An exhibition of Welsh portraits from the Museum's collection to celebrate LGBT History Month. The display will include recently acquired photographs by Angus McBean, including a surreal self-portrait by McBean and a pair of portraits of legendary Welsh actor and playwright Emlyn Williams. Other portraits on display to celebrate LGBT History Month will include Cedric Morris, Russell T Davies and Sarah Walters among others.
10 am – 5 pm Tuesday to Sunday (Galleries close at 4.45 pm)
This exhibition explores the theme of families and sexuality in the Roman World. Roman families were just as diverse as those today so come and find out more and think about what a family means to you!
Gendered Intelligence have collaborated with community arts organisation ActiveArt to deliver an art project for young trans and gender variant people aged 13 - 24 years. The project will consist of 5 workshops throughout January and February 2011, culminating in a public exhibition at the end of February. We will be looking at the following themes to create a collaborative piece of art to be used for social change:
- Barriers to sport for trans and gender variant people. - Celebrating trans people in sport. - What does sport mean for you?
LGBT radio show every Tuesday at 6.30pm - 7pm. Listen on 104.4FM (in London) or online anywhere in the world at www.resonancefm.com. we will be covering LGBT history month throughout Jan / Feb. On 18th Jan, Sue Sanders joins us live in the studio. We also have a special live broadcast from Southwark Playhouse on Monday 21st Feb
Dr Dyfri Williams, Research Keeper of the Department of Greece and Rome, British Museum. This talk will look at what we know of both the colourful history of the Warren Cup and of its first owner, E.P. Warren, into whose circle the remarkable Roman silver cup fitted perfectly.
An invitation to older LGBT people living in Camden to participate in free workshops in January & February 2011 In January and February 2011 Philip Osment and Clare Summerskill will be running free workshops at The Drill Hall. These will provide an opportunity for you to contribute your thoughts/experiences, hopes and fears about care and ageing, to have a say in the debate and help to change attitudes. We will shape the workshops according to your interests, to develop scenes and songs that will then be used to make a piece of theatre. Initially the workshops will be women only and men only. The two groups will come together for the final sessions. There are 25 places on each workshop. If you would like to be part of this, but not be involved in a workshop, Clare and Philip would be happy to interview you. All personal information will be confidential, but the content will feed into the final piece of theatre. The play will be written by Clare Summerskill and Ags Irwin, and directed by Philip Osment. It will be performed at The Drill Hall in March.
This exhibition brings together a wide variety of sexual images from Roman art and archaeology and investigates what they meant to those who made and used them. It begins by looking at how Victorian attitudes have affected the way we have collected, displayed and studied these objects including the centrepiece of this exhibition, The Warren Cup. This Roman silver cup, decorated with scenes of homosexual love, is one of the highlights of the British Museum and is central to a wider discussion on sex and sexuality in the Roman world. The exhibition also looks at concepts of sacred and profane love, and the gods, goddesses and myths associated with sexuality. Finally, objects are displayed which to modern eyes may appear to be sexual but which to Roman eyes were not. Instead these objects were filled with other meanings to the Romans, such as fertility, superstition and humour.
This exhibition brings together a wide variety of sexual images from Roman art and archaeology and investigates what they meant to those who made and used them. It begins by looking at how Victorian attitudes have affected the way we have collected, displayed and studied these objects including the centrepiece of this exhibition, The Warren Cup. This Roman silver cup, decorated with scenes of homosexual love, is one of the highlights of the British Museum and is central to a wider discussion on sex and sexuality in the Roman world. The exhibition also looks at concepts of sacred and profane love, and the gods, goddesses and myths associated with sexuality. Finally, objects are displayed which to modern eyes may appear to be sexual but which to Roman eyes were not. Instead these objects were filled with other meanings to the Romans, such as fertility, superstition and humour.
LGBT radio show every Tuesday at 6.30pm - 7pm. Listen on 104.4FM (in London) or online anywhere in the world at www.resonancefm.com. we will be covering LGBT history month throughout Jan / Feb. On 18th Jan, Sue Sanders joins us live in the studio. We also have a special live broadcast from Southwark Playhouse on Monday 21st Feb
The February/March edition has details of what's going on locally for LGBT History Month + lots of ideas for you to create your own fabulous display. You can download QB no. 58 from the homepage of www.nottsrainbowheritage.org.uk
