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Festival of Women Programme of Events Celebrating Women Across Tyneside - March - June 2019
02 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 03
March
Barby Asante: Declaration This Girl Can Walk, Jog, Run
of Independence 7 March, 5.30pm
Exhibition on until 5 May Free
orking with local omen Open 10am-6pm daily
Free Exhibition Park, Newcastle
to identify and explore BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art,
On the third year of the
This Girl Can International
Women’s Day event, help us
contemporary social issues
Gateshead
celebrate women in Newcastle
Barby Asante’s work creates getting active and meet local
relating to omen and gender
situations and spaces for women and girls who have
conversation, collective thinking, started feeling that ‘they can’.
ritual and re-enactment.
through museum collections. Her projects consider
contemporary geographies,
This is an event to celebrate
women of all abilities, but all
genders are welcome. Children
race, gender and social justice are also welcome providing they
and critically reflect on the can walk the 1 mile or 5k. The
legacies of slavery and route is suitable for pushchairs
colonialism. and wheelchair users.
baltic.art To book your place visit
eventbrite.co.uk and search
‘This Girl Can walk, jog, run’
Spin for
Smart Works
Women of Tyneside is a two year community The Festival of Women is a celebration of 1–8 March Capturing a Star: Dame Flora
project, funded by Esmee Fairbairn Collections women and girls all across Tyneside. We £10 entry fee (£5 early bird) Robson and other works by
Fund, at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums know there is so much brilliant activity that Dame Ethel Walker
(TWAM), ending July 2019. takes place across Tyneside celebrating this This week-long campaign Exhibition on until 27 April
already, so we thought why not bring it all encourages you to get on your
We have been exploring the collections across together into one big festival for the first time? bike and pedal for a purpose. South Shields Museum and
our museums and galleries to highlight and Art Gallery, Ocean Road,
discuss important issues and topics for women The Women of Tyneside specific events Find five team members and South Shields
and girls today and to give new meanings to (highlighted within the brochure) wouldn’t have get on your road, gym or spin
our museum objects. These narratives, alongside been possible without our project participants bike to reach a 500 mile target, Featuring works on loan from
new contemporary items, now form TWAM’s as their interests, comments and discussions whilst fundraising for the Smart the Royal Academy of Arts
first Women’s Collection. have allowed us to co-produce the Festival Works Newcastle centre which collection as part of their
with them. supports women-in-need with 250th anniversary celebrations,
We have uncovered some incredible stories a service of pre-interview this exhibition spotlights the
of women, past and present, across the region With love and solidarity, clothing and coaching. work of artist Ethel Walker. An
and shone a light on women’s experiences exhibition highlight is a portrait
that would have otherwise remained invisible Women of Tyneside smartworks.org.uk/get- of Dame Flora Robson, a feted
in the museum. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums involved actor of both stage and
screen, born in South Shields.
southshieldsmuseum.org.uk
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside
04 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 05
The Eye of the Beholder: Women’s House: Workshop Women In Newcastle: Share a Story Balance for Better –
Photography, Gender and 8 March, 10.30am-1pm Period Poverty Event at Seven Stories! Shared Interest Offers
Emotion in Campaigns 8 March, 11.30am 8 March 10am, 1pm, 3.30pm a Global Insight
About Mining Makaan Art Studio, 126 For Children 8 March, 1.30pm
7 March, 5.30-7pm Talbot Road, South Shields, Grey’s Monument, Newcastle Free
NE34 0RG Northern Design Centre,
Newcastle City Library Flashmob choir and direct Seven Stories, Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, NE1 2PQ Baltic Business Quarter,
Set in the context of the action event to decorate Grey’s Gateshead, NE8 3DF
In this talk, Jean Spence centenary of the suffrage Monument, calling attention to Celebrate strong and empowering women with Seven Stories
(activist and former Durham movement and the #MeToo period poverty. Rehearsals for this International Women’s Day. Their team of Story Catchers To celebrate International
University lecturer), Carol campaign, Women’s House the flashmob choir will take will be sharing awesome stories about inspirational super- Women’s Day, colleagues from
Stephenson (Northumbria investigates female identity, place in Bewick Hall in the City women and they’d love to hear your favourites too - so take Peru, Ghana and Kenya share
University) and Katy Jenkins domesticity and art through Library 10-11.30am. your book along to share at Story Time. Fancy dress is stories about the challenges
(Northumbria University) BAMER and LGBTQ encouraged so go along dressed as your favourite female facing women in Africa and
explore images to highlight perspectives. book character or historical figure. Latin America as they work
how photography has been to better their lives and
used by women activists in Join the workshop to explore sevenstories.org.uk communities.
