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Adele Patrick
Adele Patrick is an artist, feminist and the co-founder of the Glasgow Women's Library. In 2011, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2015, she was awarded Scotswoman of the Year. Biography Patrick studied Embroidered and Woven Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art in the mid-1980s, and after graduation she supervised the Gender Art and Culture Studies at the School for twelve years. This lead her to study for a PhD at the University of Strathclyde (completed at the University of Stirling in 2004). Her thesis looked at the convergence of gender, feminism, class and ethnicity in the territory of self-fashioning. As well as founding the Glasgow Women's Library, she also co-founded the cultural organisation Women in Profile several years earlier in 1987. This specifically looked at how Glasgow could be re-branded away from a ‘masculinised’ culture to be more inclusive in time for Glasgow's status and European City of Culture in 1990. She became a Fellow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Patrick Of Glasgow Womens Library - 0287 (cropped)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (, ; born 5 May 1988), professionally known by the mononym Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, ''19 (Adele album), 19'', was released in 2008 and spawned the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love#Adele version, Make You Feel My Love". The album was certified BPI certification, 8× platinum in the UK and RIAA certification, triple platinum in the US. Adele was honoured with the Brit Award for Rising Star as well as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album, ''21 (Adele album), 21'', in 2011. It became the world's List of best-selling albums of the 21st century, best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million copies. It was certified BPI certification, 18× platinum in the UK (the List of best-selling albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
