BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4308@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20190228 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20190415 DTSTAMP:20190417T135930Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-209-women/ SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: 209 WOMEN DESCRIPTION:209 WOMEN\n\n“TO REPRESENT AND BE PRESENTED FOR WHAT WE ARE – AS WOMEN\, BY WOMEN – IS A VERY SPECIAL THING. THIS IS WHAT 209 WOME N IS ALL ABOUT.”\nHelen Pankhurst\, Great Granddaughter of Emmeline Pank hurst\n\n209 Women is an exhibition at Portcullis House\, London (Houses o f Parliament). It launches 100 years to the day that the first women achie ved the right to vote in the UK. In February\, it will travel North to Ope n Eye Gallery.\n\nLONDON: 14 DEC – 14 FEBRUARY\nLIVERPOOL: 28 MARCH – 14 APRIL\nTHE BACKGROUND\nTo mark 100 years since some women achieved the right to vote\, we are taking over parliament with 204 new photographic po rtraits of all female MPs\, shot exclusively by female photographers\, an d making it free and open to the public.\nOn 14th December 1918 women voted for the first time\, and in the same year the first female MP was el ected. 100 years on\, this project marks that significant moment in histor y\, whilst also highlighting the ongoing need for gender equality across society.\nTHE PROJECT\n‘209 Women’ is a national artist-led project  founded by Hilary Wood that aims to champion the visibility of women\, pa rticularly in male-dominated environments.\nThe exhibition will hang in We stminster from 14th December to February 2019. It will be curated by Hil ary Wood (Founder/Director of ‘209 Women’ and photographer)\, Tracy M arshall (Director of Development and Partnerships at Open Eye Gallery)\,  Cheryl Newman (Artist\, curator and former Director of Photography of t he Telegraph magazine) and Lisa Tse (Brand Consultant\, TV Producer and founder of women’s club The Sorority).\nThe exhibition is supported by Liverpool City Council. In February 2019\, it will travel to Open Eye Gall ery\, to be exhibited in partnership with Culture Liverpool.\nAs Alison Mc Govern MP\, chair of the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art sa id:\n“The women’s movement has never been about one person’s achieve ment: it is about all of us. This project carries out that vision\, includ ing all kinds of women from all kinds of backgrounds. It is a subtle but v ery true statement of equality.”\n“The focus in politics has rightly b een on getting a critical mass of women involved. But it is the same issue in many sectors\, including art itself. The works will show that women ca n and ought to be portrayed in all their diversity. There is no one way to be a woman artist\, to be a woman politician\, to be a woman.”\n\n\n209 Women is a project in partnership with The Royal Photographic Society\,  Liverpool City Council and The Sorority.\n​209 Women is sponsored by  Aston Martin and Power of Women series\, and supported by Women’s V ote Centenary Fund and Montessori St. Nicholas.\n\n\nImages:\n\nYvette Co oper\, MP for Normanton\, Pontefract and Castleford\, by Hannah Starkey ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/12/Yvette-Cooper-MP-for-Normanton-Pontefract-and-Castleford-by-Hann ah-Starkey.jpg LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\ , L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.40423;-2.994412 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mann Island\, Liverpool Wat erfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=1 00;X-TITLE=Open Eye Gallery:geo:53.40423,-2.994412 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR