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The Face of Suffrage | Redeye Skip to main content Menu Home Redeye Events News & Opportunities Events Exhibitions Blog Advice Portfolios Join Redeye The photography networkWell-nighRedeye | Contact | FAQs Join Redeye Search Search Hello, have an account?Sign In | Forgot Password User login Username * Password * Create new worth Request new password Sign in to your worth Home Redeye Events News & Opportunities Events Exhibitions Blog Advice Portfolios Join Exhibitions The Face of Suffrage 15 November 2018 to 31 January 2019   Birmingham New Street is to host a unique art installation which celebrates 100 years since women were first unliable to vote. The 'Face of Suffrage' artwork will be a floor-based, 200-metre square photo mosaic consisting of increasingly than 3,500 images of females from wideness the West Midlands and beyond. The artwork will be made up of a combination of historical images, women involved in the Suffrage movement from the early 1900s, and from photographs made today by people that have photographed the women in their lives and wish to join in to commemorate and gloat their stories. When viewed from above, the photo mosaic will show a portrait of a woman, which is still to be decided, from the Suffrage movement in the West Midlands. The mosaic will be created by versifier Helen Marshall of The People’s Picture, who has installed similar projects wideness Britain marking other historic and significant occasions, most notably at the archway to the BBC on Regent Street, London, to commemorate the WW1 Centenary. AN INVITATION TO GET INVOLVED TO CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE WOMEN People from wideness the West Midlands and vastitude are invited to submit their own pictures of women, their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, friends, work colleagues and heroines, to be part of the photo mosaic and to gloat and commemorate women. There will moreover be opportunities at the station to have photographs taken and for these to be included. We invite everyone to get involved. To find out increasingly and upload your photographs visit, click here. Birmingham New Street was chosen considering of the scale of the concourse and the number of people that will have the opportunity to see the artwork. Up to 170,000 people use the station every day. Karen Hornby, throne of performance and consumer relationship for network Rail London North Western route said: "The West Midlands had a significant Suffragette movement and hundreds of women travelled from Birmingham to London as part of the movement. New Street station is the perfect location for this thought-provoking piece of art. Equality is at the heart of our organisation and we are urgently encouraging women to consider a career in the rail industry which will be both rewarding and exciting." Helen Marshall, the versifier overdue the idea, said: "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to show a huge artwork in such an heady public space. The idea came from my personal wits as a sexuality achieving my dream to be an versifier and the wish for women to wilt increasingly visible. , as they have been so invisible throughout art history, both in the representation in portraiture and as artists in their own right. My work is well-nigh breaking lanugo barriers between professional and ventriloquist photography and amongst people. I truly hope everybody will finger compelled to send in a photo and to wilt part of this celebration.” The artwork will be on exhibit between Thursday 15 November to Friday 14 December – the day which marks the 100th year-end of women voting for the first time. A unique exhibition will trailblaze the artwork and can be seen at Birmingham Hippodrome from 16 October 2018 – 31 January 2019. This project is supported by Network Rail, Cross Country Trains, GRAIN Photography Hub, Arts Council England, LSE Women's Library, Birmingham City University and Birmingham Hippodrome. Featured Text: Birmingham New Street is to host a unique art installation which celebrates 100 years since women were first unliable to vote. Useful Site Links Redeye Redeye Events BlogWell-nighJoin Make a Donation Contact Us Send Us Your Items to Include Send Feedback Website Credits Terms & Conditions Privacy & Cookie Policy Sitemap Subscribe to RSS Feeds News Programme Events Opinion Opportunities Exhibitions Supporting photographers, championing photography Redeye, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Market Buildings, Thomas St, Manchester M4 1EU, UK © 2010–2018 Redeye The Photography Network