Bridport Arts Centre

This banner celebrates women past, present and future through the power of women networking and working together. Based on previous struggles of women in the net-making industry in Bridport, the Wildcats of 1912 were the first women to strike and win. Arbitrated by Ada Newton, they kept their pay and became the first women to be unionised in the area.

The central figure is inspired by the painting, ‘The Spirit of Bridport’. She is surrounded by flax flowers and made by the community to represent their interconnectedness and strength in numbers to get things done, in the spirit of ‘deeds not words’.

Bridport Arts Centre is a multi-arts venue presenting a year-round programme of visual arts, theatre, dance, comedy, music, spoken word and films and screenings. Located in the heart of Bridport we serve audiences across Dorset and the South West.