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Collecting in the Time of Coronavirus
From handmade masks, feminist perfumes and Roller Derby t-shirts to items supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, discover how gifts from donors in the time of Coronavirus have helped us develop our unique collections and document the diverse perspectives of women across Scotland and beyond.
Online: Ways of Seeing: Shutter Speed Talks
Alongside our Ways of Seeing symposium and exhibition, are these pre-recorded 'Shutter Speed' talks. These snapshot presentations offer a glimpse the many stories of women and photography in Scotland. Watch along to discover more about Victorian tintypes, the carte-de-viste craze or figures such as Hannah Jane Dunlop, Lady Anne Lindsay and Jessie Mann.
Making Her Mark
How are women’s lives reflected in Renfrewshire’s towns and villages? How are they celebrated or remembered? These sessions are a chance to try out something new, take part in creative workshops, make friends and contribute to an exciting end of project exhibition in Paisley in 2021.
Online: Readers of Colour
Join Readers of Colour online to discover and chat about poetry, fiction, and narrative non-fiction by women and non-binary writers of colour.
Online: Ways of Seeing Exhibition
What are Scottish women’s unique ways of seeing the world through the camera lens? See the work of women photographers in Scotland in this online exhibition.
Online Symposium: ‘Ways of Seeing’: Women and Photography in Scotland
Sign up to attend the symposium ‘Ways of Seeing’: Women and Photography in Scotland, hosted online by Glasgow Women's Library, and inspired by the National Trust for Scotland’s extensive photographic collections.
Online: Story Café Special: Radical Women
Sit back and listen to talks, stories and poems that celebrate the lives of poets, writers and fighters – from suffragettes and radical women poets of the past to Scottish women fighting for workplace equality in the twentieth century.
Online: Open Book
These thoughtful monthly Open Book creative writing sessions are now back for Autumn!
Making Her Mark
How are women’s lives reflected in Renfrewshire’s towns and villages? How are they celebrated or remembered? These sessions are a chance to try out something new, take part in creative workshops, make friends and contribute to an exciting end of project exhibition in Paisley in 2021.
Our Changing Climate: Local Women Respond
As the climate changes, whether that’s in Scotland or in other parts of the world, women are reacting with creativity and innovation to find solutions which benefit their families and communities and which reduce inequality.
How is our community responding? And how can these responses also address the inequalities our city faces?