Between Women takes images made by the photographer Franki Raffles from her base in Edinburgh during the 1980s and 1990s as a starting point to explore relationships between gender, labour, education, care and activism in photography since the 1950s in Scotland and internationally.
Raffles’ photographs appear alongside images by Sylvia Grace Borda, Sandra George, Carolyn Scott and Niu Weiyu which examine how gender is produced and reproduced through workplaces, housing and healthcare (particularly schools, playgrounds and nurseries) across both urban and rural landscapes.
These photographs highlight the possibilities for solidarity between women in sites and spaces spanning the local and the global, but also the importance of recognising differences and intersectional identities that account for the constructs of gender, race and class in activism and organising.
Launching in Edinburgh at the Community Wellbeing Centre on Monday 17 February from 11am to 5pm, the exhibition will tour throughout the week visiting the following locations:
Tuesday 18 February, 10am – 4pm – Glasgow Women’s Library
Wednesday 19 February, 10am – 4pm – Dundee International Women’s Centre
Thursday 20 February, 10am – 4pm – Fluthers Car Park, Cupar
Friday 21 February, 10am – 4pm – East Sands Leisure Centre, St Andrews (St Mary Street
St Andrews, KY16 8LH)
Travelling Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in a bus. Since 1978 it has been bringing exhibitions to communities throughout Scotland. For more information, please see: https://travellinggallery.com/
Between Women is curated by Vivian K. Sheng and Catherine Spencer, with support from the St Andrews Impact and Innovation Fund. With thanks to the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, Edinburgh Napier University, Franki Raffles Estate, Craigmillar Now, Gaofan Photography Museum, Sylvia Grace Borda and Carolyn Scott.
