THE PORTRAIT WILL BE ON SHOW AT THE PEOPLE HISTORY MUSEUM FROM SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY  – APRIL 2nd 2012 THE ARTIST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MUSEUM    FEB 25th 10.30am – 1pm     MARCH 14th 10.30am – 1pm and MARCH 17th 2pm – 4pm THE PORTRAIT IS CELEBRATING  MANCHESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL   http://www.phm.org.uk/

AN AUDIO VISUAL INSTALLATION FEB 11TH – FEB 28TH OPEN 10.30 – 5PM DAILY THIS ARTWORK EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF THE  CUTS ON WOMEN – COMMISSIONED BY OXFAM THIS ARTWORK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND SEEMS FUN BUT IS INFACT AN OFTEN HARROWING ACCOUNT OF WOMEN’S LIVES CHARLOTTE DESCRIBES IT AS A POLITICAL PIECE – A COMMENT [...]

The original  Emmeline Pankhurst portrait is based at The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester. It has recently been visited by the cast of Ghost the Musical who very much enjoyed their time at The Pankhurst Centre and support the “Women Like You” project.  

  Here we see Charlotte receiving her award for “Women in Art” at Manchester Town Hall 2011, presented by Dr Patricia Allmer Senior Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University - in recognition of her contribution to supporting women through the arts and her outstanding practice as an artist. Congratulations Charlotte!  

It has been confirmed further to preliminary discussions, that the Oxfam Living Books and Handbags project that has been recently completed, will soon be on tour across the UK. The artworks created to explore the impact of the public spending cuts on women, will visit Oxford first on the first leg of the journey and [...]

Yvette Cooper, the Labour Shadow Home Secretary and MP for Pontefract and Castleford, visited the most recent installation created by Charlotte Newson. The Oxfam “Living Books” project was showcased at The Place in Manchester for a charity dinner and had attracted the interest of Yvette Cooper who has a history of committment to issues related [...]

At the end of September, the “Living Books and Handbags” pieces were completed by all those that had been involved in the creative workshops led by Charlotte at the Pankhurst Centre. Since this time, they have already been exhibited at the Women’s Awards at Manchester Town Hall. They have also featured at the Labour Party Dinner in [...]

Further to her nomination for the Manchester City Council Women’s Awards, it was confimed earlier this month that Charlotte was the winner of the “Women and Art” category award. Charlotte was very happy to be honoured with this top prize and hugely enjoyed the award ceremony that was hosted at Manchester Town Hall. In addition, both the [...]