Library event Wild Women Workshops
This workshop series invites women to explore pathetic fallacy through an afternoon of shared reading, creative writing and performance art.
- Date
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Sun 2 Aug 2026
- Czas
- 13:00 – 15:30
- Place
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Lowestoft Library, Lowestoft, NR32 1DR
About this event
Join Maddie Exton, one of our new Creative Health Associate Artists, for a series of workshops at Lowestoft Library exploring pathetic fallacy through shared reading, creative writing and performance art.
Rezerwacja jest wymagana. These workshops are free to attend but spaces are limited. Suitable for women aged 18+. You can book your place online on Eventbrite.
Week One (Sunday 5 July): Rest
We will read poetry from Mary Oliver and an excerpt from Noreen Massuad's A Flat Place. We will walk to Royal Green gardens at East Point Pavillion to recreate performace art by Anna Mendieta, moulding our silhouettes into the landscape by laying on the ground and tracing our outlines. Please bring a towel or blanket if you do not want to lay on the ground.
Week Two (Sunday 19 July): Joy
We will read from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and the essay Is It Work? by Patricia Lockwood. We will walk to Ness Point gardens where we will braid long grass and perform prompts from Yoko Ono's action poems.
Week Three (Sunday 2 August): Rage
We will read an essay from Elana Dykewomon in Sinister Wisdom, the multicultural lesbian literary and art journal, and an excerpt from Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly. We will walk to the beach to hear an excerpt of Shakespeare's King Lear and scream into the sea.
What to expect:
Each session will start with a shared reading by Maddie. This will be followed by some creative writing prompts. There will be a group sharing session. We will then walk to an offsite space to try some performance art as a group.
There is nothing for you to prepare or research in advance. All materials will be provided. Printed photocopies of the texts we will be reading will be available if you would like to follow the shared reading. Maddie will share some videos on the presentation screen.
There will be invites to join a discussion throughout this workshop. Please note silence is always a valid contribution in these sessions, and there will be no pressure to speak if you don’t want to.
About Maddie:
Maddie is an artist who cares deeply about class and place. Hailing from rural Suffolk, she is a first-generation university graduate from a working-class lineage. Whether it’s burning bible quotes into toast, interviewing a psychic medium, or building a Hollywood sign for coastal Suffolk, she’s interested in playful ways to engage with complex ideas.
Her work often starts with research or social engagement, evolving into participatory experiences that invite reflection and dialogue. Her art works have been exhibited in France, USA, London, her parent’s house and beyond. Maddie is a Creative Health Associate Artist for Suffolk Community Libraries.
Dates and times
- Czas
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13:00 – 15:30
- Sun 2 Aug 2026
Booking information
Free but spaces are limited. Book your place online on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women-workshops-tickets-1992381488666
Contact Maddie with any questions: Maddie.louise.exton@gmail.com
Dostępność
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accessible toilets
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