Processions, Community Protest Banner

Rural Arts Project Commission taking place between February - June 2018.

Rural Arts was one of a hundred arts organisations that were selected to host the national project Processions, organised by Artichoke and commissioned by 14-18 Now.

2018 marked the 100th year since the historical moment where the subsequent legislation was passed that allowed women to vote and stand for parliament. PROCESSIONS was designed to unite and inspire women from all walks of life in a celebration of what it means to be a woman today and to acknowledge the power of voting.

The project 100 years; 100 banners invited communities to express the hopes, desires, fears and challenges of being a woman in the 21st Century. I led the project to deliver workshops and recruit over 50 volunteers to create a beautiful 6ft banner.

On 10th June, the banner was taken to London to take part in the Processions event, public artwork and mass procession that took place across the County in London, Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff.