Still Sick Of It is a multidisciplinary series of creative events, talks, exhibitions and workshops exploring Women’s Health and diet culture because we’re STILL SICK OF IT!
The Joy Of Fat: Mellissa Monsoon
01-31 August
A powerful exhibition that celebrates body diversity and challenges stigma. Monsoon’s latest collection of ceramic works embraces and reclaims the word “fat” as a joyful and unapologetic expression of self-love and acceptance.
The Body Room: Katherine Brown & Emma Shapiro
02-14 September
The Body Room is a radical self-care art project founded on feminist principles. We enable our guests to enter into a dialogue with their own body on their own terms, in contrast to those that society conventionally imposes on our bodies.
Aging Without Children:
Informal Roundtable with Ageing Without Children East Kent and Solo Sisters
Sat 06 Sep, 10:00-12:00
Thu 02 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Whatever your age, bring your comments and concerns about Ageing Without Children to this roundtable. Let’s discuss what an “AWOC-friendly” health system and society would look like and how we can make it happen.
Embodied: Madi Strong
Exhibition and Workshops
17-28 Sep
An exploration of women’s embodied experience in clay and connection, through exhibition, reflection and workshops. Open to all women, shared with all people. Led by Madi Strong; Ceramicist and Psychotherapist whose commitment to embodied practice is the ground of her Clinical and Artistic work.
Everybody Life Drawing:
An Inclusive, Body Positive Life Drawing Session
Wed 01 Oct, 17:00-19:00
Join us for a special life drawing circle at Fourth Wall Folkestone – an open, welcoming space to create, connect and make art together. This relaxed session is the final chance to draw work for inclusion in the celebratory exhibition. Booking essential!
Everybody: A Community Life Drawing Celebration
Laura J Brown & + The Everybody Life Drawing Circle Artists
03-05 Oct
This exhibition brings together works created by members of the Folkestone-based EVERY BODY Life Drawing Circle. This vibrant exhibition invites viewers to explore the human form through a lens of inclusion, experimentation and care.
Bodies Change!
A Community Clothes Swap
08 – 12 Oct, 12:00-16:00
Clothes stop fitting for so many reasons; health changes, surgery, becoming parents or carers, changes to style or taste, work, day-to-day life. This means items you once loved no longer work. We run this clothes swap to help people let go of stuff that no longer works and find stuff that does.
Out of Context
An Experimental Poetry Exhibition
13-27 Oct
The artists in this group show have made poetic sculptures, installations, and innovative poems, encompassing the topics of health, food, abuse, diet culture, and grief, amongst others.
Riots Not Diets:
Intuitive & Mindful Eating Discussion With Ela Law
Fri 31 Oct, 10:00-12:00
This interactive workshop and informal discussion will introduce the frameworks of Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size. There will be practical examples of how you can include these principles into your life.
Still Sick Of It: Closing Celebrations
Fri 31 Oct, 12:00-16:00
An open invite for anyone who has been along to any of the festival exhibitions or events to get together, chat and meet some of the artists, creatives and experts involved in the programme over the last few months.
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Still Sick Of It is kindly supported by Creative Folkestone and The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust.