The WAAS is an artist collective formed in 2016 with the purpose of activating women’s art. Principal artists Sharon Bennett and Sarah Dixon collaborate to make live art, performance and socially engaged works.
We listened to stories of birth, as told by elder women and women of the global majority in Stroud District. Out of this listening we made a performance response. The WAAS were selected for a Walking the Land residency at the Gingerbread House, Oakbrook Farm, Stroud in November 2024. We presented our work at Stroud’s Museum in the Park in February 2025. The Baby Makers: Making History – The WAAS and Museum in the Park are partnering to collect histories of birth and reproduction in Stroud, thanks to an award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The WAAS are conducting ongoing intermittent research at the National Gallery, pursuing our interests in matresecence, pageantry, the unseen and invisible forces and activities in the space. listening/shouting
The Farmer Wants A Wife
The Baby Makers: Making History 2024
National Gallery Research