As part of the Oxford International Women’s Festival and International Women’s Day, new exhibition curated by Maga Esberg, HATCHED 2017 will showcase work by local and global artists on the theme of women’s issues, from 22 February to 11 March 2017 at the North Wall Gallery, Oxford.

Using a variety of media incluing photography, installation, sculpture and video works, a total of 30 artists have engaged with this year’s themes of ‘Women Thinking Big in the Arts, Science, Politics & Education’ and ‘#Be Bold for Change’.

 

HATCHED curator, Maga Esberg said: “It seems more urgent than ever to find ways to communicate female experience whether it is our private daily domestic struggles or more extreme social injustice. Battles we once thought were won, inequalities that we believed were behind us have re-surfaced. The artists in Hatched 2017 aim to be part of this dialogue, to communicate their concerns. Concerns which are personal to them and their experience but reflect on the wider issues. These works don't standalone they are part of a bigger movement of women globally intent on being heard. Several of the works in HATCHED 2017 resonate with me as a woman, an artist, a daughter... whilst other pieces open up new and unknown experiences and horizons. I think we are all ready to be #boldforchange!"

 

Artists featured in the exhibition include:

Harriet Rutter’s Bullfinch – Semiotics of Birds, which explores child exploita- tion, alluding to recent local events that have impacted her sense of social re- sponsibility as a woman and a mother.

Fiona Yaron-Field’s Safe Haven, a series of portraits of pregnant women who know their baby will be born with Down’s syndrome. Her work aims to chal- lenge the ‘ideal’ image of family and questions what it means to be inclusive and accept human differences.

Hugh Palmer's Press for change! a participatory installation created in response to learning about Female Genital Mutilation, via Oxford Against Cutting, the local campaigning organisation.

 

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of talks and workshops, some required booking at:

 

 

 

 

HATCHED 2017 TALKS: PRESS FOR CHANGE! Hugh Palmer speaks about FGM.

Free just turn up

Oxford Quaker Meeting, 43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

Friday 3rd March 2017, 19:00 – 21:00 GMT

 

HATCHED 2017 PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSIONS: Hermione Wiltshire One to one portfolio review sessions.

Various prices. Booking required via eventbrite

The North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7JN Saturday 4th March 2017, 12:15 – 16:00 GMT

 

HATCHED 2017 EXHIBITION WALK AND TALK

Meet HATCHED 2017 artists led by Maga Esberg in the gallery at the North Wall

Free just turn up

Saturday 4th March, 14.00 to 14.30 PM

The North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7JN

 

HATCHED 2017 TALKS : THE BIRTH OF THE IMAGE- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CROWNING. Hermione Wiltshire

Meeting room upstairs at the Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DH

Saturday 4th March 2017, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT

Various prices. Booking required via eventbrite