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SUMMARY:Tate Late: Art Chat\, with AWATE and Matt Foot
DESCRIPTION:In the context of Tate Modern’s new commission\, The Embassy by Richard Bell\, the upcoming Tate Late celebrates art\, activism and protest. \nIn one of the Art Chats\, we present rapper and filmmaker Awate Abdalla in conversation with human rights lawyer Matt Foot. \nJoin us in person\, or in a live stream at Tate’s Youtube\, from 8pm. \nSee HERE for details of the Tate Late full programme.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/tate-late-art-chat-with-awate-and-matt-foot/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab: CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE – ARTS\, CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
DESCRIPTION:Image: Kas Darley and Mark Stevenson | Teatro Vivo\, and Dima Karout | Arts Curator\n  \nHow are artist-led methodologies and cultural programmes in local government transforming civic participation\, service provision\, policy-making and governance? \nIn this Learning Lab\, we bring together several of The Mayor’s London Borough of cultural programmes\, which have incorporated creative acts of convening\, speculation\, community manifesto-making and collaboration between artists\, council workers\, service users and wider residents. \nAs part of We Are Lewisham\, The Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022\, we will engage with the recent Artists of Change Residencies\, co-developed by Lewisham Council and Counterpoints Arts\, highlighting Teatro Vivo’s focus on Lewisham Council’s call to action on Climate Emergency\, and Dima Karout’s engagement with Lewisham’s proud status as the first to declare as a Borough of Sanctuary. \nAlongside this\, we will hear from on-going cultural programmes\, including the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s New Town Culture\, which is embedding culture as a core part of social care services\, and the Mayor of London’s commissioned 2.8 Million Minds\, which is exploring how culture can support young peoples’ mental health. \nThis Learning Lab provides an opportunity for collective learning from live case studies and a practical space to workshop commissioning processes. It also aims to evaluate the tangible impact of creative collaborations and community manifestos that connect residents and local authorities in shared conversation and ownership of a borough. We welcome all council teams\, artists\, producers and community organisers. \nReflections from the Learning Lab will be visually documented by Migrants in Culture. \nLearning Lab is a Counterpoints Arts’ programme. \nCatalysts for Change – Arts\, Culture and Engagement in Local Governance is designed in collaboration with Joon-Lynn Goh\, cultural organiser and Civic Futures Fellow 2021/2022 with GLA. \nPart of We Are Lewisham\, the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022. It is funded by Mayor of London with support  from Lewisham Council\, Horniman Museum and Gardens and Counterpoints Arts. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/learning-lab-catalysts-for-change-arts-culture-and-engagement-in-local-governance/
LOCATION:Horniman Museum and Gardens\, 100 London Road\, London\, \, SE23 3PQ
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Internal Landscapes by Dima Karout
DESCRIPTION:Image: Monoprint by Dima Karout. Details from the art book cover.\n  \nInternal Landscapes is a collective art exhibition curated and produced by Dima Karout. It is a creative investigation into Lewisham’s meaningful places and how they inspire and shape its people. \nDima invited local people to a series of curated conversations where they explored how the places we inhabit imprint themselves on our personal and collective identities. This display\, and the Internal Landscapes art book\, are inspired by these encounters. \nThe project \nIn January 2022\, arts curator and creative director\, Dima Karout took up residence at Lewisham Council and communities\, as part of the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture\, co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. \nDima engaged in conversations with policy makers and local organisations\, explored the connections between migration and democracy\, created new partnerships and produced a community-building programme. Her project focused on inclusion and engaged with Lewisham’s vision as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary. \nHer creative conversations\, printmaking and writing workshops were produced in partnership with Crofton Park\, Corbett\, Manor House and Sydenham Community Libraries and Lewisham Local. Inspired by these encounters Dima produced the Internal Landscapes art book and this collective exhibition. It contains reflections from locals on their experiences within their neighbourhood\, and glimpses into new connections fostered by the project. \nWorkshops \nDima invites you to explore your creativity in a friendly\, open and inclusive setting. Meet other people in a small group and learn about Internal Landscapes art project. \nParticipants will share their connection to their neighbourhoods\, explore how the places we inhabit contribute to our evolving identity and take part in exciting new conversations. \nPlaces are limited. Booking is essential to reserve your place. More info and for booking: \n\nFriday 9 December at Crofton Park Community Library. 6 – 8 pm \n\n\nSaturday 10 December at Manor House Library. 11 am – 1 pm \nTuesday 13 December at Corbett Community Library. 5 – 7 pm \n\nDima Karout \nDima is an arts curator and creative director with multicultural education background and 20 years international experience in designing art projects and learning programmes. She specialises in contemporary art and its potential for expanding ideas\, building creative communities and initiating social change. \n  \nFull details: https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/internal-landscapes/ \n \n\n\n\nPart of We Are Lewisham\, the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  \nSupported by Arts Council England. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/internal-landscapes/
LOCATION:Horniman Museum and Gardens\, 100 London Road\, London\, \, SE23 3PQ
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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SUMMARY:Gresham Wooden Horse
DESCRIPTION:Gresham Wooden Horse is an art project co-created over several years by the artist\, Isabel Lima\, with residents and community stakeholders in the neighbourhood of Gresham\, Middlesbrough. \nThis exhibition translates the collective actions and ways of working throughout Gresham Wooden Horse – the paths taken\, challenges met and project milestones – into a gallery context. \nLima’s work is mediated through a decolonial lens. The exhibition space is curated via a series of interconnected themes reflected in her practice: themes of ‘openness’\, ‘vulnerability’\, ‘commitment’\, and ‘time’. \nIn choosing to bring a neighbourhood project into the space of the gallery\, Lima invites a wider audience to step into a re-enactment of Gresham Wooden Horse. To take part in a conversation around the complexities of place-based work and what it might mean to do socially engaged practice in a neighbourhood\, like Gresham. \nhttps://www.visitnca.com/exhibitions/gresham-wooden-horse \nThis exhibition has been supported by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/gresham-wooden-horse/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Healing through Sport: The power of women's sport for integration and inclusion
