On this day 1987 the FA Cup was paraded around the streets of Coventry and an estimated 350,000 lined the route. BBC broadcast live ,but the bus took over 4 hours to make the 3 mile journey from Walsgrave to city centre. youtube.com/watch?v=J-mDPO…

Writer, artist and archivist Alice O'Hanlon (aliceohanlon.co.uk) has been developing a series of interviews with women about their creative lives and the influence of female relatives. It's been so lovely to take part ❤️ Read all of the interviews at instagram.com/alice_oha_writ…

It's the the last week to get your application in for June/July Hatching Residencies at The Nest. Residencies are open to artists of any discipline to play with an idea at its earliest stages. Info/FAQs are on our website
talkingbirds.co.uk/2024/04/01/nes…

Tonight’s rather lovely screening location Leominster Community Centre & within it the excellent facilities of Playhouse Cinema. Evening beautifully organised & held by …kruse, featuring short films by walkspace members. Pic 4 still from Polaroids, Podcasts and Perambulation.

Leominster folks, come join for some Walking Shorts, films by walkspace members tomorrow night! Tix here: eventbrite.com/e/walking-shor…

I’ll be showing Polaroids, Podcasts and Perambulation a super enriching commission from Theatre Absolute last summer. ☀️❤️ theatreabsolute.co.uk/commissions/po…

Loved performing a poem at Helen Wheatley brilliant book launch of 'Television/Death' Coventry Cathedral Warwick Institute of Engagement Centre for Televison Histories tonight. Honoured to get to be there to support and be part of a fantastic and informative evening. Lovely to see James Hodkinson and Adele Mary Reed

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Thrilled that Helen is showing my film Taffia Cothan at her book launch on Thursday, made in 2020 in response to her Ghost Town project. 👌📺

🥳I am very excited to announce that this baby is due on 4 July from Thames & Hudson (and on 3 September in the USA)!🥳

Copies of my book 10 Years, Cov will be on sale at the communal table Duplicate Publishing Fair Eastside Projects this Saturday 4th May, 12-5pm. £15 each, signed. Also bringing copies of Mothers Who Make a Garden: The Dreaming published by @covbiennial. Cash only at the communal table 🤝

So yummy. Gutted I missed the open call.

For Better Together #6: The Art Working Parents Alliance we’ll be joined by Jo Harrison & Hettie Judah, founders of the AWP.

Aims for the session include establishing an East Mids AWP cohort & developing a dialogue with institutions in the region.

Book: bit.ly/4b9Or10

Lovely slow and sensory visit to Hayward Gallery last week to see When Form Comes Alive (was just so drawn to the Holly Hendry worm tubes and apparently other wormy shapes too!) Pics feature works by Matthew Ronay, EJ Hill, Holly Hendry and Eva Fàbregas. 🐛🪱🎢 #haywardgallery

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PUSB! #35mm #pusb #covcity

Celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday in style this weekend 🎈

🎂 Fri 19 - Shakespeare by Women, conference & Birthday Lecture
🎂Sat 20 - Craft activities with Mother’s Who Make
🎂Sat 20 Sun 21- Historiart Pop-up print shop

Join in 👉 bit.ly/3uVadCb

Email from my Uncle about my grandfather: 'had to look in Dad’s old war diaries recently and found him saying he was doing a regular ‘trade in snaps for people’ and that what he received for them covered the costs of his hobby'. Some snaps by Bill Reed: flickr.com/photos/8374898… ❤️

Join After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989-2024 curator Johny Pitts and local photographer and film maker Alan Van Wijgerden as they delve into a diverse conversation on photography, culture, and class.

🔈Listen now:
ow.ly/jQx750Re27E

Mothers Who Make a Garden at Old Grammar School Coventry Biennial is truly flourishing and looking gorgeous. I think the plants enjoy the sheltered built up city centre. Open to mothers and women/non-binary folk on Sat 13th April, 10:30. Email if interested [email protected]

A real treat to work with Shakespeare B Trust on a MWM Coventry gig for Shakespeare’s 460th! The theme Women Who Made Shakespeare & their overlooked talents. Ania Bas, Natalie Zervou-Kerruish, Janet Tryner & Rosie Bolton free workshops, Henley St, 20th April ❤️ shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…