Canada and Peru. equality, feminism and black
feminism; learn new skills and shared-interest.com
create your story through
creative expression.
The Courageous Countess
Email projectsangini@gmail.com 8 March, 7–9pm
to take part; open to all women, £10, incl. glass of prosecco
especially from BAMER and and nibbles.
LGBTQ backgrounds.
Café Shrub, Land of Oak
The Breast Book: A Puberty & Iron Heritage Centre,
Guide with a Difference Winlaton Mill, NE21 6RU
7 March 6.30-8.30pm
£3.50 per person Mary Eleanor Bowes, sole heir
of Newcastle coal czar George
Thought Foundation, Bowes, achieved notoriety in
Birtley, DH3 2TB the Georgian era, but her true
legacy is often overlooked.
Book launch and talk by former This illustrated talk by author
Deputy Headteacher and Val Scully presents a new
breastfeeding counsellor and interpretation of her dramatic
lactation consultant, Emma Pickett, and significant life, transforming
for The Breast Book. This essential this resilient and courageous
book for girls aged 9-14 years is woman from victim to
a refreshing companion to educate feminist icon.
and reassure them about their Age recommendation: 16+
changing bodies during puberty.
landofoakandiron.org.uk/
thoughtfoundation.co.uk whats-on/
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside
06 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 07
The Kindergarten Teacher International StrongWomen Science F**kUp Night Newcastle SHE Choir Newcastle:
Screening from 8 March Women’s Day – Joint Event 10 March, 11.30am & 2.30pm 12 March, 7.30-10pm Special Taster Session
£10.75/£9.75/£7.25 9 March, 10.30am-3pm £5/£4 Age: 18+ 13 March, 6.15-8pm
£0-3 (PAYF)
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle WHIST, Salus House, 33 Mile Discovery Museum, Ampersand Inventions CIC,
End Road, South Shields, Newcastle 4th Floor Commercial Union Robert Stewart Memorial
Maggie Gyllenhaal delivers the performance of her career in this NE33 1TA House, Pilgrim Street, Hall, 89 Wingrove Rd,
dark and witty drama about a frustrated teacher who discovers This brand new family-fun Newcastle NE4 9BU
one of her pupils is a poetry prodigy. Sara Colangelo’s unsettling Collaborative event with show starring female scientists
film offers the kind of multi-layered anti-heroine we don’t see The Angelou Centre, Apna turned circus performers, F**kUp Night Newcastle’s first SHE Choir Newcastle is
enough of in cinema – complicated, enigmatic, not necessarily Ghar, Bright Futures, CREST, Aoife and Maria, reveals the all female line-up of speakers. a vibrant, collaborative choir
likable but always interesting. Hindu Nari Sangh, Sangini, scientific secrets behind their The event is part of a global open to anyone identifying as
Women’s Health in South astounding tricks. In a fun, movement that encourages a woman. Singing makes us
tynesidecinema.co.uk/film-and-events Tyneside and Workie Ticket lively and fast-paced circus people to share stories of feel good! This special taster
Theatre Company, bringing performance, find out how professional failure. Hear session will be packed with
together women from diverse jugglers, acrobats and from some brilliant women some beautiful feminist songs,
Can She Bait A Line? backgrounds. hula-hoop artists use science as they share their stories protest songs and an uplifting
9 March, 11am–12pm to create their amazing acts. of it all going wrong. classic or two. No prior musical
£3, no advance booking required Creative workshops for women Because when science meets experience required (at all).
and children, featuring drama, circus, anything’s possible.
Old Low Light Heritage Centre, North Shields spoken word, dance and art. shechoir.com/newcastle
Visit discoverymuseum.org.uk/
Local writer and poet, Katrina Porteous, explores unsung Contact info@whist.org.uk whats-on to book tickets.
heroines of the North East fishing communities. She explores for more information. Feminist Film Club:
how fisherwomen sustained their local communities and Losing Ground +
considers what we can learn from their lives regarding whist.org.uk Introduction
human relationships to nature and place. 13 March, 6.30pm
£10.75/£9.75/£7.25
Sister Shack Celebrates
International Women’s Day Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
9 March, 12pm till late
Kathleen Collins’ recently
Tyne Bank Brewery, rediscovered relationship
375 Walker Road, Newcastle, drama is a lost gem of feminist
NE6 2AB cinema. A sensuous, smart
Women of Tyneside: Communities and Collections take on love and desire with
Showcasing stalls from 12 March, 5.30-7pm a compelling heroine at its
local women with creative, heart, it places a refreshing
entrepreneurial, and artistic Newcastle City Library focus on the black intellectual
backgrounds. middle classes.
Women of Tyneside Project Co-ordinators, Clara Shield
The event focuses on the and Gemma Ashby, explore the journey of the project and Watch out for future monthly
wellbeing of women in the way the impact upon the museum collections so far. They also Feminist Film Club screenings
of specialist stalls, speakers share their experiences of how museum and community at Tyneside Cinema.
and performers. Open to all, development practice can work together to encourage
including dogs. communities to access and influence their heritage tynesidecinema.co.uk/
Image credit: Tony Griffiths
collections. film-and-events
Sister-Shack.com
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside
08 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 09
What is Your Super Power? Girl-Kind North East: Valuing Young A Brief History of Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Film Project Launch Women as Experts in their Own Lives Feminist Posters 28 March, 8pm
16 March, 11am-4pm 21 March, 5.30-7pm 26 March, 6-7pm £20.70
For girls and young women
aged 12+ Newcastle City Library Northumbria University Sage Gateshead
Library foyer
Good Space, Second Floor, Girl-Kind co-founders, Dr Sarah Ralph (Northumbria University), Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening invoke the dark, powerful
Commercial Union House, Dr Sarah Winkler-Reid (Newcastle University) and Dr Mel Local feminist activist, Penny sounds of Ancient Northumbria.
Pilgrim Street Gibson (Northumbria University), share their experience of Remfry, gives a guided tour of
working with schools across the region and showcase girl-made a selection of feminist posters The foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes, Kathryn
Join the Young Women’s Film artefacts from the project to discuss what it means to be a girl from the 1970s, sharing insight Tickell was awarded The Queen’s Medal in 2009 for her
Academy as they begin to in the North East. from her involvement in outstanding contribution to British music and the OBE in 2015.
explore their new film project numerous local campaigns,
through workshops and initiatives and organisations. sagegateshead.com
discussion with female artists Martha Hill + Talk Like Tigers The tour is followed by a
and film makers. This event is + Zak Younger Banks discussion, with refreshments
open to new members of the 22 March, 8pm available.
film academy who would like £7.10
to get involved and no previous The poster exhibition is on
experience in film making is Sage Gateshead display at Northumbria
necessary. University Library
Martha Hill’s hard-hitting alt pop with a social conscience 11-29 March.
youngwomensfilmacademy.co.uk has taken her from busking on Northumberland Street to
selling out shows. Her latest single covers themes of mental
health and displacement.
(small but) FIERCE magazine
presents - Rebel Pages sagegateshead.com
16 March, 2-4pm
Ages: 5-15
Thought Foundation,
Birtley, DH3 2TB Women of Tyneside:
Alternative Careers Day
Create ‘rebel pages’ for books 27 March, 9.30am-2.30pm
or magazines. Maybe they
have too many words and not Discovery Museum Holly Argent: Interleaving
enough pictures. Maybe there’s the archive (Group Action with KK)
too many men mentioned and Inspiring careers talks 28 March, 8.30pm
not enough women. Or that exclusively for young £6/£4
the pages are lacking diversity. women, from some of the
region’s most inspiring Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
smallbutfierce.org women in industry.
