Saturday 14 & 21 November from 1-4pm
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Join Morgan Quaintance and James Ravinet for Masculinity Scrapheap Challenge for a series of two events that explore iconic moments in masculinity (IMIMs) and discuss what we want to leave on the scrapheap and what we should salvage.
Discuss the settings that different types of masculinity come to the fore, share your experiences, and find out more from JJ Bola’s book Mask Off.
You’ll leave with a copy of the publication Mask Off and a zine full of ‘IMIM’s, insights from Morgan and James, and info from Pluto Press publications.
- Session 1 – what we throw on the scrapheap of masculinity
- Session 2 – what we salvage from the scrapheap of masculinity
Both sessions take place at The Old Waterworks and will involve refreshments.
This event is part of a collaboration between The Other MA(TOMA) and The Old Waterworks and is supported by The Reading Room.
The Old Waterworks is an artist-led charity in Southend-on-Sea that provides studios, facilities, and research and development opportunities for artists as well as quality arts events and experiences for our surrounding community. TOW addresses the need for spaces for artists, a venue for cultural activities and workshops to take place, and a site for research and development.
The Other MA is an 18-month artist-run learning programme based in Southend-on-Sea supporting artists who have faced barriers accessing art education and the ‘art world’. TOMA was set up in 2016 to offer affordable, accessible and responsive art education to artists and we are the only postgraduate level art programme in Essex after all others were stopped by their host universities.
The Reading Room: is a new collaborative project where people can read, learn, listen, and share ideas. Through linking up with other spaces across the country, Pluto Press and the Left Book Club have created libraries stocked with thought provoking books, where reading groups and opportunities to meet authors are being established, providing resources and activities that hope to catalyse creativity, collaboration and conversation.