TERN & Counterpoints Arts are delighted to invite you to witness the launch of more than a dozen new refugee-led ventures into London’s arts & creative sectors! Expect an evening of inspiration, connection, and celebration as a new wave of creative founders pitch their businesses and showcase their work.
Join fellow creative industry professionals and art lovers to support these emerging creatives by sharing your valuable feedback, ideas, and opportunities.
Register for a free ticket via Eventbrite
Entrepreneurs will pitch, display and demo their offerings in the following categories:
Events & Performance, including Olena Nesterenko, mind-blowing bubble artist & founder of L Show, and Racqueline Changunda, balloon garland stylist and founder of Meracqui Events.
Fashion & Products, including Anil Qasemi, activist, writer, and founder of wonderful hat retailer Hatopia, and Oksana & Oleksii Chauin, founders of Light Craft Family, a range of lovely oak LED nightlights manufactured in Ukraine and assembled by hand, with love, here in London.
Creative Communities, including Ravi Rasaiah, founder of Payanam and creator of a new photography course for refugees & asylum-seeking artists, and Khrystyna Oryschak, curator behind print shop Artists Against War.
Fine Arts, including painter Karina Kucherenko, and multimedia artist Mariia Besuza.
Counterpoints are working alongside curator & TERN Alumni Tasala Seifi, to design a one-off exhibition showcasing original pieces by the fine artists.
Enjoy refreshments & live entertainment alongside the art, products, and pitches.
TERN’s Makers & Creators is the UK’s first creative sector incubator for refugee artists, designers and makers. Over 5 immersive months, programme members develop their business, venture or brand. Starting with creating a roadmap to launch, cohort members build assets, develop their stories, and access targeted business support and opportunities that can lead to a sustainable creative career. The programme culminates with the Showcase event, where entrepreneurs pitch & demo their offerings to the public.
Makers & Creators is offered by TERN – The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network. TERN is an ambitious social enterprise on a mission to enable refugees to thrive through the power of their own ideas.
