Talks | Women’s Art Activism: Reflections on WAAG with Dr Alessia Cargnelli at Mermaid Arts Centre

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This panel discussion is facilitated by visual artist and researcher Dr Alessia Cargnelli with Irish artists Pauline Cummins, Marie Hanlon, Patricia McKenna and Cecily Brennan.
Taking materials from the Women Artists Action Group (WAAG)’s archive as a cue, the talk will focus on the personal experience of Irish women artists working in the context of 1980s-1990s’ island of Ireland and beyond, looking at their collaborative practice and self-advocacy as a strategy to counteract an hostile art environment that was actively excluding women and other minoritised subjects.