Season 5, Episode 4: Marina and Susan

Conversations Over a Brew

We dedicate this series of Conversations Over A Brew to getting behind the scenes of ⁠Strong Women⁠; a public art project highlighting the untold stories of local women, created by mosaic artist Carrie Reichardt, in collaboration with communities in St Helens and Knowsley.

In these four episodes we’ll explore a number of different aspects of this project. We’ll delve into local histories, hear from community members, and speak with artists and researchers about their work as part of a collective effort to make visible the histories and legacies of our Strong Women.

In this episode, curator and researcher Marina Bortoluzzi and writer Susan Hansen discuss the current landscape of street art and where the Strong Women project fits into this.

Marina is a curator and researcher with a specialist interest in raising the profiles of women, trans and non-binary artists. She is the founder and CEO of Women on Walls, an international online platform that connects and promotes women artists with a particular focus on street art. Susan is the chair of the Visual and Creative Methods Research Group at Middlesex University in London, and is Europe's most cited street art scholar. She is the editor of Nuart Journal and co-editor of Visual Studies, and vice president of the International Visual Sociology Association.

Conversations Over a Brew is a series of intimate recorded conversations exploring the stories of the people we make art with.