Make It Social: Wearable Protest Art

Inspired by activism and campaigns for women's rights, see how you can advocate through art. Create badges and fabric patches that make a statement!

*Please note these events are for University of Leeds students only. Please register for a place using your University email.*

Art-ivism! Where art meets activism.

In this 2-hour workshop we will provide a space to design and make your own activist badges and patches in response to the Animated Activism: Women Empowered exhibition. The workshop, exclusively for students, is being organised and led by our Cultural Collections Engager Event Interns - Esme, Mana, Ottilie, and Bex.

We will reflect on how organisations like Women's Aid and Leeds Animation Workshop have historically used creative methods as ways to communicate their values and advocate for women's rights. We will draw inspiration from the posters, manifestos, films and other objects on display from these archives.

Then, you’ll have chance to design and make your own wearable protest art! We will provide an assortment of textiles, beads, paints, stencils and making equipment for you to get creative with.

Together, we’ll take photographs of your finished creations to create our very own collective stop-motion animation, inspired by films created by Leeds Animation Workshop.

At the end of the session everyone will have badges and patches to take away, wear, and share. We will send everyone a copy of the animation after the workshop too!