Say No! Art, Activism and Feminist Refusal
Wardlaw Museum, University of St Andrews
January 26 – May 11, 2025
Artists: Mercedes Azpilicueta; Petra Bauer, Fiona Jardine & SCOT-PEP; Josie KO; Ellen Lesperance; Franki Raffles; Arpita Shah; Sweatmother, Transmissions Collective & Pissed Off Trannies (POT); and Alberta Whittle, alongside objects from the Paula Jennings archive.
Curators: Lexington Davis & Camila Cavalcante (Content Specialists)
Exhibition team: Laura Brown (Curator of Photography), Eilidh Lawrence (Head of Museum and Photographic Collections), Dr Catherine Spencer (academic advisor), Dr Bruno Brulon Soares (EDI advisor)
Graphic design: Maeve Redmond
Public programming:
See here for full list of scheduled public programming
Say No! Art, Activism and Feminist Refusal explores creative forms of refusal as a method of political protest. In the late 1960s and 1970s, a wave of feminist activism erupted across much of the world. Women staged demonstrations, founded organisations and started movements. Say No pairs archival materials from this vital period with contemporary artworks to explore how feminist histories inform our present. Taking these intergenerational practices of refusal as a starting point, the exhibition examines how resisting gender-based oppression can effect change.
Additional information coming soon.
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante
Photo: Camila Cavalcante