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Women’s Liberation Music Making in the UK, 1970-1989

Name: Women’s Liberation Music Making in the UK, 1970-1989
Start: 2012-10-29T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2012-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Location: GWL at Berkeley Street

29th October, 2012 to 24th November, 2012

Free

An interactive exhibition Music and Liberation that shows how feminists used music as an activist tool to entertain and empower women during the 1970s and 1980s. It showcases rare ephemera and artefacts such as posters, songbooks, t-shirts, instruments and flyers. Visitors will be able to watch films, interact with installations, look at photos and, of course, listen to music.

Music and Liberation: Women’s Liberation Music Making in the UK, 1970-1989: Monday 29th October to Saturday 24th November (free)

Please contact us for information about access arrangements. A RNIB Penfriend is available to facilitate access for visually impaired visitors. The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4.30pm (or by appointment).

We will have a special Sirensong open mic launch night on Monday 29th October and a workshop and exhibition tour on Saturday 3rd November following the Space for Song session where women will be singing songs around women’s liberation.

Details

Start:: 29th October, 2012
End:: 24th November, 2012
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Library and Archive Events, Lifelong Learning Events

Location

: GWL at Berkeley Street
: 15 Berkeley Street
Glasgow, G3 7BW + Google Map
Phone: 0141 248 9969