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 [...]

The Flog It! team visited The Pankhurst Centre earlier this month to view the portrait that is displayed in the Heritage Centre. They have confirmed that the portrait and The Pankhurst Centre will be featured on the show. They are also making arrangements to feature the recently completed project in conjunction with Oxfam “Living Books and [...]

Charlotte Newson and The Pankhurst Centre are currently making arrangements for the portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst and The Pankhurst Centre to feature on the BBC show Flog It! The Flog It! team and presenter Paul Martin, specialise in the valuation and appreciation af antiques so they will be right at home in the heritage centre based [...]

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, will be visiting the Oxfam commissioned Living Books project that has been led by Charlotte Newson. The project, which has been developed to explore the impact of the public spending cuts on women, is congruent with the interests of Ms Cooper who has researched extensively [...]