DESCRIPTION:shado magazine assembles a group of inspirational sportspeople to discuss this year’s Refugee Week theme\, healing\, and how it relates to sport.\n  \n\nshado is a lived experience-led community of artists\, activists and journalists united in the fight for social justice. \nThey believe those with lived experience of an issue or injustice are best placed to advocate for meaningful change within that space. Their most recent project has involved the production of a short documentary in collaboration with Liverpool-based women’s football team Comfort Angels\, to explore the power of football and community inclusion for refugees and women seeking asylum. \n\n\nThis Refugee Week\, shado will be exploring the power of sport as a method of healing; as a way of breaking stigmas and barriers for women; and for creating safe spaces and community. \n\n\nDuring the event\, attendees will hear from: \n\n\n~ Hane + Ellie\, footballers from the football team Comfort Angels; a football team created by and for people seeking asylum. It exists to provide much-needed support by bringing communities together and offering a safe space for women to express themselves freely. \n\n\n~ Tasneem Tawil\, former Football Officer at Amnesty and professional Taekwondo athlete. Tasneem will be taking about her experience of breaking down stigmas surrounding women in sport and its place in providing community. \n\n\n~ Third panelist TBC \nIn this event panelists will discuss the role that sport has had in all of their’ lives; the barriers faced by women in sport; the importance of grassroots sports in fostering community; how each of the panelists are creating change in their communities and what more can be done to break down barriers and stigmas facing women in sport. \n\n  \nFree. Approximate run time: 45 mins. There will be 15 minutes at the end for an audience Q&A
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-power-of-womens-sport-for-integration-and-inclusion/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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SUMMARY:We Are Here\, Because You Were There
DESCRIPTION:Get a glimpse of the experiences of Afghan former interpreters working for the British Army who have recently been resettled to the UK.\nImage credit: Andy Barnham. \n  \nTheir presence in Britain reflects the structural and lasting impact of Britain’s military intervention and migration policies. \nHow does it feel when you are an Afghan whose life has been entangled with British politics to still be regarded as a stranger in the UK? What are our moral obligations towards those who worked alongside us? \nThe event offers reflections by Afghan interpreters themselves\, a veteran\, a photographer and an academic expert\, and is an invitation to engage with the people behind last summer’s media headlines of the fall of Afghanistan. \nThroughout the talk\, you can also view artwork created as part of a collaboration between portrait photographer Andy Barnham and researcher Dr Sara de Jong\, who document the experiences of Afghan interpreters through photography portraiture and in-depth interviews. \nThe portraits have been taken and edited in a manner to help anonymise the newly arrived Afghan interpreters who have been at risk and who have family in Afghanistan still under threat. \nThe individual portraits presented are a composite of up to a dozen frames which have each been completely blurred or pixelated and then merged to present a final portrait. \nThis process can also be seen as inflicting trauma on the portraits\, in acknowledgment of events experienced when serving with the British Army and other NATO forces and escaping Afghanistan. \nThe portraits are combined with quotes from the photographed Afghan interpreters\, capturing their motivations\, fears\, losses and hopes. \n  \nFree but ticketed. Ages 16+. Approximate run time: 60 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/we-are-here-because-you-were-there/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Artist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Memory/Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Refugee Week 2022 in Dublin \nA collaboration between Fire Station Artists’ Studios Dublin & Counterpoints Arts London. \nArtist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Memory/Displacement \nFSAS with its proud legacy of social engagement\, works with artists who catalyse conversations between people and places. Never has this been more important. \nWorking with Counterpoints Arts London\, alongside artists and curators\, we ask you to join us for a roundtable about refugeeism and displacement and the boundaries of language\, identity\, history and memory. The conversation will take place in the context of Refugee Week\, which in 2022 explores the theme of healing as a form of mutual\, civic and collective care. \nIt will be navigated through the prism of two intergenerational\, interdisciplinary practices: the poetry\, performance and curated events of Caroline Bergvall\, and the hip hop dance\, theatre and fashion/design work of Tobi Balugun. Our aim is to open a space between artists\, art forms and other cultural actors to speak to the urgent issues of our time. \nModerator: Áine O’Brien\, Curator of Learning and Research and Co-Founder\, Counterpoints Arts \nPlease RSVP to: helen@firestation.ie with the subject Refugee Week Round Table by 10 June 2022 \nArtist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Displacement/Memory is associated with Hip Hop Pedagogy and Power – Reclaim the Archive\, an intergenerational place-based programme initiated by Counterpoints Arts in 2019 with artists\, educators\, digital producers\, curators\, archivists and activists. http://www.reclaimthearchive.com/  \n\n\n\nBiographies \n\n\n \n\n\nCaroline Bergvall\nPhotograph credit: Thierry Bal \n\n\nOf French-Norwegian heritage\, based in London\, Caroline Bergvall is an award- winning poet\, artist and performer. She works across languages\, artforms and media. Widely recognised for her contextual performances and writing practices working from contemporary audio-visual modes\, multilingual and queer identities and histories. Her performances and installations are shown internationally: Tate Modern (London)\, John Hansard gallery (Soton)\, Callicoon (NY)\, Jewish Museum (Munich)\, Fondatio \n\n\n\n\nTapiès (Barcelona)\, Khoj Art Centre (New Delhi)\, Pompidou Centre (Paris)\, Listening Academy (Berlin)\, Dublin LIFF\, Audiatur Festival (Oslo). Awarded multiple fellowships and commissions and a Cholmondeley Award for Contribution to Poetry (2017) and the Art-Literary Prize Bernard Heidsieck-Centre Pompidou\, Paris. \nHer current cycle Sonic Atlas explores languages in/out of context and includes the sunrise performance Ragadawn (European tour 2016-18) and the nocturnal Nattsong (Turner Contemporary Gallery\, 2021)\, with composer Gavin Bryars\, and sound-designer Jamie Hamilton. Her online Night & Refuge (2020- ongoing) is a live collaborative writing event across timezones. Books include: Alisoun Sings (2019)\, the final volume of a trilogy exploring medieval and contemporary languages; and source materials include: Meddle English (2011) and Drift (2014). \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\nTobi Balugun\nPhotograph credit: Owen Behan \n\n\nTobi Balugun is a Nigerian born\, Dublin based\, Multidisciplinary Movement Artist working primarily in Dance and Fashion. A professional member of Dance Ireland\, Tobi has performed for and created community-led performances and projects with many artists/companies such as CoisCeim\, Cathy Coughlan\, Story of the Sei\, David Bolger and more. He was the recipient of the Create AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights. This period of research and critical reflection stemmed from an interest in delivering high quality arts engagement to Black-Irish communities \n\n\n\n\nand in expanding points of access for young Black Artists. A recipient of the Agility Award 2021\, he carried out a residency in Dance Ireland to begin the research process for ‘Ára’\, a theatrical dance piece portraying masculinity through a fusion of Hip-Hop cultural styles\, Afrobeats and traditional Nigerian dance. \nAs a curator\, Tobi has partnered with Smashing Times to produce\, ‘Eascair – A Black Irish Renaissance’\, as well as Dance Ireland for Black Canvas Curations\, a month packed with urban classes. Both events highlighted local teachers from diverse backgrounds. Over the last 5 years\, Tobi has established himself as a new voice in sustainable Irish clothing\, creating bespoke pieces for specific events and commercial video work\, as well as made to order designs for his own clothing line – SELF MADE.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artist-to-artist-interdisciplinary-practice-language-memory-displacement/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Binge Watching Hate: Strategies for Fighting the Rise of Digital Extremism
DESCRIPTION:Join advocates\, scholars\, and strategic thought leaders in conversation about cutting-edge communications strategies for combating the rise of far-right extremist ideology in digital spaces. \nDATE/TIME: Wed. May 4th\, 3pm UK/10AM EST. \nLive on Facebook @CounterpointsArts @DefineAmerican \nPanel: \nSarah E. Lowe\, Moderator\, (Director of Research + Impact\, Define American\, US) \nSarah is a health equities researcher\, a Ph.D. candidate in Community Health Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and the Director of Research + Impact at the immigrant rights advocacy organization Define American. Her work focuses on narrative and participatory approaches\, particularly storytelling as critical narrative intervention in and around immigrant communities. \nZahed Amanullah (Resident Senior Fellow\, Institute for Strategic Dialogue\, UK) \nZahed leads ISD’s civil society engagement\, communications and partnerships. He coordinates between activists\, frontline workers\, and relevant civil society networks. \nDr. Francesca Bolla Tripodi\, (Senior Faculty Researcher\, CITAP: University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill\, US) \nFrancesca is a sociologist who studies how participatory media perpetuates systems of inequality. She is an assistant professor at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC Chapel Hill\, and is an affiliated researcher with Data & Society. \nShauna Siggelkow (Director of Digital Storytelling\, Define American\, US) \nShauna is a television and digital video producer who specializes in creating content-based advocacy campaigns. She leads an innovative strategy at the non-profit Define American\, where she combines social media influencer networks and digital humanities research to combat the spread of misinformation online. \nTony McAleer\, (Founder\, Life After Hate\, US) \nAuthor\, activist\, and founder of “Life After Hate\,” Tony knows firsthand how to combat white supracists online\, because he used to be one. Since reforming his ideology\, he has founded “Life After Hate\,” where he leads narrative and content strategy efforts to combat the rise of white nationalism in the U.S.\, and rehabilitate extremists who have bought into the rhetoric. \nPresented by Define American in partnership with Counterpoints Arts as part of our PopChange Salon Series. \nThe PopChange Salon Series — presented by Counterpoints Arts’ Popchange initiative — are curated exchanges with change makers\, storytellers and the entertainment industry to explore opportunities for harnessing pop culture for real social change. Building from the recent New Brave World report (Sachrajda & Zukowska\, 2021)\, the Salon Series focuses on areas with momentum for narrative change in the UK — TV/film\, gaming and comedy — with particular reference to themes of racial justice\, migration and displacement.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/binge-watching-hate-strategies-for-fighting-the-rise-of-digital-extremism/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Communities In And Around Museums
DESCRIPTION:18th February\, 11.00-12.30  \nLive online via https://www.youtube.com/c/GARAGEMCA \n  \nCounterpoints Arts is collaborating with Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow to present Communities In And Around Museums: Interaction\, Practices and Principles. \nThe workshop will take place at Garage MCA and live online via YouTube as part of the Experiencing the Museum Conference \nThe discussion brings together Russian and British culture professionals who implement projects\, in one way or another\, designed for different communities\, such as elderly people\, people with migration experience\, or deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors. The conversation will seek to define the  term “community” (using versions proposed by participants) and  discuss collectively the principles of interaction\, who and how constructs them\, whether the relationships between institutions and communities are mutually beneficial\, and how they influence and change each other. \n  \nPARTICIPANTS \nMarianna Kruchinski is public programs curator at the Typography Center for Contemporary Art\, Krasnodar.  She is responsible for the Centre’s film program and for the design of inclusive projects in cooperation with the Generation\, Open Environment\, and Good South foundations.  Marianna will talk about her experience of launching a dance laboratory as part of the Garage Screen Film Festival and other practices of interacting with the city’s various communities. \nDr. Tehmina Goskar is Curator and Director of the Curatorial Research Centre\, Art Fund Headley Fellow at the Museum of Cornish Life\, and a Fellow of the Museums Association.  Tehmina will present the project Citizen Curators (2017–2021)\, a work-based curatorial training scheme aimed at the communities of seven museums in Cornwall\, a rural and coastal region with huge wealth disparities\, remote from large urban centres\, and with very limited access to high-quality informal educational opportunities.  From the start\, the program was pitched as an experiment in cultural democracy.  Unlike larger\, more wealthy museums and universities\, Citizen Curators was formed from the grassroots for the grassroots\, with a very modest budget provided by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund.  It resulted in 80 people being successfully trained in curatorial skills\, modern ethical practice\, and critical museum awareness.  Tehmina’s presentation will reveal some of the key findings of the active four-year research project to show how successful such participatory and democratic learning programs are\, their limitations\, and the realisation of a more diverse and inclusive museum community and workforce. \nVlad Kolesnikov is a speech pathologist\, Russian Sign Language interpreter\, teacher of supplementary education at School #52 for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children\, curator of Accessibility and Inclusion at GES-2 House of Culture\, and co-curator of the Deaf Teens program at the project school Kaskad. Project as A Method.  From 2015 to 2018\, he developed programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and from 2018 to 2021\, he was head of accessibility and the implementation of inclusive programs at the State Historical Museum.  His professional interests embrace education of deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences and their involvement in the overall cultural context.  Vlad will talk about the studio Kruzhok Kvadrat\, an adapted extra-curricular education program for deaf and hard-of-hearing children that has been operating at Special School No. 52 since 2019.  Kruzhok Kvadrat introduces students to jobs in arts and culture to help them with future career choices.  The program uses special methods and techniques\, including various forms of work that respond to each student’s individual needs in terms of development and education. \nRana Ibrahim is an Iraqi archeologist\, a freelance collage artist\, and the founder and director of the project Iraqi Women Art and War (IWAW).  Rana will present IWAW\, a women’s community group based in Oxford and established in 2018.  The project gives women who have been affected by conflict an opportunity to process their experiences and tell their stories through art. \n  \nMODERATORS \nAsel Rashidova is a manager in the Inclusive Programs Department at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. \nTom Green is a Senior Producer at Counterpoints Arts\, an organisation that works in the UK and internationally on the arts\, migration\, and social change. \n  \nAttending the conference is available with advance registration. \nMore information: https://garagemca.org/en/event/conference-experiencing-the-museum-after-inclusion-utopias-and-new-scenarios \n  \nImage (c) Garage MCA
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/communities-in-and-around-museums/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Conference 2022
DESCRIPTION:7th and 11th February – online \nShare inspiration\, learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2022. How can arts\, cultural and community activities can help us create a kinder\, more welcoming world? \nFull details and free booking via Eventbrite \nJoin others from across the UK and the world to share inspiration\, learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2022 in June. Whether you’ve been part of Refugee Week for years or are interested in getting involved for the first time\, everyone is welcome. \nThe Refugee Week conference is for anyone who is interested in taking part in Refugee Week\, an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees. \nRefugee Week 2022 is 20 – 26 June\, and anyone can take part by holding their own event or activity\, big or small. The theme of Refugee Week 2022 is Healing. \nIf you have any access needs or require data to join the conference\, please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk. \nThe sessions will be different on both days – join us for either or both. \nSESSION 1: Monday 7 February 10:30am – 12:45pm \nHosted by Laura Nyahuye\, Artist and Founder of Maokwo \nProgramme includes: \n– How to get involved in Refugee Week 2022\n– ‘Ask a Refugee Week organiser’ Q&A\n– A choice of workshops\, including building activities around the theme of ‘Healing’\, digital inclusion and how to publicise your event through media and social media \nSESSION 2: Friday 11 February 10:30am – 12:15pm \nHosted by Ayham Alsuleman \nProgramme includes: \n– Networking and sharing\n– A choice of workshops including Refugee Week and sports\, ideas for arts organisations and artists and exploring ‘celebration contributions’ \nFull programme to follow. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-conference-2022/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:#MonthlyMeet: Exploring 'Healing'\, the Theme of Refugee Week 2022
DESCRIPTION:The theme of Refugee Week 2022 is Healing: celebrating community\, mutual care\, and the human ability to start again. \nJoin our December Monthly Meet to hear from speakers and join the discussion to explore the theme\, and begin to think about how we might respond to it in our Refugee Week activities in June 2022. \nWhether or not you’ve been involved in Refugee Week before\, everyone is welcome. \nSpeakers to be announced soon. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nIf you have any questions or accessibility needs\, please email Tom at hello@counterpoints.org.uk \n* \nRefugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets are free\, friendly online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks. \nPlatforma is a national network that supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants\, and Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees. Platforma and Refugee Week are run/ coordinated by Counterpoints Arts. \nImage (c) Joana Saramago. Grounding Project\, by artist Julie Nelson and the members of the Maudsley Charity’s Grounding Project with UCL. Refugee Week 2018 at V&A Museum
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/monthlymeet-exploring-healing-the-theme-of-refugee-week-2022/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:LEARNING LAB X PLATFORMA 6 // STITCHING TIME AND PLACE: POSTCARDS ACROSS THE RIVER
DESCRIPTION:This Learning Lab — hosted as part of Platforma 6 Festival — will facilitate a conversation around the Postcards Across the River project led by Clapham Park Creative Co-op and produced by Counterpoints Arts.\n\nDate: Tuesday\, 2 November 2021\nTime: 11am to 12:30pm\nCost: £ Free\nWho: For anyone interested in textile art\, community-based practice\, local culture/history and community resilience\nSpaces: Limited spaces\, booking required.\nLocation: Online on Zoom (recording will be available online at a later date)\nHosted by: Counterpoints Arts and Platforma 6 Festival\n\n\nAbout the Learning Lab\n\nPostcards Across the River is a durational\, cross-borough collaboration between two community groups on either side of the River Thames: Clapham Park Creative Co-op (Lambeth) and East London Textile Arts (Newham). Facilitated by the textile artist\, Sonia Tuttiett\, with input from story collector and Clapham Park resident\, Thérèse Mullan\, and commissioned and produced by Marcia Chandra\, at Counterpoints Arts. The fabric postcards and accompanying stories of Postcards Across the River weave memories of home together with the interpersonal\, cultural imaginaries of a post-Covid world. The embroideries tell stories of the past\, the present and the future\, merging complex temporalities through intricacy and detail.\n\nWe invite you to join us in this conversation with participants as they reflect on the neighbourhood journeys that they have taken in Postcards Across the River – exchanging knowledge\, skills and know-how.\n\nWe are delighted to also be joined by Deirdre Figueiredo\, Director of Craftspace\, a leading craft development organisation creating opportunities to see\, make and be curious about exceptional contemporary craft.\n\nQuestions to explore together \n\n 	How might the everyday skills of embroidery be used to chronicle and document a place or a neighbourhood?\n 	How can this work create ‘living archives’ – especially as we move cautiously out from Covid 19?\n 	How might this slow\, collaborative work help us re-learn the values of creative/social exchange\, interconnection\, interdependency\, mutual aid and collective care?\n 	How might this form of everyday creativity be a critical catalyst for more sustainable cooperative public art commissions\, re-connecting people within and between neighbourhoods and places?\n\n\nDiscussants\n\n 	Marcia Chandra\, Counterpoints Arts\, commissioner/producer\n 	Sonia Tuttiett\, commissioned artist\n 	Thérèse Mullan\, Clapham Park Creative Co-op Community Producer and commissioned writer\n 	Participants from both Clapham Park Creative Co-op and East London Textile Arts\n\nWith special guest\, Deirdre Figueiredo\, Director of Craftspace\n\n\nModerated by Áine O’Brien\, Counterpoints Arts\nOrganisers\nClapham Park Creative Co-op is a neighbourhood initiative exploring community change through creative conversation\, and is produced by Counterpoints Arts. It works in partnership with and is supported by the Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing Association. \n\nPlatforma arts and refugee network supports and develops arts and culture by\, about and with refugees and migrants. Platforma is managed by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with organisations across the country. Every two years we run the Platforma Festival in a different part of England. Platforma 6 will take place in Yorkshire and online in October 2021 with a special focus on textiles.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/learning-lab-x-platforma-6-stitching-time-and-place-postcards-across-the-river/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Craft & Design,Learning
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SUMMARY:Stories from the 'roads' of empire - with London South Bank University\, artists Dana Olarescu and BLKBRD Collective
DESCRIPTION:Stories from the ‘Roads’ of Empire is a new collaboration with London South Bank University and artists Dana Olarescu\, and BLKBRD Collective\, and explores the stories of catastrophe\, displacement\, and subsequent renewal and contestation associated with empire and its metropole by engaging with two different archives: Imperial War Museums\, and memories of London residents. \nMigration narratives are often told by those who have not experienced them. How do we reclaim the lived complexities of our stories when they are told on our behalf by institutions? \nJoin us for a group workshop led by Romanian migrant\, Londoner\, and artist Dana Olarescu\, with BLKBRD Collective. We will reimagine Imperial War Museums’ archives\, by looking at a number of Archive pieces in relation to your stories and memories of displacement and personal renewal. The workshop forms part of a London South Bank University project\, Stories from the ‘Roads’ of Empire\, in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts. \nFor more information and to reserve a place\, email roadsofempire@gmail.com by 28 October. Places are limited\, so we advise early registration. \nParticipants will receive £40 for their time\, and lunch will be provided. Children are welcome. \nWorkshop conversations will inform an artwork to be showcased in a public-facing event at Borough Road Gallery\, London South Bank University\, on 16 November\, as part of the Being Human Festival. \nStories from the ‘Roads’ of Empire was initiated by London South Bank University academics Ozan Kamiloglu\, Elian Weizman and Henry Redwood. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stories-from-the-roads-of-empire-with-london-southbank-university-and-dana-olarescu/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211030
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SUMMARY:Autumn School - Create and Counterpoints Arts
