Lenthall Road Workshop
Lenthall Road Workshop (LRW) in Hackney, East London was a feminist photography and screen-printing collective that operated from 1975 to 1990.[1]
History
[edit]It was founded in 1975 by Chia Moan, Viv Mullett, and Jenny Smith.[2] The workshop was a space for local community members [3], including many working-class African and Caribbean women and girls, to learn technical skills in printmaking and photography to make art and posters about their lived experiences [4] and as a form of activism.[5] Lenthall Road Workshop was part of a larger movement of grassroots community art workshops in London at that time, including See Red Women's Workshop. Posters created at the workshop have been exhibited at the Hackney Museum and the East End Women's Museum [6], and are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Atkinson, Harriet (2024). "Collective making as resistance? The contemporary appeal of See Red Women's Workshop: A strong resurgence of interest in the work of the See Red collective reflects continuing gender inequalities". Soundings (88): 99–112. doi:10.3898/SOUN:88.07.2024.
- ↑ "Print-it-yourself". Victoria and Albert Museum. 2012-03-02.
- ↑ Carpentier, Nico, ed. (2009). "The Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those who Control the Press: The Emergence of Radical and Community Printshops in 1970s London". Communicative Approaches to Politics and Ethics in Europe. Tartu University Press. ISBN 9789949192496.
- ↑ "Women On Screens: Empowerment and Representation at the Lenthall Road Workshop". Hackney Museum. 2022-09-15.
- ↑ "Women On Screens: Activism and the Lenthall Road Workshop". Hackney Museum. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ↑ "Arts and media". East End Women's Museum.
- ↑ "Victoria and Albert Museum".