Join us to create a unique textile artwork, share stories, and record history

This is a textile based workshop which will bring together women from all over the world to tell their stories (not normally heard in public spaces) about their mother, grandmother, aunt etc. who may have been part of activist movements for equality and social justice; either in their country of origin or in Britain.

We will represent these stories in material form, using fabrics, during the course of the workshop. So, in telling these stories participants will:

· construct a piece of history which informs and educates others

· construct a piece of history from which they can draw inspiration to take action for social change today.

During the workshop, participants will create a collective piece of art which will be digitally recorded and also form a live exhibit to be shown online and in real time, on Warwick University campus during the City of Culture’s Resonate Festival.

The struggles of women from racially minoritised communities to make a place for themselves and their family in British society are seldom recorded, seldom heard. This workshop provides an important space for amplifying their voices, telling their stories and inspiring political and civic action now and in future.