WISEWORDS
Celebrating women writers, artists and performers
produced by alternative arts
1-31 March 2012
Women’s History Month
LAUNCH of WISEWORDS and WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH in East London
Thursday 1 March 6pm-9pm
RICH MIX 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA Liverpool Street tube/Shoreditch High St Stn.
www.richmix.org.uk 020 7613 7498
Reception with Rushanara Ali MP followed by speakers and performers including Kate Williams historian, TV presenter & novelist, Carolyn Simpson from SERTUC Womens Rights Committee, Chandan Mahal from The Women’s Library, Natalie Langford from Climate Week, Jessica Metheringham-Owlett political researcher, and a representative from Amnesty International; with films from WORLDwrite, music and dance by Nari Diganta, Sister Elements, Equator Women of the World, stories by Shamim Azad, oomphy poetry by Comfort and ditzy metroland ditties by Jammie Sammy from Apples and Snakes and Bridget Minamore from Tongue Fu. FREE
WISEWORDS POETRY OPEN MIC NIGHT
Wednesday 7 March 7.30pm
VIBE LIVE @ THE VIBE BAR
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1 6QL
Aldgate East/Liverpool Street tube
www.vibe-bar.co.uk 020 7247 3479
Women’s open mic poetry night with special guest slot from HOLLIE McNISH, and featuring the feisty VANESSA KISUULE and fretboard bothering funny woman CECILIA DELATORI. The atmosphere will be electric, the air thick with poems, and if you’d like to toss a few of your own into the evening, arrive early to sign up. In association with top-dog poetry-bods Apples and Snakes. Tickets: £3/£2 concs and open mikers available on door. www.applesandsnakes.org 020 8465 6154
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FAIR
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Saturday 10 March 10am-5pm
SPITALFIELDS TRADERS MARKET
Brushfield Street, E1 6AA Liverpool St tube
www.alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441
Artists, Books, Craftswomen, Designers, Performers, Workshops, Women’s Groups and Organisations.
Come and celebrate with a wonderful collection of creative women including artists exhibiting paintings and photography, hand-made crafts, fashion designers, music and poetry, participatory workshops and fabulous food. Admission FREE
Apply for a stand or stall to info@alternativearts.co.uk
BRADY ARTS CENTRE
192-196 Hanbury Street E1 5HU Whitechapel tube
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk 020 7364 7900
10 March 2pm-6pm
CHALLENGE the PERCEPTIONS of BEAUTY
Co-ordinated by ‘A’ Team Arts, this event for young women aged 13-19 years includes arts activities, information and advice with refreshments and a showcase of local young women’s talents featuring special guests. FREE
BRICK LANE BOOKSHOP
166 Brick Lane E1 6RU Aldgate East tube
www.bricklanebookshop.com 020 7247 0216
Open every day 11am-6pm
A wide range of books by local writers. Adm FREE
BROADWAY BOOKSHOP
Broadway Market, E8 4OJ London Fields Stn
www.broadwaybookshophackney.com 020 7241 1626
1-31 March Tues-Sat 10am-6pm Sun 11am-5pm
JOURNEY Photography by Catherine Holmes depicting an individual journey through comprehending and recovering from mental illness, and featuring supporting literature by female writers. Adm FREE
CHICCHI ART LOUNGE
516 Roman Road E3 5ES Bow tube
www.chicchi.co.uk 020 8141 4190
1-31 March Mon-Fri 8am-7pm Sat 8am-6pm
FEMALE ICONOGRAPHY: Women Celebrate Women: Mythology, Magic and Miracles.
Debbie Cicalese, Chris Czainski, Sue Kreitzman, Julia Sisi.
CLIMATE WEEK
12-18 March
Get involved with Climate Week www.climateweek.com
EAGLE GALLERY
159 Farringdon Road EC1R 3AL Farringdon tube
www.emmahilleagle.com 020 7833 2674
1-31 March Wed-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 11am-4pm
ROSA LEE Paintings. Rosa Lee (1957-2009) was a highly respected abstract painter and influential teacher whose work featured in many significant exhibitions throughout the 1980s and 1990s. FREE.
GALLERY CAFÉ
21 Old Ford Road E2 9PL Bethnal Green tube
www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk 020 8980 2092
1-31 March Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Sat & Sun 9am-8pm
FLUID IMAGES Heather Dyer Abstract images inspired by water. FREE
GALLERY HACKPH
Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, E8 1HE Hackney Central Stn
www.picturehouses.co.uk 07812145337
3 March – 4 April 11.30am-11.30pm daily
LA MEMORIA NELLA PIETRA Photography by Annalisa Gonnella & Jessica Bernard. FREE
MADDER 139
137 Whitecross Street & Play House Yard, EC1 Y8JL Old St, Barbican & Moorgate tubes
www.madder139.com 020 7490 3667
15 March – 28 April Thurs-Sat 12noon-6pm
NEW MODEL ARMY Linda Aloysius Sculpture configuring the female form and experience.
FREE
MUSEUM OF LONDON
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN Barbican tube
www.museumoflondon.org.uk 020 7001 9844
Until 10 June Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
SLEEP WALK SLEEP TALK Suki Chan A series of evocative lightbox stills following in the footsteps of Dickens’ essay Night Walks. FREE
FREE
RICH MIX
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch E1 6LA Shoreditch High Street Stn/Liverpool St tube
www.richmix.org.uk 020 7613 7498/9
1 March 6pm-9pm
LAUNCH of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH in East London,
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK in Tower Hamlets and
The WISEWORDS programme presented by Alternative Arts. Admission Free. All welcome.
