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Artists Ursula Dutkiewicz and Fern Smith joined forces creating The Age of Suff-Rage travelling installation. One hundred ceramic suffragists along with ten commemorative banners, The Age of Suff-Rage news and public speaking, demonstrated with pertistent determination of the women who brought about the vote for Victorian women. In Victoria the struggle was harder and took far longer to achieve, being the last state in Australia to give women the vote, as the senate kept blocking bills enabling women's suffrage.

URSULA DUTKIEWICZ: Ursula explored the women who championed for women's voting rights in Victoria. An abstract ceramic artist by trade diverged from her abstract interpretations and prioduced 100 hundred suffragists as an installation.

FERN SMITH: A banner is a rallying point, a visual form of identity, a clarion call and symbol to re-interpret both genres. I have utilizing the rich diverse works of women artists and demonstration banners from 1870's to 1920 in Australia, England, and America.

Banners for the Art of Suffrage
Photos: Fern Smith and Ursula Dutkiewicz
Animation: Fern Smith
Ceramic suffragists by Ursula Dutkiewicz
For The Art of Suff-Rage
Photos: Fern Smith and Ursula Dutkiewicz
Animation: Fern Smith
 

Installations and Events of the Art of Suff-Rage

2009 March: Installation: Queen Victoria Women's Centre Event: QVWC International Women's Day Stalls June: Installation:Portland Arts Centre
2008 February: Event: Votes for Women launch at Castlemain and Federation Square March:
Suffragist to women's Christian Union launch, International Women's Day Event: IWD - CBD of Melbourne April: Event: Parliament House Dpt. of Justice Centenary Suffrage, Installation: Brunswick Town Hall. June: Installation: High St., Northcote, July: Event West Vale Community Centre, Votes for Women Launch for School Curriculum at Parliament House, Installation: Steps of Parliament. August: Event: Bettenswood Community House, Euroa Workshops: Haddon Community Centre Installation: Haddon Community Centre, Vida Celebration on the steps of St. Kilda Town, Euroa October: Installation: Brimbank Festival, Gasworks Arts Park, Boite, Queen Victoria Women's Centre Event: Brimbank Festival, Gasworks Art Park, Boite, A Walk of Art from Federation Square - Queen Victoria Women's Centre November: Event: Deer Park Library, Sydenham Library, Incinerator Arts Complex, Keilor Village Library Installation: Community Centre will and "Woady Women" sculpture commissioned from Ursula. Incinerator Arts Complex November:
Evert: Open Day at Parliament house Installation: Parliament House

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NB: If there is confusion in the name: The Age of Suff-Rage changed names in the early part of the project to the Art of Suff-Rage as we felt as artists more suitable.
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