Hazel featured in AS News
Earlier this year Sally Dickinson visited my studio to interview me about what it’s like to be a sculptor with Axial Spondyloarthritis (AS for short). She is from the National Society (NASS). Here’s her article…
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Hazel’s statues on University Challenge
It was rather surreal. Jeremy Paxman talking about “Reeves’ statues”. You know you’ve made it when you have three questions about your statues on BBC2’s University Challenge. The questions were about Sadako Sasaki, Sir Nigel…
Mini ‘Our Emmeline’ supports Manchester charities
It’s one year since the Our Emmeline statue was unveiled and 101 years since the first women exercised their vote. To celebrate, I’ve two Manchester-based women’s rights charities to benefit from this new bronze miniature…
Our Emmeline supports 16 Days of Action
I am immensely proud that Our Emmeline statue can be a force for bringing campaigners of today together. The 16 Days of Action 2019 campaign has such a strong message for the business community to…
Our Emmeline wins Manchester Cultural Award
Fantastic news. Here Andrew Simcock, lead on the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue project, accepts the Special Commendation Award (Promotion of Equality and Diversity) from the Manchester Cultural Awards, 9 November 2019. Manchester City Council…
Launch of First in the Fight
Congratulations to Helen Antrobus and Andrew Simcock for the launch of their exciting new book (Thursday 14 November). First in the Fight tells the compelling stories of the twenty women featured on the Our…
Hazel appointed Ambassador to the Pankhurst Trust
“It was in October, 1903, that I invited a number of women to my house in Nelson Street, Manchester, for purposes of organisation. We voted to call our new society the Women’s Social and Political…
Hazel speaks at Feminist Public Sculpture Research Forum
Feminist Public Sculpture Research Forum Thursday 4 July 3pm Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University, Leeds, LS2 9AQ Hazel is delighted to be joining Professor Griselda Pollock, Sharon Thomas, and Rachel Reeves for this free…
Hazel speaks at Charleston Festival
Popular Culture and Protest Maria Balshaw and Hazel Reeves Friday 24 May, 5.30pm, Charleston Farmhouse, nr. Lewes Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, and me, discuss the interaction between popular culture and protest and the impact…
Cracker Packers on Ch 5
Fond memories. Just watched ‘Secrets of the McVitie’s Factory’ on Ch5 (7 April 2019). Great to see the retired women biscuit factory workers – the Cracker Packers – Grace, Ann, Susan, and Jean, who helped…
Our Emmeline in The Economist
The Economist journalist Joel Budd interviewed me for ‘They could be heroes: Britain is in the midst of a Victorian-style statue mania’. Our Emmeline gets a name check and photo in this interesting article. The…
Our Emmeline unveiled!
What an amazing day. Best estimates are that we were joined by 6,000 people in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, many of whom had noisily and colourfully marched from the Pankhurst Centre or the People’s History…