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A two-day online symposium held by Insiders/Outsiders as part of Platforma 2023 explored the role of Dartington Hall in Devon as an important place of sanctuary for Jewish refugees and others forced to leave Fascist Europe.

‘Good Evening, we are from Ukraine’ is touring libraries in Devon. The title is taken from the lyrics of a song that has become a symbol of Ukraine's resistance within the country. Here Frankie writes about how the collection of photographs came into being, and some of the people behind the images. 

Belén explains the background to her immersive audio tour, presented in Plymouth and Swindon as part of Platforma 2023.

Hiba Elhindi, the Co-Founder of Sudafest, shares the story of the festival which will be returning to Bristol on 22 October as part of our Platform festival.

Creative Kernow is seeking proposals from Cornwall-based artists and collectives for four commissions as part of an exciting new event, Flamm, in partnership with Art Night & Counterpoints Arts.

Art Reach and Counterpoints Arts are collaborating on an open call for two new outdoor art commissions for our programmes in 2023 on the theme of Climate Justice and Displacement.

Last autumn, as part of our Across Borders programme and Platforma 6 festival, we produced a series of poetry workshops with refugees and asylum seekers in towns around Yorkshire. [...]

For our Platforma 6 programme we are delighted to have commissioned Conflict Textiles to produce a new online exhibition, Suitcases: Telling Textile Travels. We also commissioned them to produce [...]