Intimate Tours

Birmingham Intimate Tour of Breasts

“On Saturday 7th April, a group of women who had never previously met gathered outside St Agatha's to participate in a three hour adventure, exploring how the commodification and mythologising of breasts within our society - from bra shops to art galleries, from religion to sex - impacts on how we relate to our own breasts. The walk, commissioned Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as part of their 'Coming Out' exhibition, and originally created with the support of Still Walking festival, was the brainchild of Claire Collison. Artist, writer, and breast cancer survivor, Claire designed the first version of this walk for London, but certainly found plenty of relevant content for a Birmingham version, and a highlight of the tour was being given access to St Agatha’s relic.”

(from parish newsletter, St Agatha’s church)