Workshop with Helen Knowles, Artist & Curator from the Birth Rites Collection

Medical Humanities & Creative Practice Workshop with Helen Knowles, Artist & Curator

Date: Friday 31st May 2024
Time: 12.30-3pm
Location: Room G.08, Ground Floor, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU (University map ref:22, https://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/whoweare/campus%20and%20city%20map.pdf).

Please join the Newcastle Medical Humanities Network for a workshop with Helen Knowles, Artist & Curator at the Birth Rites Collection.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/FC21QvETaS

Helen Knowles will be talking about and leading discussion on the Birth Rites Collection, the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth. In addition to her role and creative practice as Artist & Curator. 

Birth Rites Collection encourages debate and increases awareness around childbirth practice. The project highlights issues like the shift towards medical intervention in birth and explores the impact of biomedical advances in technology. Birth Rites Collection was founded by Helen Knowles in 2009. The collection is currently housed at the University of Kent and comprises photography, sculpture, painting, artist books, print, wallpaper, drawing, new media and film. More info: https://www.birthritescollection.org.uk/ 

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Dr Olivia Turner (olivia.turner@ncl.ac.uk)

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