MAGAZINE: Womanthology
We need more statue of women on our streets, reminding us that women have always done extraordinary things It was a real pleasure to be interviewed by Fiona Tatton, founder of the online magazine, Womanthology.…
Articles with Public art commission
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UNVEILING: BBC coverage
Over the past couple of years, BBC North West and their reporter Kayleigh Watterson, have been covering the journey towards the unveiling of Our Elizabeth – the statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy – in Congleton,…
WINNER! Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture
Our Emmeline wins! PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture I still can’t quite believe it. I have to keep pinching myself. What a career highlight. Here is the press release from the Public…
VOTE: Agatha Christie commission
I am absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for this Agatha Christie commission for Torquay Harbourside. Today, the 3-minute submissions by the 5 shortlisted artists/teams are up on the Torbay Council website and the public can…
ELIZABETH CLAY FINISHED
After many months of hard work in the studio, the clay figure of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy is ready for the foundry to arrive and make the mould. I had to work to a tight timetable…
TV NEWS – Elizabeth statue
24 October 2021 – It was fun to be interviewed by BBC North West about progress on the statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy. Sue Munro, Chair of the commissioning Elizabeth’s Group, was interviewed at the…
THE GUARDIAN: Our Emmeline – ‘powerful and evocative statue’
Delighted that on International Women’s Day, The Guardian is featuring my statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, ‘Rise up, women’, as part of the Great British Art Tour, in partnership with Art UK. The author of ‘The…
COMMISSION: Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy
I am absolutely delighted to be chosen to sculpt “the brains behind the suffragist movement”, an extraordinary feminist, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, for Congleton. The Elizabeth’s Group is writing her name back into history. We need…
Hazel’s Autumn Lecture on video now
I am delighted to be giving the online Autumn Lecture for the Surrey Sculpture Society (open to all), at 7pm on Tuesday 6 October 2020. A significant part of my artistic life is about telling…
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…
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…
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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…