The Feminist Lecture Program is pleased to announce a new online Artist Talks series!
Hosted by FLP Director Luisa-Maria MacCormack in collaboration with Sarah Le Quang Sang, (SLQS Gallery), this six-part series brings together contemporary female and non-binary artists working across painting, sculpture, performance and interdisciplinary practice whose work engages questions of embodiment, ecology, mythology, queer theory, disability, material experimentation and alternative ways of knowing - artists building practices that sit slightly outside established routes into the art world.
Each session offers an in-depth look at an artist’s work, process and influences, alongside a live via FLP’s pay-what-you-can platform, the series is open to an international audience of artists, students and anyone interested in contemporary art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dyana Gravina is an independent curator, cultural producer, interdisciplinary artist, activist, mover, birth worker and community builder. They are the founding director of Procreate Project (2013-present), a visionary and pioneering arts organisation supporting women and non-binary artists who are mothers/parents. Procreate Project (PCP) has become a socio-cultural movement recognised in the UK with international reverberance. It was born out of the personal experience of pregnancy and the shocking reality of the lack of support and representation that forces primary caregivers outside the creative industries. Under this umbrella, she has developed for over a decade a curatorial and organisational practice that pushes the boundaries of what we showcase, where we showcase it and how people experience it. They have been providing new references for models that have inspired a sea-change across sectors; integrating ways we perceive and balance the private, the domestic and the public, and the perception and normalisation of carers’ artistic output as part of the cultural and social landscape.
Her artistic and curatorial practices are interested in intersectional feminisms, migration, and body politics manifesting in a transdisciplinary body of work that combines writing, movement, actions, photography and video.
INSTAGRAM: @dygravina and @procreateproject and @motherhousestudio
WEBSITE: https://dyanagravina.com/
ABOUT OUR HOSTS
SARAH LE QUANG SANG
Sarah Le Quang Sang is the Founder and Director of SLQS Gallery, where she leads a programme dedicated to supporting diverse, intergenerational women and queer artists. Her curatorial approach is shaped by a personal journey marked by resilience, reinvention, and a deep commitment to creating platforms that reflect the multiplicity of contemporary artistic experience. Raised across Gabon, Cameroon, France and the UK, Le Quang Sang developed an expansive, inclusive worldview from an early age — one that continues to inform her belief that there is no single way to live, make art, or engage with culture. SLQS Gallery operates as an extension of this ethos, championing difference, experimentation and critical dialogue.
Originally trained in theatre and business, Le Quang Sang came to her multidisciplinary art practice later in life, undertaking an MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths. She went on to become co-Director of Procreate Project, a nonprofit organisation supporting artist mothers, where she co-curated and produced initiatives including the Mother Art Prize and the symposia Oxytocin (Birthing The World) and Collective Care. Through her work as a curator, cultural producer and gallery director, she continues to develop contexts for artists whose practices engage urgently with questions of identity, labour, care and representation.
INSTAGRAM: @slqsgallery and @sarahlqs
WEBSITE: https://www.slqsgallery.com/
LUISA-MARIA MACCORMACK
Luisa-Maria MacCormack is a London-based artist, educator and cultural producer. She is the founder of The Feminist Lecture Program, an international pay-what-you-can public education platform established in 2018 that has hosted nearly 200 lectures by artists, academics, curators and researchers exploring feminist art histories, visual culture, ecology, embodiment, gender politics and contemporary theory. Alongside commissioning and curating the programme, she hosts the weekly live sessions and oversees the development of a growing digital archive designed to expand access to feminist education beyond traditional university structures.
MacCormack is also a founding member of London Drawing Group, an artist-run teaching collective known for delivering experimental drawing programmes in collaboration with major UK institutions including Tate, the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Hayward Gallery. Her teaching and public programming work has included lectures, workshops and seminars for organisations such as Cambridge University, Bournemouth University, the Hayward Gallery, Tate and the National Gallery, and she has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Sky Arts. Alongside her educational work, MacCormack maintains an active studio practice spanning drawing, painting and sculpture, with research interests centred on embodiment, ecology, spirituality and the fragmented body.
INSTAGRAM: @luisamariamfineart
WEBSITE: https://www.luisamariamaccormack.co.uk/
OTHER TALKS IN THIS SERIES:
Tuesday 5th May
BEVERLY DUCKWORTH
Tuesday 15th June
DYANA GRAVINA
Wednesday 15th July
LIAN ZHANG
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FAQs
ACCESSING THE LIVE LINK
If you booked to join us live, you’ll be able to find the link to the Zoom webinar via your ticket on the ticketing platform. We do not email out the live link - this means we do not risk the email bouncing and not reaching you!
DONATE TO FLP
Love what you’re seeing? Help The Feminist Lecture Program to keep our Pay What You Can ticket model, and to continue scheduling an incredible line-up of lectures by donating a little extra.
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RECORDING
A recording of the lecture will be sent out by The Feminist Lecture Program after the event finishes, within 2 hours of the end of the class. This email will also contain any resources/reading list the artist shares.
Please add hello@feministlectureprogram.com to your email contacts to ensure you receive the recording as expected.
Please note that the recording will expire 7 days after sending.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Everyone is welcome to join this Pay-What-You-Can class. We suggest a donation of £20, however, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we can continue to offer our sessions on a donation basis.
MORE FLP…
Did you know we also run a Gender Studies lecture series? Check out our Eventbrite or Outsavvy pages to see what we have coming up. If you’ve missed out on anything, you can always catch up via our digital archive, where you can find some of the best past lectures from our back catalogue to rent and watch ON DEMAND. Check out our ever growing collection here: https://thefeministlectureprogram.vhx.tv/
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We're really looking forward to you joining us x