Jill Posener In Conversation with Linsey Young

Jill Posener In Conversation with Linsey Young
12pm - 1.30pm Saturday 14th November 2026
Reid Lecture Theatre, Reid Building
Free but ticketed – Book via Eventbrite

We are pleased to welcome Jill Posener to The Glasgow School of Art for this special in-conversation event with curator and writer Linsey Young.

This event marks the occasion of the exhibition Jill Posener – Stage and Street, on show in the Reid Gallery from 14th November 2026 – 9th January 2027.

Jill Posener trained as a stage manager and in 1973 began working at the pioneering Kings Head Theatre. She bought her first SLR camera to document the productions there. In 1976 she became the first woman to join Gay Sweatshop, at the time England’s only professional gay theatre company. As Jill’s interest in social commentary increased she worked as a freelance photographer in alternative and mainstream media. In 1982, Spray It Loud, her book of graffiti images, was published, followed by Louder Than Words in 1986. Posener moved to San Francisco in the late 80s, and met Susie Bright, the editor of On Our Backs magazine, who asked Jill to become the photo-editor at the magazine. In 1996, they collaborated on a landmark collection of lesbian erotic photography, Nothing But the Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image. Jill’s photography is a part of a lifetime commitment to social justice and in 2010, she founded PAW Fund, a non-profit which provides free veterinary care for the pets of unhoused and low income pet owners.

Linsey Young is a curator and researcher who has previously held curatorial positions at Inverleith House, Scottish National Gallery and Tate. Young was lead curator of the Turner Prize in 2016, 2018 and 2024, and in 2019 during a sabbatical from Tate she commissioned and curated Charlie Prodger’s solo exhibition SaF05 at the 58th Venice Biennale with Cove Park. In 2023 she curated the major exhibition and publication project Women In Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990 at Tate. Young began a LAHP funded PhD at the Royal College of Art focused on British feminist art practice in September 2024 and is a member of New Curators external faculty. She recently opened an exhibition about radical housing at the William Morris Gallery and is working on forthcoming shows with Margaret Harrison, Anthea Hamilton, the estate of Pippa Garner and Cosey Fanni Tutti.

Part of the Season of Photography 2026, a celebration of photography in Scotland running from 1st September – 20th December 2026.