Here is an opportunity to get involved with one of these exciting organisations…

Would you like to help out with a mass participation documentary film project, Northern Lights?

www.wearenorthernlights.com

Diversity Films will be working with Northern Lights delivering Getting Started with Filmmaking workshops aimed at engaging with people who generally have the least access to the arts and culture in Scotland.

To help widen access to the project and support the facilitation of the workshops, we are looking for:

Social Media Volunteers to collect information from the workshops and participants to be used on Facebook and Twitter

Digital Media Volunteers to digitise workshop participants’ footage once the workshops have taken place

If you are interested in either of these roles and want to find out more check out Diversity Films’ website, or get in touch with the cluster’s Volunteer Coordinator, Gabrielle Macbeth gabrielle.macbeth@womenslibrary.org.uk

We are using the video sharing website Vimeo – you do not need to be a member to use this valuable resource. Just visit: www.vimeo.com/womenslibrary/makingspace. If you have any problems with viewing the film on Vimeo, please contact us and we will try to help.

If you get any sort of spark from this film, any thoughts or flashes of inspiration, or if you disagree with what it has to say, please feel free to get in touch with us and let us know. We love to hear your comments! Enjoy.

A Film Still

Saturday 12 March 2011, 2pm to 4.30pm

If you would like any more information, please contact us online or call 0141 248 9969.

This course is free. Click here for more information on our new streamlined booking system and to join the library.

Thursday 21 October 5.30pm to 7.30pm

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early ’60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many battles, both personal and political. Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir return with a love story of two remarkable women whose commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all.

This screening will be followed by an introduction by GWL Archivist Hannah Little to some of the rare and fascinating gems from the national lesbian archive including the magazines, books and other materials that Edie and Thea and other lesbians of the 1960s in America and Britain created and consumed and discover some of the other enduring partnerships that are represented and recorded within this unique lesbian history resource in Scotland.

Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place click here to send us an email or you can call us on 0141 248 9969.

Supported by:

In this new programme Glasgow Women’s Library invite women to find out about how to put the ME in Media.  Join us to discover how books, film, music, magazines and other media can influence us and how we can bite back!  In this programme we will use media to express ourselves and connect with others and explore media from a positive perspective, boosting our self esteem and confidence.

Cinema Feminista
How are women represented in film, and what happens when they get behind the camera? This 8 week course will give you the opportunity to enjoy thought provoking films that look at issues women face today.

Starts Wednesday 6 October, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Additional screening of Black Narcissus is available for those that couldn’t attend the first session on Monday 11 October at 2pm in the library, it is essential that you contact us if you want to come along, or you can watch the film in your own time and join us during week 2 for the discussion.

We need a minimum of 12 people registered on this course for it to continue so if you are intrested please contact us and if you have any questions we will do our best to answer them.

This is an 8 week course supported by DACE. On alternate weeks we will discuss the films and focus on the representation (and misrepresentation) of women in film and the psychology that underlies this.

Week 1 Black Narcissus (1947)
Week 2 Theme: Women in History
Week 3 Arranged (2007)
Week 4 Theme: Hidden Women
Week 5 Fish Tank (2009)
Week 6 Theme: Escapism and Identity
Week 7 Free Choice Film!
Week 8 Theme : Embodied Women

This course is a partnership with DACE and is supported by ILA Scotland, we can help you arrange your ILA prior to attending, it’s easier than you might think, just call Laura on 0141 248 9969 if you need any assistance.

Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place click here to send us an email or you can call us on 0141 248 9969.

Supported by:

Saturday 2 October, 5pm – 7.30 pm, CCA Cinema

This session will give you the opportunity to enjoy the film “Boys Don’t Cry” with Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevingny.  A real-life story dealing with issues around gender identity and sexuality.  Directed by Kimberly Peirce (Cert 18).  A thought provoking film that raises issues that young women face today with time to chat about this afterwards.   

Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place click here to send us an email or you can call us on 0141 248 9969.

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Arts & Crafts Sessions
Monday, 6 July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Tuesday, 7 July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Monday, 13 July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Monday, 20 July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Monday, 27 July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Film Screening
Tuesday 14th July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – FILM SCREENING Water; Water tells the tale of brow-beaten oppressed widows in early 1900’s India

Workshops
Tuesday 21st July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WORKSHOP

Tuesday 4th Aug – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – WOMEN & POLITICS;
Get your voice heard (To be confirmed)

Outings
Tuesday 28th July – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – Visit to the St Mungos
Museum, The Glasgow Cathedral and The Necropolis

Monday 3rd Aug – 1.30pm to 3.30pm – Visit to the Peoples Palace, Glasgow Central Mosque and Picnic at Glasgow Green

Please let us know if you would like to sign up for any sessions.  Call us on 0141 552 8345 or contact us through the website.