Date/Time:
Date(s) - 22/02/2019
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.
Free entry, drop in and join us at any time. Everyone welcome.
Programme
17:00 – 19:00 Swansea Library Takeover: ‘As Queer As Swansea’
17:00 – 19:00 Amy Dillwyn historic impersonator
17:00 – 20:00 Glynn Vivian Drop-in Workshop: Rainbow Nature Prints
17:00 – 18:45 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival
17:30 Drag Artist ‘Ruby Slippers’ Cabaret
Followed by ‘Swansea Pride Hits the Dancefloor’
18:30 True Colours Choir
19:00 Talk: ‘A Queer-Looking Lot of Women’ with Professor Kirsti Bohata
Pop up bar by Hoogah
Swansea Library Takeover: ‘As Queer As Swansea’
Join Swansea Local Studies Librarian, Gwilym Games, as he takes a look at various figures with LGBTQ associations connected with Swansea and Wales, ranging from medieval times to the present day; including Dylan Thomas, Amy Dillwyn, famous artists Cedric Morris and Gwen John, and Richard Glynn Vivian himself.
Amy Dillwyn historic impersonator
Find Amy Dillwyn, a contemporary of Richard Glynn Vivian, as she wanders the galleries and talks to visitors.
Glynn Vivian Drop-in Workshop: Rainbow Nature Prints
Drop in to our learning studio and create a series of Rainbow Nature Prints, using colour blends and printing techniques. No experience necessary, all materials provided. Free, suggested donation, £3. All ages welcome.
IRIS Film Prize
A selection of short films from Cardiff’s LGBT+ International Film Festival Awards
Drag Artist ‘Ruby Slippers’ Cabaret
Join Swansea’s irrepressible Drag Artist, Ruby Slippers, as she performs a one-off Cabaret show for Glynn Vivian at Night. With a mixture of live singing and in true fashion mime, Ruby will have you laughing in minutes.
Jermin Productions – ‘Swansea Pride Hits the Dancefloor’
Jermin Productions will be at the Gallery to talk about their eagerly anticipated ‘Swansea Pride Hits the Dancefloor’ – a ‘Strictly’ inspired night of same-sex ballroom dancing to help celebrate PRIDE in Swansea, taking place at the Brangwyn Hall on 2 May.
True Colours Choir
Performing a selection of modern day songs, True Colours Choir is not your stereotypical, traditional choir! This inclusive group of people singing in harmony, take their music seriously, but not themselves.
Talk: ‘A Queer-Looking Lot of Women’ with Professor Kirsti Bohata
Amy Dillwyn’s first book, The Rebecca Rioter, is a fast-paced historical adventure set in early Victorian Swansea. On the face of it the novel is a retelling of the popular uprising in which men dressed up as women to destroy tollgates. Read in the light of new historical research and Amy Dillwyn’s own diaries, however, we find a radical tale of queer gender identities and same-sex desire.
Glynn Vivian at Night is a free, after hours event which take places once a month. As well as access to all our gallery spaces, enjoy a range of art and craft workshops, films, poetry, live music and performance, with food, drinks and a licensed bar available from Glynn Vivian Café.
Each month will see a new line up of artists and performers.
Join us for an after work social or for pre ‘night out’ drinks and discover something new at Glynn Vivian.
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