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April 2024 - Vicki Aimers
Congratulations to our Woman of Month for April, Vicki Aimers - a book artist and authorial illustrator, based at Krowji in Redruth.
Vicki works with a number of heritage organisations such as Kresen Kernow, Hayle Heritage Centre, Museum of Cornish Life and the Royal Cornwall Museum, bringing archival stories to life in creative ways through workshops and public events.
What motivates you to do what you do?
“Working with archives is a constant source of motivation for my creative practice. I feel I have the best job in the world. Just being absorbed in research and finding out what happened to these inspiring women from history drives me forward.
Also having that haptic process of making in whatever I do. While I’m researching - I’m also sewing or drawing. Even when I’m waiting in the car, I’m writing, stitching or sketching something. I was the mum at the school gate in my car sewing, while waiting for my daughters to come out at the end of the day.”
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Women in Word Literary Festival 2024
The Hypatia Trust has a commitment to advancing women's equality and being visible, strong and collaborative – and we also like to put on fun, community events – so we are super pleased to be hosting our second Women In Word literary festival celebrating women creatives in Cornwall. Women In Word is a women focused literary festival but the events are open to everyone to attend.
Featuring a festival bookclub, in conversation / readings from established and emerging women writers, talks, events and workshops, poetry films by women, networking opportunities, a literary stitch event – and an evening finale in a Georgian ballroom!
POETRY FILM EVENT
As part of our festival we have a Poetry Film event co-curated by Sarah Tremlett, Linda Cleary and Lally MacBeth. The selected poetry films will be screened at Hypatia Trust, Penzance, Cornwall, UK in the early evening on Thursday 6th June.
On the next day, Friday 7th June, we also have a Poetry Film Roundtable for poetry film makers and those interested (open participation), with discussion of process and practice, hosted by Sarah Tremlett.
We are inviting poetry film submissions - the window closes 30th April. Find out more here.
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WHATEVER NEXT?
Bridget Crowley's Desert Island Discs
Thursday 18th April, 6pm
Join us for an evening of Bridget Crowley’s Desert Island Discs, with the help of Nigel Fairs, Bridget will be taking us through her "desert island discs" and memories of her extraordinary life in the arts.
Bridget has had an extensive and varied career in the arts. She trained to be a dancer at the Rambert School and for 23 years was Head of Dance and Theatre Training at Arts Ed. in London. She founded Dancers Anonymous, providing students with the opportunity to test out professional life in the theatre. She also wrote four children's books, one of which, Feast of Fools, was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for mystery writers in America. After an MA in the History of Art at Birkbeck, she worked as an educator and Outreach Officer for the National Gallery. And there’s more!
Visit our events page to read of her activities after her 'official retirement'…
