Arts University Plymouth has partnered with Trevi to provide a placard making workshop for the charity’s ‘Reclaim The Night’ march in February.
Arts University Plymouth is working with award-winning women’s rights charity Trevi (read more) to facilitate placard design workshops for a Plymouth-based ‘Reclaim the Night’ march, taking place on 9 February 2024. Starting at Arts University Plymouth’s Tavistock Place campus, the free public march will start at 6pm and walk from the university through the city centre before finishing outside the University of Plymouth’s Students’ Union. The workshop and march are open to staff, students and members of the public, with tickets available to book through Eventbrite.
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To amplify the voices of those standing united against violence towards women and girls, Arts University Plymouth is hosting a screen printing placard-making workshop and space for the public to create hard-drawn placards on campus from 5pm, before the march begins. Screen printing sessions will be run by BA (Hons) Graphic Design lecturer and city artist Sue Lewry, supported by BA (Hons) Textile Design Course Leader Emma Gribble and Studio Coordinator Claire Parlby, where participants can choose one of five statements designed by Arts University Plymouth’s BA (Hons) Graphic Design students to screen print onto lightweight boards. Alternatively, participants can create their own hand-drawn placard with materials supplied by Trevi and supported by BA (Hons) Illustration students. Part of Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which runs for the first week of February, the workshop and the march will offer a platform for participants to express their solidarity and support.
Arts University Plymouth Students’ Union manager, Harriet Moore said:
“Arts University Plymouth Students’ Union is continually improving safety provisions for students, and working with others in the city to improve these in the wider Plymouth community. We are proud to be supporting the Reclaim the Night walk and excited to be hosting the hand-drawn and screen printed placard making workshop before the start of the march.”
Jacqueline Moore, Director of External Relations at Arts University Plymouth, said:
“We are proud to support Trevi and this important event to raise awareness of unacceptable national and international statistics on sexual violence. We hope as many people as possible will join us in marching to demand that people should be able to enjoy public spaces day and night without fear of gender-based violence or harassment.”
Responding to the heart-wrenching events of 2021, Arts University Plymouth takes part in Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) working groups in the city concerned with improving equality and supporting women and girls’ safety and support nationally and in the region.
‘Reclaim the Night’ marches and protests have been prominent in cities across the UK for nearly five decades, starting in Leeds in 1977 when women came together to express their rage and anger against a series of murders by Peter Sutcliffe and towards the police who had subsequently imposed a curfew for women, while men were able to live their lives freely.