8 March 8pm
TONGUE FU – International Women’s Day Special with Jan Blake, Anna Freeman and Bridget Minamore performing to improvised accompaniment from Tongue Fu band (Nostalgia 77, UNKLE)
15 March 7.30pm
CARMEN SOUZA Lisbon born Cape Verdean songstress presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD
Tkts £8 adv, £11 on door.
22 March 7.30pm
EVE POLLARD, author & journalist talks of her life, MOR KARBASI, world music diva, presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD. Tkts £12 adv, £15 on door.
29 March 7.30pm
NAJMA AKHTAR ghazal singer, TAHMIMA ANAM writer, JYOSTNA SRIKANTH violinist, SHIVANOVA cross-cultural ensemble, DJ RITU presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD. Tkts £12 adv, £15 on door.
30 March 8pm
SISTER ELEMENTS present GrandMas Party with DJ Anarkali, DJ Sarah Love, Sarah Sayeed and Love Performance with DJ Excalibah. Dance: Jane Sekonya & Ella Mesma, Screening: Ladies First (Film about Women in Hip Hop) Host: DJ Jonzi D. Tkts £8/£10.
STUDIO 75
75 Hebden Court, Laburnam Street E2 8BG Haggerston Stn
www.studio75.org.uk 07984 663360
30 March - 8 April Fri-Sun 1pm-6pm
WITHOUT CASULTIES Gillian McIver, Andrea Luka Zimmerman mixed media installations exploring issues of militarism and identity, and personal memories of the Cold War. FREE.
TOWER HAMLETS IDEA STORES
Idea Store Chrisp Street 1 Vesey Path, East India, Dock Road, E14 6BT. All Saints DLR
www.ideastore.co.uk 020 7364 1502
10 March 2pm-4pm
An afternoon of activities celebrating shared traditions with poet and story teller Shamim Azad and Tina Hemmise who will lead an introduction to quilting. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about and enjoy henna painting. FREE
Idea Store Canary Wharf Churchill Place E14 5RB. Canary Wharf tube
www.ideastore.co.uk 020 7364 1255
1-31 March Mon-Thurs 9am-9pm, Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Jun 12noon-6pm
TELLING TALES local history exhibition on women FREE
TRANSITION GALLERY
Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, E8 4QN Cambridge Heath Stn
www.transitiongallery.co.uk 020…
24 March – 22 April Fri-Sun 12noon-6pm
OUT OF THE COSMIC STORM Lindsey Bull Paintings exploring occult practices, myth and magic.
FREE
TRATTORIA SAPORI
44 Newington Green N16 9QH Dalston Kingsland & Dalston Junction Stns
www.trattoriasapori.co.uk 020 7704 0744
7 March – 2 April Mon-Fri 9.30am-10.30pm Sat & Sun 8.30am-10.30pm
CONVERSATION DRAWINGS Joanna McCormick Drawing and painting installation inspired by her recent artist residency in a continuing care home. FREE
V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD
Cambridge Heath Road E2 9PA Bethnal Green tube
www.museuymofchildhood.org.uk 020 8983 5200
Until 7 May Open daily 10am-5.45pm
THE VALUE OF THE PAW A selection of work made by sculptor Cathie Pilkington inspired by ideas and memories from many of the toys and objects in the museum. FREE
WHITECHAPEL GALLERY
77-82 Whitechapel High Street E1 7QX Aldgate East tube
www.whitechapelgallery.org 020 7522 7888 Open Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs until 9pm
Until 9 March
ZARINA BHIMJI Landscapes and buildings haunted by their layered histories are the protagonsists in Zarina Bhimji’s photographs and large-scale film installations. India and East Africa are the repeat locations for her poetic foray into the archaeology of place. FREE
Until 25 March
CORIN SWORN Video Lens Prism. (2010) in the Zilkha Auditorium. FREE
28 March – 17 June
GILLIAN WEARING
Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing’s photographs and films explore the public and private lives of ordinary people and how they present themselves. Tkts £9.50/£7.50 concs (incl. Gift Aid donation) £8.50/£6.50 (excl. Gift Aid).
THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY
London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street E1 7NT Aldgate East tube
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Thurs until 8pm, Sat 10am-4pm
www.womenslibrary.co.uk 020 7320 2222
Until 25 August
ALL WORK AND LOW PAY The Story of Women and Work.
Women’s work has consistently been unrecognised and undervalued. This exhibition shows the extraordinary range of jobs done by women over the past 150 years, from forging iron chains to assembling fine electrical components. It highlights the campaigns for equal pay and fair working conditions led by pioneering activists and supported by trade unions. FREE
Until 10 March
ARCHIVES TALES: Uncovering Inter-war Black Histories
Exploring the ways in which black individuals and histories either appear or are absent in the records of various women’s rights organisations and individual campaigners. FREE
8 March 7pm
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY LECTURE
Addressing the Autobiography: The Life of Lady Rhondda (1883-1858)
A suffragette, the founder of Time and Tide and the first female president of the Institute of Directors; Lady Rhondda was one of the movers and shakers of the first half of 20th century Britain.
Presented in collaboration with the Women’s History Network.
Tkts £8/£6 concs
10 March 12pm & 2.30pm
GUIDED TOURS of the Women’s Library
Come and see the highlights of the collections, with tours of the current exhibitions, and a chance to look at materials from the archives. FREE
24 March 2pm
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975
Unique film gathering together a treasure trove of original footage produced for Swedish TV and shot in the US during a tempestuous period of American history. Tkts £6
WiseWords is produced by Alternative Arts +44(0)20 7375 0441
www.alternativearts.co.uk info@alternativearts.co.uk
WiseWords is supported by Tower Hamlets Council, Spitalfields, Amnesty International, London Metropolitan University, The Women’s Library, V&A Museum of Childhood, Rich Mix, Whitechapel Gallery and Alternative Arts.