Session 1: History of Collecting | The Women’s Art Collection: Artworks & Artists in Context 

The first session in the conference 'The Women’s Art Collection: Artworks & Artists in Context' held at Murray Edwards College on 15 March 2024.
Welcome and introduction by conference convenors: Dr Lydia Hamlett, Naomi Polonsky and Ella Nixon
'The Artist in Residence and the Formation of a Feminist Art Collection: Kettle’s Yard and The Women’s Art Collection from 1985-1993' by Lucy Howie (PhD Researcher, University of St Andrews) and Alina Khakoo (PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge)
'Legacy: The Women’s International Art Club' by Dr Una Richmond (Independent Art Historian)
'A Woman’s Place (is in College)' by Professor Helen Rees Leahy (Professor Emerita of Museology, University of Manchester)
Q&A chaired by Harriet Loffler (Curator, The Women’s Art Collection)