Join artists Chloe Cooper and Ella Phillips at Islington Museum for a series of free art workshops. Taking inspiration from our LGBTQ+ archive we will be exploring different art forms and interpretations over 6 weeks. Our classes are for beginners, intermediates and anyone who would like to learn about responding to history using a range […]
One of the first activities to take place in our Islington’s Pride project was to ask the LGBTQIA youth group [Insert Name Here] to rebrand our project. During the autumn of 2017, young people worked with artists Ella Phillis and Alice May Williams to rework a vision for the project, based on the fantastic archive […]
Join us for a training session from the Sex Education Forum to introduce changes to the Sex Ed Curriculum and provide tools for creating inclusive learning spaces. Thursday 1 March 2018 4-6pm We will also be introducing some fun ways for educators to use our HLF funded Islington’s Pride archive to celebrate LGBTQ+ heritage and […]
As Part of the Islington Pride project Islington Museum are showing the Britain on Film: LGBT Britain, a moving and fascinating collection of films spanning 1909 to 1994. The programme documents a century in which homosexuality went from crime to Pride, via decades of profoundly courageous activism. Thursday 8 February 6pm This event is […]
In 2017 the people of islington voted for Derek Jarman (1942-1994), artist, film director and queer activist to join our Islington People’s Plaque in the borough. Join us on 1 February at 1.30pm to celebrate this event at his Liverpool Road address. (60 Liverpool Road, Islington N1 0PY) Free, Please RSVP local.history@islington.gov.uk 020 7527 7988 […]