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20 Years of Sally Lees (London) Contemporary Jewellery - Erasmus Students from Escola d'Art de Menorca
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For the last two years I have given workshop experience to Erasmus students from the Escola d'art de Menorca, Menorca's main art school situated in the capital, Mahon.
Th Erasmus Programme is an EU exchange student programme that has existed since the late 1980's. It provides the opportuntiy for students to travel in order to study and learn in countries within the European Union.
100 Years of Women's Suffrage - A Celebration exhibitions and events
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Here are a few of the exhibitions and events that are planned to celebrate 100 years since the Representation of the People Act 1918 was introduced into English law.
20 Years in Business - How I made the new Suffragette brooch
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A short blog to explain how I made this new addition to my women's Suffragette collection.
100 years of Women's Suffrage - A Personal Perspective
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The celebration of women's suffrage this year marking 100 years since women were allowed to vote, or at least a small proportion of them anyway, gets me thinking of how hard life would have been for some of the women in my family who were born before me.
20 years of Sally Lees London Contemporary Jewellery - The beginning
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I began my business in 1998 in Bradford, West Yorkshire where I had studied my BA (Hons) Art & Design Degree. The Princes Trust awarded me a grant and loan to buy the equipment for my business and I hired a space in Quebec Street Studios. Quebec Street Studios was run by artists and crafts people in an almost derelict mill building in Bradford city centre.