> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # International Women’s Day: Free events at Brighton Museum and Dome on March 4 - URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/international-womens-day-free-events-at-brighton-museum-and-dome-on-march-4/ - Published: 2017-02-24T06:57:25.000Z - Updated: 2017-02-24T07:08:38.000Z - Description: Brighton Museum, Brighton Dome and Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) join forces to present their annual celebration of International Women’s Day. A specially curated programme of inspiring speakers, activists and innovators, workshops, arts and crafts, causes and campaigns for all the family has been p - Author: Besi - Tags: Arts, In The South, News, Previews, Brighton Dome, Brighton Museum, Brighton Women's Centre, International Womens Day ## Brighton Museum, Brighton Dome and Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) join forces to present their annual celebration of International Women’s Day. ![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web-600-2-14.jpg) **A specially curated** programme of inspiring speakers, activists and innovators, workshops, arts and crafts, causes and campaigns for all the family has been programmed and everyone welcome. **Free day at Brighton Museum:** **Saturday, March 4, 10am-5pm (free admission, drop-in)** Free entry for everyone at Brighton Museum as they celebrate *International Women’s Day*, with Brighton Dome and Brighton Women’s Centre. Be inspired and empowered by a diverse programme of talks, performances and workshops: **To view programme online, [click here:](http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discover/events/event/international-womens-day-celebration?ref=scenemag.co.uk)** --- **All Day, Brighton Museum Art Room – *Children’s Area*** The Early Childhood Project host a dynamic and nurturing children’s area for children and their carers to enjoy together. There will be activities for a range of ages from 0 – 12, plus plenty for parents and carers to browse and talk about. --- **All Day (except 1-2pm), Brighton Museum Lab: *Wonder Women*** Meet some incredible women from history, including Brighton suffragette, **Minnie Turner**, and fossil hunter **Mary Anning**, whilst getting up close and personal with some of Brighton Museum’s Collections. --- **All Day, Brighton Museum Lunch Room: *Brighton Women’s Centre Drop-in Space (women only)*** For the first time ever they are providing a safe, nurturing environment for all self-identified women at *International Women’s Day*. The space will be free to access and experienced BWC staff and volunteers will offer support and a kind ear, information about specialist organisations, or simply company. --- **10am – 4pm, Brighton Museum: *Virgin Territory Workspace*** Take a moment to reflect and make something in response to how our highly digitized, porn-infused culture is affecting young people’s identities, personal choices and relationships. --- **10.30am – 11.15am: Sing Your Heart Out *with Aneesa Chaudhry! (women only)*** No judgement, even from yourself. Just a chance to get together with women from all around and to use that voice of yours to sing, have fun and make some new friends. **10.30am – 11.30am, Brighton Museum Seminar Room: *Heritage Voices, Women Write*** Poet **Evlynn Sharp** will facilitate this workshop and encourage everyone to write from the heart of ourselves; to write through our daring, our courage, our vulnerability; to share our words in community, in hope, and in tribute to creative freedom. --- **11am – 11.30am, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *Feminism in Theory with Simi Dosekun*** **Simi**, a Nigerian feminist, makes a case for why feminism needs theory, but also more. By drawing on examples from black and African feminist thinking, she will take us through some of the ways in which theory can sharpen our activist practice. --- **11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, Brighton Museum: *Walking Talking Curator on the hour every hour*** Pop up talks with curator **Dr Alexandra Loske**, looking at paintings brought out specially from the museum store, by **Dame Laura Knight**, **Angelica Kauffmann**, amongst others. --- **11.30am & 2.30pm, Brighton Museum: *Discover the Women of Brighton with tour guide Louise Peskitt*** Explore the important women of Brighton’s history with a walking tour of the Royal Pavilion Estate (approximately 45 minutes long). Meet in the Museum Foyer --- **11.45 – 12.15pm, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *A Beginner’s Guide to Intersectionality with Arianne Shavisi*** **Arianne Shavisi** will introduce the idea of intersectionality, which simply means that feminists should consider the many different, interlinked ways in which people are affected by the way our society operates. --- **11.45am – 1pm, Brighton Museum Temporary Exhibition Gallery: *Open Space Discussion with Brighton Women’s Centre*** **Sophie Gibson** of Brighton Women’s Centre invites you to join their Open Space Discussion: *What does it mean to be a Feminist in the twenty first century?* --- **12pm – 5pm, Brighton Museum Seminar Room: *Complementary Therapies (Women Only)*** **Maja Jordan** and her team will be offering a range of low cost complementary therapies including Indian Head Massage and Reiki. --- **12pm – 1.45pm, Brighton Museum Old Courtroom: In Conversation: *Women and Photography*** Join renowned photographers **Marilyn Stafford** and **Nina Emett** as they each present a selection of photographs from their work based on the theme of women, hosted by Miniclick facilitator, **Jim Stephenson**. --- **12pm – 2pm, Lunch with Real Junk Food Project** Come and fill your bellies at IWD with the most delicious and ethically sourced food. --- **12.30pm – 1pm, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *Travelling Alone with Laura Barton*** Join **Laura Barton** as she talks about her experiences of travelling alone as a woman in theEducation Pavilion. --- **1pm – 2pm, Brighton Museum Lab: *Zine Making Workshop*** Anyone can make a zine. You don’t need a computer, fancy programming, or super cool contacts. You just need something to say, and some materials with which to express that! --- **1.15pm – 1.30pm, Brighton Museum: *Staging the Female Experience with Charlotte Vincent*** **Charlotte Vincent** talks about why her work interrogates gender stereotypes, power, violence and pornography and discusses the need for women’s stories to be heard to counter the insidious sexism and creative bravado that seems to persists within our culture and beyond. --- **1.15pm – 1.45pm, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *Leap In* *with Alexandra Heminsley*** **Alexandra Heminsley** discusses her latest book, *Leap In*. --- **2pm – 2.30pm, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *Fat Bodies with Mathilda Gregory*** **Mathilda Gregory** is a writer and a performer who makes work about bodies and popular culture. She is the most famous author of werewolf erotica in the world. --- **2.45pm – 3.15pm, Brighton Museum Fashion & Style Gallery: Helen McCookerybook: *Women in Punk*** **Helen Reddington**, aka musician and writer ‘Helen McCookerybook’ lifts the lid on women in the punk scene. Plus the last chance to see the display *Photo-Punk: 40 images from the birth of UK punk by *Ian Dickson* and *Kevin Cummins*.* --- **2.45pm – 3.45pm, Brighton Museum Education Pavilion: *Blog to Express, not to Impress*** Join Brighton Girl editors **Pippa** and **Sofaya** for a workshop encouraging you to break all of the rules you’ve heard about blogging and do it your own way. --- **New display: *Marvellous Mary Merrifield*** **From March 4, Museum Lab display case (adjacent to North Balcony, free with admission), Brighton Museum** **Mary Philadelphia Merrifield** (1804–1889) was a remarkable, self-educated woman who spent most of her life in Brighton. She wrote about colour, dress history, marine algae and even Brighton’s tourist features, and was actively involved in shaping the natural history collections at Brighton Museum in the later 19th century. To mark International Women’s Day on March 8 this small display outside Museum Lab will include images, maps, letters, books and other items relating to Merrifield’s life. There will also be a related talk later in the month at The Keep: **In Search of Colour in the 1840s: Mrs Merrifield’s Continental Journey, March 29, 5:30-6:30, at The Keep** With art historian and curator **Dr Alexandra Loske**. **For more information, [click here:](http://www.thekeep.info/events/in-search-of-colour-in-the-1840s-mrs-merrifields-continental-journey-with-art-historian-and-curator-dr-alexandra-loske?ref=scenemag.co.uk)** --- ![Brighton Dome and Brighton Museum](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web-600-97.jpg) Brighton Dome and Brighton Museum **At Brighton Dome:** **All Day, Brighton Dome Cafe bar – *Communal Quilting*** Join SmallHillArts to make a communal, unconventional patchwork quilt. **All Day, Brighton Dome Cafe bar – *Radical Self Portraits*** **All Day, Brighton Dome Mezzanine bar – *Cultural Sharing*** --- **11.45am – 12.45pm,** **Brighton Museum Mezzanine Landing: *Women’s Self Defence (women only)*** Time to get active and equip yourself with some valuable self defence skills at the same time. Anna’s class is designed to be fun and can be taken at a pace suitable to you. --- **2pm – 3.30pm,** **Brighton Dome Concert Hall: Panel Discussion: *Do We Need Women Only Spaces?*** Join the panellists **Katharine Sacks-Jones**, **Lisa Dando**, **Natasha Scott**, **Caroline Lucas MP**, **Larissa Kennedy**, and **Sophie Heawood**. --- **3.30pm – 4pm,** Brighton Dome Café Bar: Raffle Prize-giving --- **4pm – 5pm,** Brighton Dome Concert Hall: Miss Represented Sharing Women only events are open to ALL self-identifying women **For more information about International Women’s Day in Brighton, [click here:](https://brightoninternationalwomensday.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)** ![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web-600-96.jpg)