DESCRIPTION:Participants at the 2018 Summer School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice\, held in Carlingford\, Co. Louth. Photo: Aoife Herrity\n  \nCreate and Counterpoints Arts are pleased to announce the 2021 School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice for up to 12 artists. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing\, we will host the 2021 School virtually over five days: 1\, 8\, 1\, 22\, 29 October. The Autumn School is an initiative of The Arts Council of Ireland’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme\, managed by Create. \nAbout the Autumn School \nThe virtual Autumn School is shaped by global and translocal practices. It is fundamentally informed by the diverse life experiences and creative practices of participants\, and the work and mentoring of visiting facilitators. The focus of learning in the School is enabled by an exploration of the critical space between the lived realities of cultural diversity and the connective methodologies and collective actions underpinning collaborative practice. \nThe School is interdisciplinary in its curriculum and composition of participants\, presenters and facilitators. Together we will explore what cultural diversity means in practice – in people’s intimate lives\, in neighbourhoods and within communities of place and interest. Lines of inquiry include the following questions\, among others: \n\nThe concept of cultural diversity is often narrowly (sometimes stereotypically) read through the lens of policy\, but how does the practice of cultural diversity resonate as an intersectional and dynamic part of everyday life? And by extension how might the language around cultural diversity be challenged and repositioned?\nHow might the experience of cultural diversity be enacted in the context of collaborative arts practice and vice versa?\nHow can cultural diversity and working cooperatively form an intrinsic part of the artistic\, socially engaged process\, acting as a powerful driver for social change in both local communities and within arts organisations?\nHow to understand the critical intersection of cultural diversity and collaborative arts practice in the context of decolonisation and the urgency of global racial justice movements?\n\nThe 2021 School will take the form of a five-day virtual residency enabling a ‘think and do’ collaborative approach\, utilizing creative workshops\, critical and comparative case studies\, a creative group challenge\, one-to-one mentoring\, international guest artists including curators\, policymakers and activists. \nThe deadline for submission to be part of the School is the 30 August 2021\, 5pm. You will find guidelines and an online application form linked on this page: Autumn School \nDirected by: Dr Áine O’Brien – Curator of Learning and Research and Co-Founder\, Counterpoints Arts \nCo-Facilitator \nIsabel Lima\, Independent Artist and Director of The Gresham Horse project \nVisiting artists and facilitators include: \nDana Olărescu\, Independent Artist and Cultural Activist \nIsmail Einashe\, Investigative Journalist and Cultural Activist \nNike Jonah\, Executive Director of PACE (Pan-African Creative Exchange) \nDominik Czechowski\, International Curator\, Researcher and Writer \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/autumn-school-create-and-counterpoints-arts/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning,Multi-Art Form
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210928T183000
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SUMMARY:Stand-Up Comedy and the Critical Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Counterpoints Arts for the next event in our PopChange Salon Series featuring a live recording of our new podcast “But Is It Funny?” which puts comedy criticism in the spotlight. \nPanellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti (comic and writer)\, Jamal Khadar (writer and researcher) and Brian Logan (comedy critic for The Guardian) will be discussing current issues in stand-up and highlighting upcoming gigs and events. \nFollowing the recording\, PopChange Salon Series host\, K Biswas\, will lead a reflective discussion where you can have your say on what topics you think future episodes should be covering. The aim  is to extend and diversify comedy criticism\, bringing a wider range of insights into mainstream and emerging work. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nAbout the “But Is It Funny?” Podcast: \nLaunching in September 2021\, this weekly podcast features Suchandrika Chakrabarti (comic and writer)\, Jamal Khadar (writer and researcher) and Brian Logan (comedy critic for The Guardian) discussing issues and highlights of the stand-up comedy scene in the UK. \nBuilding on Counterpoints Arts’ No Direction Home comedy project — which trains a new generation of stand-up comedians with migrant and refugee backgrounds — and its recent PopChange Retreat\, “But Is It Funny?” recognises that more diverse critical conversations can have a significant role in opening access and broadening audiences. For example\, is improv discriminatory? Do Middle Eastern performers only make jokes about terrorists? Can refugees ever be funny? \nWhile comedy has soared in popularity across the UK and internationally\, critical conversations have continued to be less prominent than for other artforms. “But Is It Funny?”\, the first regular podcast to focus on comedy criticism\, will help address that shortcoming. \nHosted by Counterpoints Arts‘ PopChange Initiative\, this is the second of five PopChange Salons in 2021 exploring the opportunities for real change presented within the New Brave world Report (2021)\, hosted by K Biswas. The Salon Series will explore racial justice\, comedy\, TV\, gaming and narrative change.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stand-up-comedy-and-the-critical-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Learning,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:POPCHANGE SALON SERIES: RACIAL JUSTICE\, POP CULTURE AND SOCIAL STRUGGLE
DESCRIPTION:K Biswas\, Leah Cowan\, and Selina Nwulu discuss popular culture in Britain and its potential role in accelerating social change and highlighting structural inequality. \nYouth led movements – against racism and sexism\, for LGBTQ+ and disability rights or environmental sustainability ‐ feel locked out of elite political and economic circles\, and see culture as their site of expression. A new wave of radical pop-cultural expression\, dormant for much of the 21st century\, may have emerged in film & television\, music & fashion\, gaming and social media campaigns. Under discussion will be Britain’s belated public reckoning with racism in the wake of George Floyd’s murder\, and the emerging counter-reaction crystallised in a new Culture War. \n//  \nHosted by Counterpoints Arts‘ PopChange Initiative\, this is the first of five PopChange Salons in 2021 exploring the opportunities for real change presented within the New Brave world Report (2021). The Salon Series will explore racial justice\, comedy\, TV\, gaming and narrative change. \n// \nRecommended background reading\n— New Brave World a new report by Alice Sachrajda and Marzena Zukowska that explores the power\, opportunities and potential of pop culture for social change in the UK. The report is supported by Unbound Philanthropy and builds on Riding the Waves\, a scoping study on the same theme published in 2017. \n— \, a journal for research and best practice in how to make UK media more representative of all sections of society\, edited by K Biswas. The recently published issue features articles by Lenny Henry and director Amma Asante talking about sharing power on-screen & being allowed to fail; Gary Younge on working as a Black journalist at The Guardian and Afua Hirsch’s experiences starting out at The Voice newspaper\, amongst others.\nJOINING US ON AIRMEET\nWe’re thrilled to be welcoming such an exciting range of participants and speakers\, and invite you to join us in using the Airmeet platform to make new connections during the networking\, sessions. Airmeet is best experienced on a Chrome browser (version 79 or higher)\, on a laptop or a desktop. You can download the latest version here. \nIf you’d like to familiarise yourself with Airmeet before the session\, you can do so via this link. \nFILMING\nSome sections of the programme will be live streamed\, but only participants who choose to go ‘on stage’ will be visible. Presentations by speakers (but not the Q&A sections) will also be filmed and shared online. \nSOCIAL MEDIA\nWe’d love you to join the conversation online using the hashtag #popxchange or via our social media channels: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/popchange-salon-series-racial-justice-pop-culture-and-social-struggle/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Uprootedness & Hybridity
DESCRIPTION:Uprootedness & Hybridity: Researching Eastern-European intergenerational trauma in the arts and theatre \nOnline seminar initiated by Monika Dorniak \nProduced by Counterpoints Arts as part of Refugee Week 2021 \n19 June\, 15.30h (CET) 14.30h (UK) -18.00h (CET) \nFull details and free booking via Eventbrite \nA Zoom link will be sent to registrants on the day of the event. \nWith contributions by: Monika Dorniak & Susanna Rydz\, Olesya Khromeychuk\, Nina Mdivani\, Jessica Ostrowicz\, Red Zenith Collective \nImage courtesy of Monika Dorniak \nOur bodies store memories that far exceed our lifetimes\, and the global increase in migrations and forced displacements leads us to new reflections on our belonging and identity. In the past decades\, artists\, scientists and historians have become increasingly interested in the research of intergenerational trauma\, and the impact of our ancestors traumatic experiences on our present identities. Wars do not only deconstruct landscapes and bodies\, but destroy cultural archives and artefacts\, which leave descendants with no less than fragmented images of their bygone ‘realities’. \nThis seminar will introduce artistic quests across Eastern European history from four different perspectives. While sharing our personal and intimate reflections\, we are unravelling the complexity of intergenerational trauma collectively\, and allow space for different questions that may lead us to new answers. \nTransmission of trauma is not limited to genes only\, but could also be experienced through its reenactment in the arts and theatre. \nIn our seminar\, Ukrainian historian and theatre maker Olesya Khromeychuk describes the ongoing war in Donbas\, and introduces three documentary plays\, based on war testimonies of witnesses or participants. \nThe traumatic events of the Shoah and their impact on the Jewish culture are a major theme for British artist Jessica Ostrowicz\, whose sculptural works introduce healing rituals and repetitions. \nIn their lecture performance German-Polish artists Monika Dorniak and Susanna Rydz analyse hybridity\, othering\, and their ancestors experience of oppression. \nNew York-based curator Nina Mdivani will talk about the impact of the multiple Russian invasions of Georgia in the 20th century on cultural and artistic processes\, and questions how art can reflect historical meaning-making and victimhood by bridging fiction and reality. \nThe lectures conclude with a group discussion that is open to the audience. \nThe seminar will end with a healing workshop by The Red Zenith Collective.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/uprootedness-hybridity/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:#MonthlyMeet: Refugee Week at your School
DESCRIPTION:Find out about getting involved in Refugee Week and becoming a School of Sanctuary \nA session for Primary and Secondary school teachers to find out about how you can take part in Refugee Week at your school\, and what it means to become a School of Sanctuary. \nHear from teachers about what they have done for Refugee Week and find out about the theme\, resources and activities available for Refugee Week 2021. \nEveryone welcome\, whether you have been involved Refugee Week before or not. \nWe aim to make these sessions accessible to everyone who would like to take part – if you have any access requirements\, please let us know when you sign up. \nRefugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees (Refugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June). It is managed in the UK by Counterpoints Arts. \nSchools of Sanctuary is a City of Sanctuary UK initiative to celebrate the good practice of schools who foster a culture of welcome and inclusion for all\, especially asylum seeking and refugee families. \nRefugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets are free\, friendly online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/monthlymeet-refugee-week-at-your-school/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210401T150000
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SUMMARY:#MonthlyMeet: Refugee Week in your Faith Community
DESCRIPTION:A gathering to share ideas about how faith communities can welcome and stand with refugees\, for Refugee Week and beyond \nLeaders and members of all faith communities are warmly invited to an online networking event to share learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2021. Visit the Eventbrite page to book your place. \nRefugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees\, and there are many different ways that faith groups can take part. Refugee Week can also be a starting or focal point for the work faith communities do to welcome and stand with refugees the whole year round. \nRefugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June\, and the theme is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. \nWhether your faith community has taken part in Refugee Week before\, are getting involved for the first time or are just interested in finding out more\, all are welcome. \n>> \nRefugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets are free\, friendly online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks. \nPlatforma is a national network that supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants\, and Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees. Platforma and Refugee Week are run/ coordinated by Counterpoints Arts. \nImage (c) Marcia Chandra
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/rw-in-your-faith-community/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Now – New Coalitions in Socially Engaged Digital Practice
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Mozilla Festival \nThis session builds upon Beyond the Now’s Season 2 theme of Mutual Aid. It will focus on digital platforms as experimental sites for socially engaged art practices. Digital spaces that re-imagine\, activate and facilitate cross-border solidarity\, creative exchange\, inclusion and racial and social justice. \nWe will explore the scope for projects which enable creative practitioners\, activists\, civil society organisations and other actors to re-imagine what community\, resilience and social justice looks like in the context of increasing intolerance and the shrinking of public space.  Specifically the potential for new collaborative architectures to be built through digital commissions that tackle topics such as countering digital hate\, freedom of expression\, security\, displacement\, democracy and mutual aid and care. \nSession panelists include Imran Ahmed (Director of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate); Kit Braybrooke (Digital Anthropologist and Director of We & Us); and Abdullah Alkafri\, (Dramaturge and Director of Ettijahat- Independent Culture). \nFacilitors/Moderators: Áine O’Brien (Counterpoints Arts) and Ailbhe Murphy (CREATE) \nJoin us for what we hope will be a lively conversation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/beyond-the-now-new-coalitions-in-socially-engaged-digital-practice/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 'Slow' Conference
DESCRIPTION:A series of free online workshops exploring arts and culture for change ahead of Refugee Week 2021 \nJoin us to gain new skills\, grow your networks and reflect on our work and practice\, in preparation for Refugee Week 2021 (14-20 June). \nWhether you’re involved in arts and culture\, sports\, education\, comms\, community organising\, a faith community\, social enterprise (or something else!) or are just interested in finding out more\, everyone is welcome! \nSee the full Slow Conference programme here\, and click ‘register’ to sign up to your choice of workshops. \nThe Slow Conference will kick off with a launch event on Thursday 04 February sharing everything you need to know to get take part in Refugee Week 2021. Sign up for the launch event here. \nRefugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees\, in which anyone is welcome to hold an event or activity. Refugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June\, and the theme is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. \nWhether you are new to Refugee Week\, or an experienced organiser\, this event will help you understand the theme\, learn about existing plans\, get inspired and make new connections. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-slow-conference/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T121500
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SUMMARY:شاركوا معنا في مهرجان أسبوع اللاجئ ٢٠٢
DESCRIPTION:لقاء باللغة العربية عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nهل أنتم مهتمون بالمبادرات الفنية والثقافية للجمع بين الناس ولزيادة الوعي عن تجارب اللاجئين؟ \nانضموا إلى لقائنا باللغة العربية من خلال تطبيق زووم لمعرفة المزيد عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة. إن كنت فنان/ة ،ناشط/ة، مؤسس/ة لمشاريع أو فقط تريد أن تعرف المزيد فمرحباً بكم أينما كنتم. \nأسبوع اللاجئ هو مهرجان سنوي يحتفل بمساهمات اللاجئين، ويزيد من الوعي عن أسباب البحث عن ملاذ. \nهو دعوة مفتوحة لجميع المهتمين بتأسيس نشاط أو فعالية من خلاله. \nأسبوع اللاجئ ٢٠٢١ يبدأ من ١٤ حتى ٢٠ يونيو، وموضوع هذا العام سيكون (لا نستطيع أن نمشي وحدنا) \nاحجزوا تذاكركم المجانية هنا وسنرسل لكم رابط زووم للاجتماع عبر البريد الإلكتروني. \nمؤسسة Counterpoints Arts تنسق أسبوع اللاجئ في المملكه المتحده. \nAre you interested in how the arts\, culture and community initiatives can bring people together and help encourage understanding of refugee experiences? \nJoin us for an online session in Arabic to find out more about Refugee Week and how you can get involved. Whether you are an artist\, entrepreneur\, community activist or just interested in finding out more\, everyone is welcome\, wherever you are in the world. \nRefugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees and promoting understanding of why people seek sanctuary. \nAnyone can take part by running their own event or activity. \nRefugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June\, and the theme is ‘We cannot walk alone’. \nImage (c) Joana Saramago
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%88%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%86%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%a6-%d9%a2%d9%a0%d9%a2/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:#MonthlyMeet: Ask a Fundraiser with Miriam Sherwood
DESCRIPTION:Your fundraising questions answered at the December Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meet \nWhether you want to know more about where to find funding opportunities\, how to write a convincing application or are just wondering how to get started\, this Q&A session is a chance to put your question to straight to a fundraiser. \nMiriam is theatre-maker and arts fundraiser specialising in grant-writing and applications to Trusts\, Foundations and statutory organisations. Let us know your question via the sign-up form for this event\, and we’ll do our best to answer it! \nThis workshop is aimed at anyone working in the arts\, cultural or charity sectors\, and everyone is welcome. \nWe aim to make these sessions accessible to everyone who would like to take part – if you have any access requirements\, please let us know when you sign up. \nBook your fee place via Eventbrite
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/monthlymeet-ask-a-fundraiser-with-miriam-sherwood/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Beyond Zoom: Offline and ‘hybrid’ approaches to creative projects
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first in a series of Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets! \nThis first session will explore ways of doing creative work with communities at the current time that doesn’t rely entirely on working online. You will have the chance to hear from practitioners about different approaches \, ask questions and share your own experiences and ideas. \nFull details and free booking \nDetails of speakers to follow. \nRefugee Week and Platforma are holding friendly\, free online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks. Everyone is welcome (and yes\, they are on Zoom )! \nWe aim to make these sessions accessible to everyone who would like to take part – if you have any access requirements\, please let us know by answering the question about access when you sign up for your ticket. \nPlatforma is a national network that supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants\, and Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees (Refugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June). Platforma and Refugee Week are run/ coordinated by Counterpoints Arts. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/beyond-zoom-offline-and-hybrid-approaches-to-creative-projects/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Launch: Digital City of Refuge
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion on the digital representation of the city and its actors’ voices in the context of migration. \nJoin us for the launch of Digital City of Refuge: a collection of visual stories mapping the city of refuge as experienced and imagined by its actors in Athens\, Berlin and London. \nBooking via Eventbrite \nPanellists: \nMyria Georgiou (Professor\, Media@LSE)\nMarcia Chandra (Photographer\, Counterpoints Arts)\nDeena Dajani (Researcher\, IIED)\nRenée Ghammashi Abul-Ella (Founder and director at Al-Dar\, Berlin)\nAbdulrahman\, (Presenter of Beit-UK\, a video series supporting refugees\, London)\nMuhammad Ali Madanieh\, (Teacher\, husband\, father\, Syrian\, Athens)\nNatasa Vourna (Teacher\, activist\, Athens) \nThis visual storytelling project is associated with the project Resilient communities\, resilient cities? Digital makings of the city of refuge\, led by LSE in creative partnership with Counterpoints Arts and Proboscis. \nThe research project focuses on three urban neighbourhoods that received newcomers following the 2015-16 “migration crisis”: Athens (Downtown)\, Berlin (Neukölln) and London (Haringey). Through conversations\, focussed workshops and ethnographic storytelling walks\, the research explored the role of digital technologies and connectivities in mediating and managing the city of refuge by exploring three critical questions: \n— How are welcoming and inclusive cities constituted and communicated? \n— What are the obstacles to the city of refuge and how is it denied to those who need and desire it? \n— How is the city of refuge imagined and communicated as a sustainable\, and hopeful project? This event will launch the website\, digitalcityofrefuge.com\, which forms part of the wider research project Resilient communities\, resilient cities? Digital makings of the city of refuge. The project was funded through the LSE’s Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) as part of the Rockefeller Resilience Programme. \n‘Digital City of Refuge’ is produced by The Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Counterpoints Arts with photographer Marcia Chandra. \nRead more about the project’s research methodology\, results and publications.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/launch-digital-city-of-refuge/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,Learning
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SUMMARY:Black Heroes & Sheroes
DESCRIPTION:This Black History Month we celebrate some of the black artists we work with\, who have either experienced displacement and/or make work that speaks of the interconnected themes of migration and racial justice. We’ve invited the artists to tell their stories through their work\, and tell stories of their own heroes and sheroes\, of contributions and histories that are an integral part of the culture and history of this country. \nOur Traces Project has two new profiles published to mark the Month. Mohammed Yahya is a Mozambican rapper who has performed internationally and has a socially engaged practice using music to build and inspire young people. Read Mohammed’s profile here. \nLucky Moyo\, musician\, dancer and storyteller has his own profile published on the Traces Project timeline\, and he also performs a vibrant Facebook live set on Wednesday 28th October\, at 7:30pm. \nThe final performance is by the brilliant British-Nigerian singer songwriter Bumi Thomas. At 6pm on Friday 30th October Bumi will present a set of her own songs and those of her heroes\, recorded in the iconic London Oval Theatre. Head over to our Instagram for this very special performance. Performance filmed by Hossam Fazulla. \nImage: Bumi Thomas. Credit: the Artist. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/black-heroes-sheroes/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Multi-Art Form,Music
