TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SAILOR:
100 Women 100 Brooches 100 Stories
An exhibition celebrating 100 years of International Women’s Day

TOURING NATIONALLY UNTIL 2014

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor… begins an old rhyme that little girls would chant to predict the profession of the man they would marry. Not in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that all the professions recited, from priests to lawyers, would one day be occupations for women.

The exhibition Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor features 100 stories of great Australian women who have broken professional barriers and 100 brooches made in response to these stories by 100 of Australia’s most talented women jewellers. Covering arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, medicine and other disciplines as well as contemporary jewellery, Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor has a wide appeal and generates pride for the milestones set by the women of the past and provides inspiration for the women of the future.

TOUR ITINERARY

2012
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, SA
23 February – 5 April                 

Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
15 April – 20 May                   

Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW
8 June – 22 July                   

Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
10 August – 22 September    

Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA
5 October – 25 November      

2013
Logan Art Gallery, QLD
9 January – 16 February       

Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD
28 February – 2 April             

Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
6 April – 13 May                     

Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
24 May – 21 July                   

Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
7 September – 19 October    

Hurstville Museum and Gallery, NSW
26 October – 22 December   

2014
Latrobe Regional Gallery, VIC
8 February – 6 April   

Interviews

Brooches exhibition celebrating Australian women to tour regional towns
By Bel Tromp | Tuesday, 29 November  2011
>> Read Article and Listen to Interview here

Pinning honour on 100 Australian women
By Neroli Roocke | Friday, 4 November  2011
>> Read Article and Listen to Interview here

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SAILOR EDUCATION KIT
Free Resource for Secondary School Teachers.

>> Download Full Kit (2.2MB)
>> Download Introduction
>> Download Years 6-8
>> Download Years 9-10
>> Download Years 11-12
>> Download Additional Resources

Photos: Rod Buchholz