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This new Salon for a Speculative Future (SFASF) publication How to be in the Future? accompanies a bespoke print portfolio by twenty women artists with printed artworks and texts, including the contributing artists鈥� thoughts on their inspirations and future thinking. Following the exhibition, the print portfolio and publication will be exhibited in national and international educational institutions and bequeathed to two major archives.

Inaugurated in March 2019 in celebration of Women鈥檚 History Month the SFASF is a platform for inter-disciplinary and cross-generational creative exchange. The mission of the SFASF is to champion the wealth of historical and contemporary contributions made by women across all areas of culture and society. SFASF aims to facilitate creative exchange amongst contemporary artists, build on the visions of previous generations of women and to foster an expanding community of contemporary creative practitioners. By honouring existing legacies, the Salon connects and invites contemporary creative practitioners to share new and historic insights and engage in experimental thinking towards a positive future.

In celebration of Women鈥檚 History Month, March 2022, twenty artists were invited to create a unique print for a bespoke Salon for a Speculative Future Women Artists鈥� Print Portfolio considering the question: How to be in the future? Imagining a positive future is inspired by Rebecca Solnit鈥檚 historical analysis, suggesting that the productive tensions between disruption and transformation hold a potential for positive change. The SFASF print portfolio was first exhibited during the IMPACT 12, Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, 21 - 25 September 2022, hosted by the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK.