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  • Episode 8: Making Histories

    August 24, 2026 · 51 min

    How did women tackle the problem of being continually written out of art history? And what did they do to make their own histories?  Hilary Robinson explores interviews in the Feminist Art Making Histories archive where women talked about…

  • Episode 7: Class Politics

    August 13, 2026 · 57 min

    How did women’s class background affect their approach to art and feminism? How did they use their work to explore issues of disenfranchisement, inadequacy and shame? And how did they negotiate privilege and disadvantage in their working…

  • Episode 6: Visual Activism

    August 6, 2026 · 57 min

    How did artists use their creativity and skills to get behind feminist causes? What issues did they engage with? Were they all working within ‘the women’s movement’? How do the agitprop makers feel about their being shown in galleries…

  • Episode 5: Living Feminist Lives

    July 30, 2026 · 56 min

    How did artists engage with feminism in their personal lives? How did they negotiate artmaking with childcare? Did all feminist artists see themselves as part of ‘the movement’? And how did they test out new ways of working collectively…

  • Episode 4: North of the Border

    July 23, 2026 · 57 min

    What space was there for feminism and feminist art during the Troubles? How did sectarian politics, suspicion and censorship affect women’s art making? And how did artists who left Ireland reflect on the emigrant experience in…

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  • Episode 3: Art as Action

    July 16, 2026 · 55 min

    How did women in the Republic of Ireland mobilise to address their exclusion from exhibitions and from art history? What were the issues that put Irish feminists in tension with British feminists? And how did artists bring their creativity…

  • Episode 2: Picturing Ourselves

    July 9, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    How did the issue of whether to represent women’s bodies become so controversial that feminists would have physical fights about it? And how did the creative experiments of artists who chose to represent themselves complicate how we…

  • Episode 1: Art Education

    July 2, 2026 · 59 min

    How did women’s time at art school shape their development as artists? How did feminist ideas influence their journeys? And how did mentorship—especially between women—play a role in sustaining creative and academic careers over…

  • Series Introduction

    June 10, 2026 · 5 min

    Hilary Robinson introduces the Feminist Art Lives podcast series, what to expect and how it came about. Hilary is Professor of Feminism, Art and Theory at Loughborough University.  Featuring Ailbe Smyth, Terri Wragg, Marlene Smith, Rosy…

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About the show

Welcome to Feminist Art Lives, a new podcast series about the encounter between art and feminism across Britain and Ireland, in the words of the artists and creatives themselves.   In each episode, researchers from the Feminist Art Making Histories (FAMH) Project explore stories and insights from the newly created FAMH archive of oral history interviews with artists, curators and writers who were active in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.  They uncover new stories of art and activism from a moment when everything was questioned and the category of art was tested and remade.   From the art school to D.I.Y. gallery, the kitchen table to the museum, the interviews reveal the vitality of artistic experiment and the tactics and strategies artists and creatives found to share their work beyond the mainstream.    Alive to difference and disagreement within feminism, each episode shows how artists, makers and creatives forged paths through divisive issues, making work that continues to help us understand the world and its inequities.   Listen to a critical generation of artists and thinkers whose voices who are rarely heard, and who remain less well-represented in public museums and art histories.  Whether you’re interested in art or feminism, or you love listening to people talk about their lives, prepare to be inspired and moved by these remarkable women.    Produced by Rosie Oliver – www.rosieoliver.co.uk   Podcast mastering by Morgan Roberts  Follow us on Instagram - @feministartlives  Find out about the Feminist Art Making Histories project via www.famh.art    Explore the Feminist Art Making Histories archive via the Digital Repository of Ireland https://repository.dri.ie/objects/4742q334c/doi/4742q334c