Wonder Women 2016 highlights, Part 2: Mean Girls & Suffrajitsus - Yes, that's us!

Part two of creative tourist's Wonder Women 2016 highlights includes a Mean Girls pop-up in an Ancoats theatre and Suffrajitsus in Alexandra Park.  

With over 50 events taking place in ten days as part of Wonder Women 2016 (3-13 March), we are super chuffed that creativetourist.com has pick our Pankhurst in the Park launch party event, 'Wonder Warrior', as a must see festival highlight! It's less than a week to go now until Legacy Fatale hits the streets of Manchester on International Woman's Day. Check out Creative Tourist's description below, and visit our events page to find out what to expect...

"Alexandra Arts kicks off the Pankhurst in the Park 2016 programme with New York based collective Legacy Fatale, whose newly commissioned piece is a celebration of Mrs Pankhurst’s ‘Suffrajitsu’ body guards. These, if you aren’t familiar, were women trained in the martial art of Bartitsu. This event represents Pankhurst in the Park’s 2016 official launch party with DJ Andrea Trout, at ‘Tea Hive’ Pavilion in Alexandra Park. Suitable for ages 18+, ‘Tea Hive’ Pavilion, Alexandra Park, 12 March, 6pm-12am, free" @ creativetourist.com

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Web shop launch 26th of March

In connection with our Pankhurst in the Gallery event on the 26th of March at Manchester Art Gallery, we are launching a brand new webshop!

Alexandra Arts have been working with Photographer Zuza Grubecka throughout the autumn programming Pankhurst in the Park and we are excited that her signed photo book will be available at our Manchester Art Gallery event. But also in our webshop.

Zuza'a photo of Rodin remake at Withworth Art Gallery was recently featured on Instagram's own blog - http://blog.instagram.com/post/112133477802/150226-zuza-g

The evening also includes a showcase and sale of artworks from this years 's International Artist in Residency Go! Push Pops and their final performance Holy Creatrixxx. We have limited edition screen prints of Katarzyna Jablonska's portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, and signed photo books by Pablo Melchor and Zuza Grubecka . As well as original mono print by Naomi Kashiwagi 

Pankhurst in the Park is part of the fabulous Wonder Woman festival 2015. Check out  creativetourist.com's  Wonder Woman Week Four: The highlights where our event is featured. We are also thrilled that Manchester Confidential picked our Thursday Late Pankhurst in the Park at Manchester Art Gallery as their TOP 10: Exhibitions in March

Pankhurst in the Gallery

As part of the Wonder Woman* festival 2015, we are pleased to announce that on Thursday 26th March 2015 Alexandra Arts will be ‘taking over’ Thursday Lates at Manchester Art Gallery to present Pankhurst in the Gallery, a free event for all.

Our Holy Creatrixxx infused Pankhurst in the Gallery will celebrate the life and work of Emmeline Pankhurst. Inspired by Manchester Art Gallery’s fashion collections, the event will explore the Suffragette movement in terms of fashion activism and empowerment.

People will be invited to dress up – take inspiration from the Suffragette colours of green, purple and white or even the gallery’s collections. Or simply rock up as you are and join in on the adornment making station. The evening includes a showcase and sale of artworks from this years Pankhurst in the Park's International Artist in Residency Go! Push Pops and their final performance Holy Creatrixxx. We have limited edition screen prints of Katarzyna Jablonska's portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, and signed photo books by Pablo Melchor and Zuza Grubecka . This will be all topped of with a performance from Naomi Kashiwagi and a screening of our video artist portrait of Go! Push Pops. Expect funky tunes and slashes of neon.

Pankhurst in the Gallery will take place from 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Manchester Art Gallery.

*Wonder Women is back. From Cornelia Parker to the Pankhursts, No More Page 3, Sarah Hardacre, The Unthanks and Kim Kardashian, Manchester’s feminist festival returns throughout 1-31 March. Over 35 organisations across the city are taking part, with debates, music, art, cinema, gigs, bike tours, exhibitions, football, live literature, pub quizzes and much more shining a light on some of the incredible, creative and campaigning women working in Manchester and Salford today.

www.creativetourist.com/wonderwomen