Morag talks to curator Andrea Kusel and artist Sharon Thomas about the Equals exhibition and the Herstory Portrait series, both on display at Paisley Museum and Art Gallery until 21st October
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Mapping Memorials to Women in Edinburgh
The National Lifelong learning team braved the Edinburgh festival crowds last week for the latest Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland session. While festival goers sweltered in the sunshine outside […]
Dumfries women’s reading circle – Reading for Well Being
Our new Dumfries women’s reading circle met for the first time at North West Resource centre on Wednesday 27th June. This new group is a chance to meet up with […]
Equals and Herstory Portrait at Paisley Museum
Two fantastic new art exhibitions featuring women artists have just opened in Renfrewshire at Paisley Museum. Equals features work from a variety of women artists and celebrates a century of […]
Scrapbooking in Motherwell
We packed our bags and cases with paper, glue, gems and lots of other fun things and headed off to North Lanarkshire in April to do some scrapbooking […]
Harpies, Fechters and Quines
The national project went to Edinburgh for the first two weeks in May for an exciting new series of exhibitions and events. Harpies, Fechters and Quines was planned in partnership […]
Coatbridge intergenerational project
Our women’s history researchers from Coatbridge, the Lanarkshire Inquisitors, went back to school for 6 weeks and have been updating their technology skills, with a bit of help from 4th year students of the XL group at St Andrew’s High school in Coatbridge.
Dumbarton Women’s History Detectives
Since November last year a new group of GWL women learners have been meeting at Dumbarton library to do some detective work on women in Dumbarton’s history. This was an […]
Out and About: Women’s History in Moray
The Women of Moray project began about four years ago with the aim of redressing the gender imbalance of local history. The project has now completed a book on local […]
New Volunteer Opportunity in Dumfries
Reading and talking about books in a supportive group can improve well being, improve skills and even be inspirational. Could you help the library’s national lifelong learning programme develop […]