Women Like You
I have been commissioned to deliver the first public artwork in Manchester to celebrate Emmeline Pankhurst -international icon and famous Suffragette: A photo-mosaic – created by collecting photographs of inspirational women sent in by the public. The portrait was exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery attracting an audience on a national and international basis – it [...]
Woman Sleeping
Medium: Charcoal Drawing Dimensions: 112cms x 86cms
Set Design – The Lowry
The Lowry – set design and costumes. A production by the performance company Aqueous Humour; Set in a cutlery factory the work was a parody of the way people behave towards those who are perceived to be different, in this case focusing on disability. The performers were from ‘Proud & Loud’, a group of disabled [...]
Relocation
Whitworth Art Gallery. The content of the project posed questions about women’s identity within social and cultural constructs. I facilitated the women over a period of six months, through workshops and photography. The group explored identity through gender, fantasy, aging, scarring and celebrities. Whitworth Gallery contacted The Pankhurst Centre with information about ‘Relocation’ a project [...]
Me & My House
I worked with Manchester Rape Crisis and Women’s Aid initially to facilitate women who have experienced domestic abuse and rape. A sad fact that emerged is most women are harmed by someone they know and often in their own home. I began the project with a question – a technique I often employ and offered [...]
About Charlotte Newson
I create and design wow factor art and arts projects. I am a visual artist and this site is my portfolio of Commissions, Projects and Designs.
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