Tilted Women Festival: Workshop in Public Space with Poppy Jackson

Being Woman: Workshop in Public Space with Poppy Jackson 3pm-3.15pm Introduction with Poppy in NAC Bar 3.15pm-4pm – Walk to St Mandell’s Gallery on Elm Hill 4pm-5pm Exclusive access to Mandell’s Gallery exhibition Being Woman Please let us know in advance if you have any access needs. The journey to Mandell’s Gallery will be step free. Please travel as lightly as you can to gain the best experience of the workshop.

Bridging the bold spirit of the Tilted Women Festival at Norwich Arts Centre and the intimate provocations of Being Woman exhibition at Mandell’s Gallery, this performance art workshop with Poppy Jackson unfolds as a collective act of matriarchal space-making. Beginning at NAC and moving together through the city to Mandell’s on Elm Hill, participants will explore journeying as performance: a shared, embodied gesture that claims creative openness and solidarity in public space. The outdoor workshop collective will become our own receptive ‘autonomous zone’ in the city.

The workshop centres a sensory, embodied experience that women are rarely able to access in its full potential in urban settings, due to the constant risks attached to female presence in public space. Through gentle prompts and collective attention, the group will experiment with how matriarchal values – such as community, visibility, creative power and presence – can be enacted through movement. The journey becomes an urban ritual, linking festival and exhibition while temporarily reshaping the city through a feminist, collective body.

No prior performance experience required, open to all curious about performance as a feminist, political, and deeply personal practice. Being Woman Exhibition: Mandell’s Gallery 4-5pm. Exclusive, free, access to this wonderful exhibition which runs from 8 March 2026 – 18 April 2026.

This exhibition unites intergenerational female artists from across Norfolk and Suffolk, exploring female archetypes and the human condition. Spanning printmaking, collage, sculpture, and textiles, the works capture evolving perspectives of women at different stages of life and practice. Gallery Website Exhibiting artists Chisara Agor
Gillian Allard
Alison Bournes
Suzanne Breeze
Julie Carpenter
Lara Cobden
Rachel Collier-Wilson
Clare Gaylard
Andrea Hannon
Bridget Heriz
Elaine Humpleby
Maz Jackson
Poppy Jackson
Alice Kidd
Juliet Lockhart
Rachael Long
Marie Mallen
Frances Martin
Ania Moszczenska
Janine Oxley
Jane Rands
Paula Rego
Louise Richardson
Annette Rolston
Malca Schotten
Nicola Slattery
Georgina Warne