A performative lecture around the archive of Polish artists
Contact duo Przemyslaw Kwiek and Zofia Kulik (KwieKulik or ‘KK’), who
womenoftyneside@ challenged their situation as artists working under communist rule
twmuseums.org.uk for in Warsaw in the People’s Republic of Poland between 1971-87.
more information
tynesidecinema.co.uk/film-and-events
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside
10 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 11
April
Explore Women’s House:
7 April, 11am–2pm Sharing Event
£15 12 April, 10.30am-2pm
Dance City National Glass Centre,
Sunderland, Sunderland,
SR1 3EX SR6 0GL
A 3 hour workshop run by Set in the context of the
aerial theatre company, centenary of the suffrage
Uncaged. movement and the #MeToo
campaign, Women’s House
This fun and informal investigates female identity,
exploration of movement, domesticity and art through
aerial and writing is all about BAMER and LGBTQ
expression, feeling good and perspectives.
working together.
This event provides
To book your place email: opportunities for women and
uncagedaerial@gmail.com artists from diverse community
groups to share their
experiences and for guest
Mini Yoga and Wellbeing Hijab: artists to present their artwork.
Retreat (Half Day) Hi I’m Just
6 April, 9.30am-1pm Another Being Email projectsangini@gmail.
£35 per person 9 April, 5.30-7pm com to book your place.
Old Low Light Heritage Newcastle City Library
Centre, North Shields Locker Room Talk The Campaign in the
Taj Khan, from Hijab Sisters, 17 & 18 April, 7.30pm NE for Votes for Women
We spend so much time shares how visual imagery is £6-8 23 April, 5.30pm
rushing forward in this life that both part of the problem and Free, donations welcome
we often forget to ‘hit pause’ solution for the politics of Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle, No booking required
and take time to look after our the hijab. NE1 3DQ
self. This half day retreat includes Ernest café bar,
simple yoga sequences (suitable Taj will discuss the Locker Room Talk is an urgent response to 1 Boyd Street, Ouseburn
for any level), a self-care workshop, contemporary political context everyday misogyny. In 2017, Gary McNair
and yoga nidra (also known as for Muslim women in the UK, interviewed hundreds of men across the UK and The North East was a hub of activity seeking
yogic sleep). Leave feeling calm the broader context of media asked them to talk about women. to gain the vote for women. This talk explores
and rejuvenated. and growth of Islamophobia, how local women, and national figures such
as well as women’s reasons for He has distilled these conversations into a as Emmeline Pankhurst, campaigned in
Age recommendation: 16+ wearing the hijab. verbatim play in which the men’s words are given the region.
to an all-female cast to perform. Written by Gary
theyogatribene.co.uk McNair and directed by Anna Ryder. Methods ranged from peaceful petitions,
marches and talks, to militant acts such
theyogatribe@gmail.com Age recommendation: 16+ as window smashing and arson.
live.org.uk/whats-on ouseburntrust.org.uk
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside
12 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 13
Northern Sustainable Fashion Fest Company of Others:
24 April, 6–9pm: Preview Crackle. Dust.
25–26 April, 11am–4.30pm: Fashion Fest 27 April, 7.30pm
Ampersand Inventions, Fourth Floor, £9.50/£8
Commercial Union House, Pilgrim Street,
Newcastle Dance City Newcastle,
NE1 4BR
27 April, 11am–4.30pm: Fashion Fest
B&D Studios, Third Floor, Commercial Union Made in collaboration with women from the
House, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle North, the work shares their experiences of
endings that have had a life changing impact Women of Tyneside: Café Encounter
28 April, 12–2pm: Fashion Fest Finale through movement, live sound and spoken 24 April, 10am–12pm
Stack, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle word. Performed by an exquisitely diverse
ensemble of female performers ‘Crackle. Dust.’ The Nest, 417-19 Durham Road,
Hosted by Melanie Kyles and Uncaptive witnesses and celebrates the silence breakers, Low Fell, NE9 5AN
as part of Fashion Revolution Week, this survivors and the hopeful in our region.
fashion festival with a twist combines ethics, Come and join Women of Tyneside for a
craftsmanship, education and sustainability. Age recommendation: 16+ relaxed discussion exploring the theme of
Shining a light on fashion industry practices, periods and fertility facilitated by women
it celebrates a diverse range of forward- dancecity.co.uk/performances in the community. Gateshead Red Box
thinking women (and men) on Tyneside companyofothers.org.uk appeal will be present at this event to
working in fashion and garment industries. collect donations of sanitary products to
be distributed to schools and colleges in
Women in Nature the Gateshead area. No booking required.
Turn Up The Quiet: 28 April, 10am–12pm
Young Women’s Music-Making £8 per person - £15 for two booking together Women of Tyneside
25 April – 23 May 2019 & (small but) Fierce Magazine Presents Women of Tyneside:
(5 weeks) 5-7pm Thursdays Project Dirt, Bilton Hall Community Trust, – Why was this not collected? Female Relationships
An Introduction to Songwriting Taunton Avenue, NE32 3RT 13 April, 2–4pm in Unexpected Spaces
Sage Gateshead Women are invited to join in a morning of Thought Foundation, Birtley, DH3 2TB Women’s Health in South Tyneside
nature exploration, art and crafting. There (WHIST), Salus House, South Shields,
CoMusica presents a new series of free will be lots of opportunities for people to work Small but Fierce magazine is working with NE33 1TA
workshops designed for young women who together, share skills and learn new ones while Women of Tyneside for this family friendly
would like to learn new musical styles and making friends in a relaxed and friendly event exploring objects in the museum Using photographs from Tyne & Wear
develop ideas. The workshop is open to singers environment. Includes a campfire and snacks. collections and considering ones that Archives & Museums’ collections, women
and players of all musical styles and instruments. could be… explore the uniqueness of the relationships
Beginners are welcome. For young women Suitable for adults and older children women share with other women. Working
aged 13-18. (children must be accompanied by an adult). We will create objects that you believe with Workie Ticket Theatre Company, this
could be in the museum by exploring opportunity is open to all women who
comusica@sagegateshead.com To book contact danielle@willibyrocs.co.uk inspirational stories of local politicians, would like to participate in drama
or phone 07975501069 forgotten sports stars, suffragettes workshops, culminating in a performance
sagegateshead.com and artists. in June.
willibyrocs.co.uk
For girls and boys, ages 8-15 Sessions begin in April.
Visit womenoftyneside.org
smallbutfierce.org for more information.
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside14 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 15
May
Women’s House: The Female Gaze - Informal Sharing Women in Wartime (The Late Shows)
Project Exhibition 10 May, 4pm 17 May, 6pm–9pm
3–31 May Pay What You Can donation 30 minute slots
Makaan Art Studio, Dance City Newcastle, NE1 4BR Victoria Tunnel Entrance, Ouse Street,
126 Talbot Road, Ouseburn, NE1 2PF
South Shields, NE34 0RG The Female Gaze is a new play being
developed by disabled feminist playwright, Explore the roles of women on Tyneside during
Set in the context of the centenary of the suffrage movement Sarah Gonnet. WW2 and the valuable contributions and
and the #MeToo campaign, Women’s House investigates female sacrifices they made.
identity, domesticity and art through BAMER and LGBTQ A funny and playful take on the role women
perspectives. See the final project exhibition, where two artists, play in the film industry, from the first female Free, bookable via ouseburntrust.org.uk
using mixed media, print making, drawing and painting, convert director Alice Guy Blanche, to the recent from 17 April
a terraced house into a site-specific art installation. #MeToo campaign.
Email projectsangini@gmail.com for more information. A short section of the play will be shared
as a work-in-progress.
Feminist Activism
1968-2018
1 May
Lipman Building, City Campus,
Northumbria University
This afternoon symposium
examines how feminist activism
has been represented and Girl-Kind North-East Screen Takeover
remembered, and how that Worth It 21 May
activism continues to inform Preview: 15 May 5–8pm
political movements in the 21st Exhibition: 16- 25 May Workshop: 12.30-3pm, Tyneside Pop-up
century. Exploring movements [Gallery opening hours: Wed-Sat 12-5pm] Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle.
such as the 2018 centenary of The Late Shows – 18 May 6-11pm For Girl-Kind school groups only.
suffrage for some women, Women of Tyneside: In the Steps of Kathleen Brown
#TimesUp and #MeToo,this 5 May, 10.30am Vane Art Gallery, Commercial Union Film Screening: 3pm, Tyneside Cinema,
event also considers those House, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Tickets free for
which are frequently neglected Meet at Central Station Girl-Kind workshop participants, with the
such as Black and Minority Created by a diverse group of women remainder going on general sale
Ethnic women’s campaigns A short walk (approximately an hour) looking at sites where exploring and expressing their experiences to the public.