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SUMMARY:Arts Council Project Grants - information sessions
DESCRIPTION:Hear the latest from Arts Council England about Project Grants. Presented by the Network for Arts and Social Outcomes. Book now for one of two free sessions: \nSession 1: 2-3pm \nSession 2: 3.15-4.15pm \nArts Council England (ACE) recently announced that it is reopening applications for its National Lottery Project Grants. \nACE has pledged to make the new fund more responsive to the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners during Covid-19. \nThe Network for Arts and Social Outcomes is delighted to be joined by: \n\nRichard Ings\, the NCJAA’s Relationship Manager at ACE and the London Area champion for Arts in Health\, Wellbeing & Criminal Justice.\nJohn McMahon\, ACE lead for Arts and Health.\n\nPlease join us if you are interested in learning more about Project Grants and the overall ACE Let’s Create strategy. \nThis event is intended for indviduals and non-NPO organisations. A separate event for NPOs will be announced shortly. \nIf you have a question for ACE (or any questions about the event) please email: hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nLive captions will be available. \nSpaces at this event are limited\, so please sign up to one of the sessions via Eventbrite if you would like to attend. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the Zoom address for the event. Please do not share this Zoom link – anyone attending will need to register on Eventbrite. \nSession 1: 2-3pm \nSession 2: 3.15-4.15pm \nThe event is being presented by a new network of “hub” organisations working across Arts and Social Outcomes including Arts & Homelessness International \, National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance\, LENS (Lived Experience Network)\, Music in Detention\, Counterpoint Arts/Platforma\, Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance \, Graeae\, Age of Creativity \nPhoto: Marcia Chandra/Counterpoints Arts \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/arts-council-project-grants-information-sessions/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Running arts workshops online
DESCRIPTION:What are the best ways to run arts & cultural workshops online? Ideas and tips ahead of Refugee Week 2020. \nIn the past few months lots of new work has been happening online . But how best can we engage with participants\, particularly refugees and asylum seekers? What technologies seem to work best and what activities and approaches? \nIn the run-up to Refugee Week 2020 this free seminar on Zoom will share learning from practitioners who have been working with groups online and remotely including: \nAmy Golding (Artistic Director\, Curious Monkey) \nJude Haste (Reading Refugee Support Group) \nLaila Sumpton (Poet and facilitator) \nWe will also invite participants to share their own experiences. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nImage courtesy of Curious Monkey \nPost-event notes \nAttendance: 45 \nFeedback and evaluation via Auidence Finder
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/running-arts-workshops-online/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore how arts\, culture\, education and the media can bring communities together and help change the conversation about refugees.\nThe Refugee Week Conference is a day of inspiration\, workshops and discussion in preparation for Refugee Week (15-21 June)\, which for 2020 has the theme ‘Imagine’. \nWe’re delighted to be holding two national conferences for 2020 – click the links for more information\, and to book your place: \n1. Refugee Week Conference London\nAmnesty International Human Rights Action Centre\, 10 February 2020 \nView the programme \n2. Refugee Week Conference Bristol (in partnership with Bristol Refugee Festival)\nTrinity Centre\, 13 February 2020 \nWhether you’re involved in arts and culture\, sports\, education\, activism\, media\, community work and/ or are from a refugee background yourself – and whether you’re a Refugee Week veteran\, or getting involved for the first time – all are welcome! \nIf you are a Refugee Week regular\, why not help us grow the movement by passing on an invite to someone who hasn’t been part of Refugee Week before? \nThe Refugee Week Conference is held in partnership with Platforma Arts and Refugees Network\, and produced by Refugee Week UK Coordinators Counterpoints Arts. \nLook forward to seeing you there! \nImage: Chefs from Welcome Kitchen and friends at Refugee Week Conference 2019 (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-conference-3/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Li Dû Man Installation with Zehra Doğan: A Counterpoints Arts' Learning Lab Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Location: Southwark Room\, Tate Exchange\, Tate Modern\, Bankside\, London SE1 9TG \nDate: 23 January 2020 \nTime: 2:00 – 4:00pm \nJoin us for a conversation with artist\, Zehra Doğan\, in relation to her installation and recent publication\, Li Dû Man (Left Behind).    \nThe Li Dû Man installation and publication was co-produced for the Who Are We? 2019 programme by Counterpoints Arts with The Open University and Tate Exchange in association with English PEN\, PEN International and Index on Censorship. \nLi Dû Man: As a journalist covering the clashes in Kurdish cities in Turkey\, 2015 – 2016\, Doğan took the small objects she found in the debris\, as testimony of a war no one was talking about. The Li Dû Man installation told the stories of those who fled or were killed\, via what they left behind –  inviting the audience into a conversation and to participate in the crafting and performance of stories about place and displacement. Li Dû Man also housed an experimental\, participatory press room where Zehra and her collaborator\, writer and activist Ege Dundar\, along with others wrote content and co-produced with visitors a newspaper for artists and activists imprisoned in Turkey. \nThe Li Dû Man publication reflects on the installation and the participatory letter-writing campaign together with Zehra’s journey as an artist\, activist and journalist.  It offers insight into the current situation in Turkish prisons\, where a number of writers\, academics and writers – many of whom are Zehra’s friends and collaborators – still remain. It also provides a practical and participatory case study on ‘artists at risk’ with a first-hand account and commentary from Zehra. \n\nContributors to the Learning Lab include\, among others: Zehra Doğan (Artist and Activist)\, Ege Dundar (Writer and Activist)\, Jo Glanville (Writer and Producer)\, Dan Gorman (Director\, English PEN)\, Jane Wells (Programme Manager\, Tate Exchange)\, Sahar Halaimzai (Communications and Campaigns Manager\, PEN International)\,  Dijana Rakovic (Producer\, Counterpoints Arts)\, Cat Lucas (Writer at Risk Programme Manager\, English PEN)\, Umut Erel (Senior Lecturer in Sociology\, The Open University)\, Hossam Fazulla (Director of Freedom of Artistic Creation Programme\, AFTE)\, Chrissie Tiller (Writer and Researcher)\, Aurelia Dondo (Europe Programme Coordinator\, PEN International)\, Monique Grimwade (Fellowship Officer\, Index on Censorship).    \nModerated by Áine O’Brien\, Co-Director\, Counterpoints Arts \nZehra Doğan is the founding editor of the all-female news agency Jin News Agency (JİNHA)\, one of the many media outlets to have been closed in Turkey in the wake of the failed coup in 2016. Doğan was among the journalists to be arrested and imprisoned\, serving almost three years in prison in Turkey on charges of ‘propagandising for a terrorist organisation’. She was finally released from prison in February 2019 and arrived in London in March 2019.  In April Doğan won the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Arts and is currently Artist in Residence at English PEN. \nFor more information\, dijana@counterpoints.org.uk \nCredit: Tony Cenicula\, The New York Times Banksy’s mural in Manhattan\, New York\, displayed Zehra Doğan’s artwork in protest of her arrest.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/li-du-man-installation-with-zehra-dogan-a-counterpoints-arts-learning-lab-roundtable/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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