My visual poem You Don’t Need A Manifesto To Begin (2024) is exhibited at the Hundred Heroines museum and art gallery. Curated by the tour de force that is Ania Ready, of I Also Fight Windmills – A Visual Homage To Sophie runs until June 1st in celebration of the life of Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska.
Also included is writing by the fantastic writers on my Women In Art course that I taught last year including Gehrett Ellis who sadly passed away in 2024.
A dynamic collection of works by 26 artists and writers from seven countries, exploring the themes of mental illness and creativity, social constraints and artistic freedom, memory, agency and connection. It was brought into being through an artistic collaboration initiated by Ania Ready, the author of I Also Fight Windmills. Ania invited artists and writers to creatively interpret the contents of her literary book which focuses on the life and works of forgotten feminist writer Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska.
You Don’t Need A Manifesto To Begin responded to the legacy of Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska by celebrating solidarity, friendship and mutual support between women in the arts and how this can be a precursor to powerful change – also considering the muses of Mickelene Thomas.
Hundred Heroines is a contemporary museum and gallery dedicated to women in photography, based in Gloucestershire. They take world-class art out of the white cube and made it accessible to all. Find out more about them here.
Learn more about I Also Fight Windmills by Ania Ready here.