against oppressive migration the Newcastle suffragette Kathleen Brown was active in of being a woman on Tyneside today. A
policies. Newcastle. Starts at Central Station and covers Pink Lane, series of workshops delivered by the Women A one-off workshop for Girl-Kinders,
Assembly Rooms, Bigg Market, Pilgrim Street, Northumberland of Tyneside project and Melanie Kyles, led by culminating in a Tyneside Cinema screening
Contact Rosemary.white@ Street, Blackett Street and ends on Grey Street at the site the participants, has resulted in the creation of a girl-centric movie. Girl-Kind runs
northumbria.ac.uk for of the Blue Plaque to suffragettes. of a collective textile piece and exhibition workshops with girls from schools across the
more information exploring image and identity. region, helping them to turn their experiences,
Book tickets online during the Festival thoughts and ideas into creative interventions.
of Women at womenoftyneside.org vane.org.uk
Age recommendation: girls aged 12-16
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside16 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 17
Deeds Not Words Ifeoma U. Anyaeji
21 May, 7.45pm 24 May-1 September
Tickets from £10 Open 10am-6pm daily
Free
Northern Stage,
Barras Bridge, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,
Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead
NE1 7RH
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji makes sculptures and
A moving and energetic piece of dance theatre installations from discarded bottles and non-
highlighting and commemorating women’s biodegradable plastic bags. Using a method
suffrage in the UK. which she terms ‘Plasto-art’, Anyaeji creates
intricately woven structures and reliefs with a
This beautiful dance piece brings to light the traditional Nigerian hair-plaiting technique called
harrowing treatment of women within the fight ‘threading’.
for gender equality. Women of Tyneside:
For her first solo presentation in the UK, Anyaeji Café Encounter
northernstage.co.uk/Event/deeds-not-words presents new and recent work in BALTIC’s 21 May, 10am–12pm
level 2 gallery.
(0191) 230 5151 Thornton Street Café, 61-2 Thornton
baltic.art Street, Newcastle, NE1 4AW
Come and join Women of Tyneside for
a relaxed discussion exploring the theme
of pleasure, facilitated by women in the
community.
Women of Tyneside: No booking required
Celebrating Women
in Music with Kissed
24 May, 7pm
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Cluny, 30 May-15 June, various times
Lime Street, Tickets from £10
Ouseburn
Northern Stage, Barras Bridge,
Join Women of Tyneside as we celebrate Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH
local female singer/songwriters performing
an evening of uplifting material. Following The UK stage premiere of Khaled Hosseini’s (The
workshops with singer-songwriter Nicky Kite Runner) best-selling novel. In an Afghanistan
Rushton, exploring the theme of women’s ravaged by war, three generations of women
taboo health issues, a selection of songs discover strength in unity and find hope in the
written as a response to the museum unlikeliest of places. Age recommendation: 15+
collections will also be performed for
the first time. northernstage.co.uk/
Event/a-thousand-splendid-suns
Book tickets at thecluny.com
(0191) 230 5151
For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside18 Women of Tyneside March - June 2019 19
June
Lizzie’s Life and Death
in the Lead Works
11 June, 7pm
£4, places bookable on the
Ouseburn Trust website
Women of Tyneside: Meet at the Ouseburn Trust Women of Tyneside:
Café Encounter Women of Tyneside: Office 53-55 Lime Street, Legacy!
4 June, 10am-12pm The Female of the Species Ouseburn 14 June, 9am-4pm
(Great North Nights) £25
Cup of Joy Cafe, 20 Park 7 June, 6-8pm As part of the Ouseburn
Avenue, Whitley Bay, Trust’s Summer Walks Great Hall, Discovery Women of Tyneside:
NE26 1DG Great North Museum: programme, this early evening Museum, Newcastle Deeds Not Words Walk
Hancock, Newcastle walk in the Ouseburn Valley 30 June, 10.30am
Join Women of Tyneside explore the life and death of To celebrate and
for a relaxed discussion Visit the Great North Lizzie Dawson. Through the commemorate the Festival Meet at The Junction,
exploring the theme of Museum: Hancock after life of local resident Lizzie, of Women, we are hosting a Haymarket
menopause, facilitated by hours to explore the the walk will highlight the often day of inspiring presentations
women in the community. representation of women dangerous working conditions from some of the region’s Approximately 90 minutes
and female species within for women in the 19th century. most talented and influential walk, beginning at
No booking required the museum collections. women. Join Baroness Haymarket and ending at
This event will also be an ouseburntrust.org.uk Joyce Quin, chair of Tyne & Central Station. Visiting
opportunity to see Dippy Wear Archives & Museums sites linked to the suffrage
the dinosaur whilst it is on as she presents this not-to- movement in Newcastle,
Dear Christine Turn Up The Quiet: Young display in Newcastle. Where Now for Women’s be-missed event. including the events of 9
1–29 June Women’s Music-Making Rights and the Gender October 1909, known as
[Gallery opening hours: 6 June–11 July (6 weeks) Recognition Act? Details of speakers and the Battle of Newcastle.
Wed-Sat 12-5pm] 5-7pm Thursdays | Women of Tyneside: 13 June, 7pm how to book your place will
An Introduction to Music What If Girls Ruled £5 (bursaries available) be announced during the Book tickets online during
Vane Art Gallery, Technology and Production the World? Festival of Women at the Festival of Women at
Commercial Union House, 8 June, 10am-12pm Tyneside Irish Centre, 43 womenoftyneside.org womenoftyneside.org
Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Sage Gateshead Gallowgate Street, Newcastle,
Play + Invent space, NE1 4SG
Curated by South Shields born CoMusica presents a new Discovery Museum
artist Fionn Wilson, this group series of FREE workshops Defend Womens Rights! North Hollie McNish
exhibition examines themes designed for young women Join artist Richard Bliss as East hosts a public meeting 19 June, 7pm
represented by the story of who would like to learn new he works with boys to create to consider the report of the
Christine Keeler, a woman musical styles and develop an artistic response to the Government’s Consultation of Cluny 2, The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, NE1 2PQ
castigated for her role in the ideas. The workshop is open question, ‘What if girls ruled the Gender Recognition Act.
1960s’ Profumo affair: media to singers and players of all the world?’ This workshop is The event will include guest Discussing fruit and flesh, guilt, sex, politics, death, breasts,
exploitation of women, society’s musical styles and instruments. for boys and their male speakers and speeches by transformers and more, Hollie McNish chats honestly and
attitudes to women’s sexuality, Beginners are welcome. For parents or guardians. Age members of the local group. openly and reads from her latest poetry collections. Based
public shaming and the power young women aged 13-18. recommendation: 8-13 between Cambridge and Glasgow, Hollie loves writing poetry
dynamics of class and sex. years old. Contact and has published three collections, Papers, Cherry Pie
comusica@sagegateshead.com defendwomensrightsne@ and Plum and Nobody Told Me, for which she won the
vane.org.uk sagegateshead.com Book at gmail.com for more information Ted Hughes award.
discoverymuseum.org.uk
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For more info visit: womenoftyneside.org Share your story: @WomenOfTyneside“Courage calls to courage everywhere” Millicent Fawcett (suffragist) We want to say an enormous thank you Thank you also to every single to every single woman and girl that we incredibly talented female artist have worked with. We are honoured to and practitioner we have worked have worked with so many formidable, with, who has contributed to and inspiring and courageous women and aided the development of our project girls from Tyneside who have been so and worked with so many of our generous and open with their participants. experiences and insights, and made our project what it is. We have learnt so Thank you to all groups, venues much from them and we are happy to and organisations who contributed know that their legacy will live on in the to the Festival of Women and Women words, ideas and opinions they have of Tyneside project. left behind in our museum collections. If you or your business would be interested in finding out more about our project, collections or working more closely with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, we would love to hear from you. Please contact development@twmuseums.org.uk Information correct at time of printing. For queries regarding events not organised by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, please contact the event organiser directly. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (co-ordinators of the Women of Tyneside project) has no control over and no responsibility for, the content of the events organised by the third party participants listed in this brochure. The list of events has been submitted by those third parties. Inclusion in the leaflet does not constitute an endorsement by TWAM of the event or activity or any views that may subsequently be expressed. WomenofTyneside.org Get involved: @womenoftyneside @WomenOfTyneside #WomenOfTyneside
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