Queer Still Life

Join queer artist Annie Lord for a workshop exploring objects in the archive. Still lifes are artworks featuring inanimate and often everyday objects. In this informal creative workshop, you are invited to draw from our queer-themed displays of flowers and objects, or to find something in the archive collection you would like to capture instead.

About the facilitator

Annie Lord is a visual artist and writer with a socially engaged, place-based practice. Her artworks combine environmental interventions, drawings, text and community collaborations. She is fascinated by how we find meaning in matter, transforming plants, animals and minerals into objects of artistic, scientific and domestic value. Annie’s work includes The Neighbouring Orchard, a dispersed community orchard commissioned by Art Walk Projects. Sketching in Stone was a place-based residency in Berwick-upon-Tweed, commissioned by Connecting Threads. 

What to expect

The workshop lasts for 2 hours with a break in the middle. No experience necessary and no advance preparation needed. We will have material for you to use here but feel free to bring your own sketchbook, paper, or drawing materials (nothing too messy please!) if you have preferences. 

Booking

Tickets are pay-what-you-can. Booking in advance is essential as places are limited, so if you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else.

Venue & Accessibility

The event is located at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car, along with access information, on our location & accessibility page.

Any other questions

Please email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk