, alternative lifestyles and perhaps, most tellingly, varying types of ethical consumption, all fall foul of capitalism’s ability to co-opt alternatives into its mechanism.