Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska Centenary

Sophie’s Centenary Celebrations organized in partnership with Hundred Heroines Museum in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire and Heritage Centre of Wotton under Edge A wide range of creative activities celebrating this remarkable writer and poet exhibitions related to Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska’s work, readings, talks, walks following her routes in the hills, screening of Savage Messiah, workshops, performances. 

Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska’s Centenary Celebration

28-30 March 2025, Wotton-under-Edge

See full details of  all "Events 1 to 6" elsewhere on this website

Friday, 28 March: Event 1

19:30 : a talk by Del Barrett, director of Hundred Heroines calledIn Sophie’s Orbit

An illustrated journey following Sophie’s footsteps and illuminating the women photographers who would have been in her orbit. Location: Chipping Clubroom, next to the Heritage Centre.

Saturday, 29th March: Events 2, 3, 4 & 5 

Event 2 at 10:30: a circular walk inspired by Sophie’s routes: to her house (part 1, dry walk) and as an option for some, a “spur” up the hill (part 2 wet walk) via cuckoo lane.

Event 3 at 10:30 - 12:30: Free Workshop in the Chipping Clubroom- Creating Identity through Masks and Photography

Event 4  at 13:30 - 15:30: Talks at the Cinema: The Life and Legacy of Sophie Gaudier Brzeska.

Ania Ready                  Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska - a Biography

Jeff Walshe                  Sophie in Wotton-under-Edge

Dr Patricia Gilles          Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska’s Construction of an Artistic Self: Poetry Notebooks and Journal

Ania Ready                  Projections of the artistic projects related to Sophie

19:00 - Polish dinner with readings At Good Food On the Edge.

Bookings: Polish Dinner — Good Food Kitchen and Bar

Sunday, 30 March:  

Event 6 at 14.00 Screening of Savage Messiah by Ken Russell in the Wotton Cinema-book online now.

Bookings: Savage Messiah » Wotton Electric Picture House

Sponsored by Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society and Renishaw  

Events throughout the year related to Sophie: 

•           11 March: Symposium on Sophie at the University of Essex, Colchester

•           17 March: Placing of a gravestone on Sophie’s burial site in Gloucester Cemetery

•           29-30 March: Celebratory weekend in Wotton-under-Edge

•           End of April - May: Exhibitions in Nailsworth

•           July - November: Exhibitions in Kettle’s Yard – Cambridge