Tag: crime
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Words About Women
Way back in 2022, as I was preparing the final version of Criminal Quilts exhibition for Llantarnam Grange, I devised a collaborative project to mark the end of over 10 years working with the stories of women in the criminal justice system in the 19th century. The idea was to create a collaborative artwork with…
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The Power of Personal Stories
I was thinking yesterday, on a museum visit, of the power of personal stories in heritage and in art practice. I often use objects as my source material but the stories about real, named women are what has made Criminal Quilts so impactful. It’s been important to me all the way through this 12-year long…
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Criminal Quilts and food poverty
New case studies about women criminals and fundraising for Leicester’s new foodbank
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New Edition of Criminal Quilts Book
Criminal Quilts is an arts & heritage project by Ruth Singer exploring the stories of women photographed in Stafford Prison 1877-1916. Buy the book direct from the author.
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Criminal Quilts talk
Textiles Inspired by Women Photographed in Stafford Prison 1877-1916. Friday 24th July 2020 4-5.30pm BST In this talk, I will look at the background to this project which I started in 2012, creating textiles about the stories of Victorian and Edwardian women prisoners. As well as showing the textile artworks from the touring exhibition, I will…
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Visit Criminal Quilts (online)
While my Criminal Quilts exhibition is behind bars (in boxes), I have created a free online version of the exhibition. I’ve included lots of high resolution images including details of embroidery, quilting and showing textures and stitches as much as possible. All the exhibition panels, labels and other resources are also on my website for…
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Criminal Quilts new exhibition
Criminal Quilts exhibition returns to Staffordshire from 25th May – 7th July at The Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The museum is free entry and is open Monday to Saturday – 10am to 5.30pm, Sunday – 2pm to 5.30pm, Bank Holidays 2pm – 5.30pm. I will be giving a talk and tour at the museum on Wednesday…
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Criminal Quilts talk at Staffordshire History Day
I’m delighted to be one of the Keynote speakers at this years’ Staffordshire History Day on Saturday 11th May. I’ll be talking about the research behind my Criminal Quilts project in detail and sharing some of the many intriguing and troubling stories we unearthed during the research.
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Criminal Quilts film
Roll out the red carpet for the premiere of my new Criminal Quilts film! This will also be shown at Festival of Quilts and most other exhibitions, technology-permitting. Made by the lovely R & A Collaborations, filmed at Staffordshire Record Office and University of Wolverhampton, with thanks to Jan, Jan, Jan and Ann. Yes, I…
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Criminal Herstories
Criminal Herstories is a local history display for Staffordshire libraries related to Criminal Quilts. The display contains a large book based on a prison photo album, of images and information about the prison photo albums and our research about the women appearing in them. It also includes a patchwork made by project volunteers and a…
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