Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin: From Suffrage to Today - Exhibition and Publication

We had our second event on the 21st of September. During the evening  speakers from the Otago Polytechnic gave 7 minute long presentations on the topic of intersectional feminism in Dunedin.  SUFFRAGE 125  This project is proudly supported by the Ministry for Women's Suffrage 125 Community Fund. To find out more about Suffrage 125 and other events in New Zealand follow this link:  http://women.govt.nz/about/new-zealand-women/history/suffrage-125/events-celebrations SPEAKERS  Bridie Lonie is a lecturer at Otago Polytechnic and was a founding member of the Women’s Gallery, Wellington (1980-84) and with Marian Evans and Tilly Lloyd an editor of A Women’s Picture Book, 25 Women Artists of Aotearoa/New Zealand, A Spiral Publication (Wellington: Government Printing Office 1988). She spoke on the Women’s Gallery’s tactic of subject-based, collective, women-only exhibitions.  Michele Beevors is an artist and lecturer at Otago Polytechnic. She focused on the inte...

Our opening event at Geoff's on 14th September 2018 was a big success! Here are some photos from the night. Marewa Severne, Wai Rua , 2018 Marewa Severne, Lines on her Chin , 2018  with poems by Rachel Dibble, 2018 Julia Young, A Very Important Message, 2015 Julia Young, The Meeting of New Friends, 2015 Janet De Wagt, Unravelling Ancestors - Mary Southerwood , 2014 Swaroopa Unni, Me Natyaloka,  2017 Simone Montgomery, Waipunarangi , 2018 Emma Chalmers, Around the Block on Tenterhooks, 2012 Matthew Wightman, Party Zone , 2015-2016 Sarah Baird, All The Things Anyone Has Ever Said To Me, 2018 Sophie Black, Waltz, 2010 Co-curators Kari & Lydie Schmidt