Sunday Salon: Maria Fusco & Margaret Salmon

Northern Irish writer Maria Fusco, British-American artist filmmaker Margaret Salmon, and composer Annea Lockwood have collaborated on History of the Present, a hybrid opera that will be performed live at Edinburgh Art Festival. In the first of our Sunday Salon series, join Fusco and Salmon as they speak to Kim McAleese, Director of Edinburgh Art Festival, about their work that foregrounds working class women’s voices. This salon is presented in partnership with the Edinburgh Art Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Categories: History, How We Live, Politics, Women/Feminism

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