{"id":2047,"date":"2025-10-26T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-tour.be\/events\/country-lesbians-the-story-of-the-womanshare-collective-guided-tours-fr-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:41:30","slug":"country-lesbians-the-story-of-the-womanshare-collective-guided-tours-fr-2","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.l-tour.be\/en\/events\/country-lesbians-the-story-of-the-womanshare-collective-guided-tours-fr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective \u2013 Guided Tours (NL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Exhibition \u2013 Guided Tours \u2013 Conference<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>\u00a0(of the exhibition): SB34 concorde- Rue de la Concorde, 16, 1050 Brussels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition<\/strong>: until the 29th of Novembre 2025 \u2013 Open on Friday and Saturday\u00a014:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guided Tours of the<\/strong> <strong>exhibition graciously offered by L-Tour\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>given by Marian Lens<\/em>)<strong>:<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday 7 November: 16:00 &#8211; 18:00 \/ EN<br \/>\nSaturday 8 November:\u00a0 14:00 &#8211; 16:00 \/ FR<br \/>\nFriday 14 November: 16:00 &#8211; 18:00 \/ EN<br \/>\nFriday 21 November: 16:00 &#8211; 18:00 \/ NL<br \/>\nSaturday 22 November:\u00a0 14:00 &#8211; 16:00 \/ EN<br \/>\nFriday 28 November: 16:00 &#8211; 18:00 \/ FR<br \/>\nRegistration:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@l-tour.be\">info@l-tour.be<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference<\/strong>\u00a0: Thursday 20.11.2025\u00a0 (18:00 &#8211; 20:30) \u2013 for details see further in the agenda.<br \/>\nClosing ceremony of the exhibition on 29.11.2025\u00a0(18:00 &#8211; 21:00).<\/p>\n<p>First presented in the fall of 2024 at Shmor\u00e9vaz \u2014 an independent exhibition space based in Paris \u2014 Country Lesbians is now shown at SB34 concorde for its first presentation in Belgium. For this Ixelles chapter, the\u00a0<em>WomanShare<\/em>\u00a0archives are brought into dialogue with the Fonds Marian Lens \/ Artemys, offering a glimpse into the international reception of Oregon&#8217;s lesbian communities.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is curated by Jos\u00e9phine Wagnier, Salom\u00e9 Burstein, Agathe Cotte and Louise Toth, and is based on the eponymous publication written by the WomanShare Collective in 1976,<br \/>\nfeaturing personal archives and original works by Carol Newhouse, with reviews and books coming from the Brussels-based archives of the Fonds Marian Lens \/ Artemys.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 1973, Billie, Carol, and Dian sought to escape the patriarchal, male-dominated culture of the big city and set out on a road trip. Driven by a desire to return to the land and the belief that women must find new ways of living together, they left Montreal and headed west, driving across the United States all the way to southern Oregon. The independence and isolation they found in rural life allowed them to affirm themselves as feminists and lesbians. In 1974, they purchased land and founded WomanShare, a separatist community where they lived, built, farmed, and wrote autonomously. Taking its title from a 1976 book co-authored by members of the collective, the exhibition\u00a0<em>Country Lesbians: The Story of the Womanshare Collective\u00a0<\/em>traces this history.<\/p>\n<p>For the exhibition and the conference with the support of: F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles &#8211; COCOF &#8211; Loterie Nationale &#8211; Commune d&#8217;Ixelles &#8211; R\u00e9gion Bruxelles-Capitale \/ Images de Bruxelles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective \u2013 Exhibition \u2013 Guided Tours \u2013 Conference Location\u00a0(of the exhibition): SB34 concorde- Rue de la Concorde, 16, 1050 Brussels. Exhibition: until the 29th of Novembre 2025 \u2013 Open on Friday and Saturday\u00a014:00 &#8211; 18:00 Guided Tours of the exhibition graciously offered by L-Tour\u00a0(given by Marian Lens): Friday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[98],"class_list":["post-2047","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-visits-en","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective \u2013 Guided Tours (NL) - L-Tour<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.l-tour.be\/en\/events\/country-lesbians-the-story-of-the-womanshare-collective-guided-tours-fr-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective \u2013 Guided Tours (NL) - L-Tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective \u2013 Exhibition \u2013 Guided Tours \u2013 Conference Location\u00a0(of the exhibition): SB34 concorde- Rue de la Concorde, 16, 1050 Brussels. 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