A fortnight of exhibition, films, theatre, live music,
talks by writers, panel discussions and interactive art workshops exploring Syrian arts and culture before and after 2011.
10 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
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A creative postcard session to protest against the Border Wall between the US and Mexico. Open Mic to follow.
08 May 2017 - 08 May 2017
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A new migrant-led festival encouraging community, education and solidarity.
04 March 2017 - 05 March 2017
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Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) is an annual festival and celebration of Arab women in the arts across a wide spectrum, as creatives, producers, writers, filmmakers, performers, musicians and artists.
This year, RichMix hosts exhibitions across both gallery spaces, an opening party, two days of talks and events, and two evening concerts – all showcasing the best in contemporary Arab women’s art.
01 March 2017 - 12 March 2017
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Exiled Writers Ink Exiled Lit CafePresents “ OUT OF THE ASHES ” 7.30PM Monday 5th DecemberBetsy Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3BL£5 or £3 2016 Exiled Writers Ink members and asylum seekers With poets: Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq, Gregory Spis, Hmdi Khalif, Peter Godismo, David Clark Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq (pictured) is an Iraqi poet and […]
05 December 2016 - 05 December 2016
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Bards Without Borders are a group of poets and performers from refugee and migrant backgrounds. The Bards combine music and poetry to present a new multilingual and exciting response to the work of William Shakespeare. The Bards are speaking back to Shakespeare and challenging him and are from countries ranging from Bangladesh to Tanzania, they have a truly global take on Shakespeare which is fun, thought provoking and powerful.
13 November 2016 - 13 November 2016
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Transmutable voices: new aesthetics of citizenship, is a mixed media “performance exhibition” with multi-faith women’s group and choir Migrant Artists Mutual Aid (MaMa) developed by performer and director Jennifer Verson, multimedia artist and psychotherapist Lorena Rivero de Beer and social psychologist and photographer Pamela Mastrilli. It is based around the use of digital methods to combine singing with photography and performance art.
12 November 2016 - 12 November 2016
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Southbank Centre is welcoming Good Chance to this year’s Festival of Love. Having set up a temporary theatre of hope at the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp, Good Chance presents their series Encampment as just that: a space of welcome and expression, housing a daily programme of theatre, art, music, discussion and workshops, with special guests and performances.
30 July 2016 - 07 August 2016
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Refugee Tales 2016 will open with a Day of Thought, Performance and Action on the subject of Being Detained Indefinitely. Speakers will include: Ali Smith, Angie Hobbs, Ben Okri, Carol Watts, Cornelius Katona, David Herd, Jerome Phelps, Marina Warner, Maurice Wren, Sarah Turnbull, Patrick Kingsley, Shami Chakrabarti and Steve Collis.
03 July 2016 - 03 July 2016
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On July 2nd, London-based arts and human rights charity Sandblast will join forces with acclaimed UK music academy Stave House for a multi-arts Mid-summer Western Sahara Festival.
02 July 2016 - 02 July 2016
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Join ArtReach (East Midlands Co-ordinators of the Platforma Network) to celebrate Refugee Week 2016. VOICED will showcase talented musicians and spoken word artists from across the East Midlands, all coming together in support of the refugee community.
23 June 2016 - 23 June 2016
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Logic, one of the UK’s leading voices in political hip hop, will be heading up the first of two special Counterpoints Arts evenings for Refugee Week featuring artists and activists calling for action and awareness for refugees in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and beyond.
24 June 2016 - 24 June 2016
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Bards Without Borders, the a collective of poets from refugee and migrant backgrounds producing new work inspired by Shakespeare, are going on tour.
23 April 2016 - 10 July 2016
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DARE is a festival of in-development performance, giving artists a platform to share bold new ideas with audiences at the earliest possible stage. This year, we’re working with artists from across the country and beyond to present work themed around ‘crossing borders’. We dare you to join us!
30 April 2016 - 30 April 2016
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The Home Is Project is a multimedia multi-arts exploration of the impact of physical, emotional and psychological displacement on people’s concepts of home. Building on stories collected from a selection of interviews and workshops recorded as part of the project, five acclaimed poets Tolu Agbelusi, Tshaka Menelip Imhotep Campbell, Russenї Fisher, Jemilia Wisdom and Belinda Zhawi will create new poems which will be developed into new pieces of work by an array of visual artists.
29 June 2016 - 29 June 2016
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