Name/TitleBanners: International Women's Day
About this objectFour hand painted textile banners created by Kate Charlesworth as stage hangings for an International Women's Day event at Hackney Empire in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Each banner features a stylised image of a dancing woman and is decorated with different combinations of shapes - circles, triangles, crescent moons and stars. Three of the banners are painted in purple, orange and green, while one is painted in purple and blue.
MakerCharlesworth, Kate
Date Madec.1985-95
Period1980s-1990s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, paint
Organic, textile
MeasurementsH: 1430 to 1670 mm (shortest and longest items)
W: 510 to 530 mm (narrowest and widest items)
Subject and Association Keywordsarts - textiles
Subject and Association KeywordsInternational Women's Day (IWD)
Subject and Association KeywordsDrama, theatre
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Charlesworth:
Kate Charlesworth (born 1950) is a British cartoonist and artist who has produced comics and illustrations since the 1970s. Her work has appeared in LGBT publications such as The Pink Paper, Gay News, Strip AIDS, Dyke's Delight, and AARGH, as well as The Guardian, The Independent, and New Internationalist. Lesbian and Gay Studies: A Critical Introduction (Bloomsbury Publishing) calls her a "notable by-and-for lesbian" cartoonist. In 2015, her graphic novel Sally Heathcote: Suffragette (with Mary and Bryan Talbot) was included in a list published by The Guardian of the "top 10 books about revolutionaries". Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide, her autobiography and history of gay and lesbian culture in England and Scotland from the end of World War II to the present, was published in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day:
International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday celebrated annually as a focal point in the women's rights movement. IWD gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. Spurred by the universal female suffrage movement, IWD originated from labor movements in Europe and North America during the early 20th century, with the modern holiday, March 8th, being declared by Vladimir Lenin [continues].
Named CollectionLesbian Archive @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBanner (textile)
Object numberGWL-2022-85-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved