Women

Women On Screens: Skill Sharing & Community Printing at the Lenthall Road Workshop

Black and white photograph of six teenage girls, members of the Hackney Girls Project, posing while holding cameras

This series explores the history of the radical visual imagery created at the Lenthall Road Workshop in Haggerston between the 1970s – 1990s. These images were made collectively and tell stories of activism, skill sharing and empowerment. Introduction Before the internet and mobile phones, it was difficult for people to make their own media. If … Read more

Women on Screens: Printmaking, photography and community activism at Lenthall Road Workshop 1970s–1990s

Black and white photograph of the artist Claudette Johnson, dressed in overalls, using screen-printing equipment at the Lenthall Road Workshop.

This series explores the history of the radical visual imagery created at the Lenthall Road Workshop in Haggerston between the 1970s – 1990s. These images were made collectively and tell stories of activism, skill sharing and empowerment. Introduction The Lenthall Road Workshop was started by three women in 1975 as a community screen-printing and photography … Read more