Dundee Women's Festival 2023

Book now for Dundee Women's Festival 2023!

🗓️ When? 4th - 19th March.

🏰 Where? Venues across the city - and some are

online too!

🎟️ How? Click link below to access full programme and find event booking details.

More information at https://dundeewomensfestival.org.uk/cms/uploads/dundee-womens-festival-2023-final-programme-6.pdf

Another Dundee Women's Festival event!

From the Curator of  Museum Services at the University of Dundee : 

Let’s Go Round Again – the Women’s Angle

Tues 15th March, 6pm - 7pm, D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building

Our current exhibition in the Lamb Gallery, Let’s Go Round Again, showcases work by alumni of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art who studied from 1968-72. 

As part of the festival, this special event invites women artists and designers showing in the exhibition to discuss their time at art school and the challenges they faced as women in a male-dominated art world. 

Taking part in this live in-person discussion are alumni Sheila Mortlock, Anne Skinner, Janet Tod and Dorothy Walker and former staff member Sheila Macfarlane, then Head of Printmaking.

Places must be booked in advance at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-go-round-again-the-womens-angle-tickets-256051094717

Dundee Women’s Festival

Dundee Women’s Festival starts today!

It is an annual event run in the Dundee and Angus area to span International Women’s Day on 8th March.

There's a great programme taking place and you can download it here.

Dundee Women’s Festival 2021

Today sees the start of a very different Dundee Women’s Festival this year.

Due to the COVID-19 health emergency, it has gone virtual, but thanks to the ingenuity and co-operation of all involved it is able to offer an amazing programme of events.

Please see full details and the programme here.

Dundee Women's Festival 2019

Dundee Women’s Festival 2016

Dundee Women’s Festival is celebrating it’s 10th year and will run from 1st to 20th March 2016.

On 8th March, International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world, to recognise women’s rights, their qualities and their achievements.    Twenty seven countries have a public holiday.   Here in Dundee, its even better – there’s a  20-day festival!

In this 10th year of the Dundee Women’s Festival, the theme this year is “Women Making a Difference ...” 

   

You can download the full brochure here.

Dundee Arts Cafe - Mary Slessor: No Ordinary Missionary

From Dundee Women's Festival :

On Tuesday 3^rd March at 6pm – Dundee Arts Cafe at McManus :  Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum -

Mary Slessor was an Aiberdeen quine, who moved to Dundee in the 1850's when the mills were at their height and worked tirelessly with the Church to improve lives for the working class. She then moved on as a Missionary to 'The Calabar' in modern day Nigeria. Here she fought for the lives of children, women, and slaves; for human rights. She was brave and feisty, warm and untiring in her struggle. She also outlived all her family in Dundee despite the risks in the Calabar, also known as "The White Man's Grave." In the Calabar she is known still as "The Mother of all Peoples", yet here her story is relatively unknown, despite featuring on the Clydesdale Bank £5 note!

With biographical story, song and personal insight, Ruth Kirkpatrick weaves the threads of Mary's remarkable life, into a rich tapestry, to commemorate the centenary of her death.

Born in the North East of Scotland, Ruth Kirkpatrick has performed at Storytelling festivals all over, including India, Singapore, Iceland and Dubai. Her strength is in forming a warm rapport with her audience, respecting the tradition but giving her performance a personal, feisty sparkle.

2012 Dundee Women's Festival

Dundee Women's Festival, celebrating women with events, film, arts, drama and workshops - takes place from 28th February until 17th March.    As in past years, there will be a great programme of activities.

You can download full details at http://tinyurl.com/dundeewomensfestival.

Dundee Women's Festival 2011

City councillors have been sent details of the planned activities for this year's Dundee Women's Festival, taking place between 28th February and 13th March.

There's a huge range of events, film, drama and workshops and the Festival Programme 2011 is now available from Dundee Voluntary Action at their Number Ten Reception, 10 Constitution Road.

You will soon be able to download it from DVA website and there's also information on Facebook.