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SUMMARY:Take Part in Refugee Week
DESCRIPTION:A partnership event exploring Refugee Week 2026 \n\n\n\n\nJoin this event to learn more about Refugee Week and the intersection of arts\, mental health and displacement with Counterpoints Arts. \nRefugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Refugee Week 2026 will take place from 15–21 June and will explore the theme Courage\, marking the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention. \nThe session will include a case study and practical guidance on embedding good mental health practice when planning Refugee Week events or working with people from displaced backgrounds. \nSign up to the event here  \nThis event is a partnership between Counterpoints Arts and a collective of UK creative health networks: The Culture\, Health & Wellbeing Alliance; London Arts and Health; Arts\, Culture\, Health & Wellbeing Scotland; the Wales Arts\, Health & Wellbeing Network; the Northern Ireland Creative Health Network and Arts Care. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 10:40 AM \nWelcome & housekeeping\n\nCHWA\n\n10:40 AM – 10:55 AM \n\n\nAbout the Week\n\nCounterpoints\n\nAbout the Week – and how you can take part \n\n\n10:55 AM – 11:05 AM \nCase study\n11:05 AM – 11:20 AM \n\n\nCounterpoints + Mental Health Guidebook\n\nCounterpoints\n\n11:20 AM – 11:45 AM \n\n\nDiscussion & Q&A\n11:45 AM – 12:00 PM \n\n\nClosing remarks
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/take-part-in-refugee-week/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, via Counterpoints 128 Hoxton Street\, London\, N1 6SH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Mental Health,Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Beyond a Joke - report launch
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts is delighted to be co-hosting the launch of Beyond A Joke – Comedy and Social Change in the UK\, by Sam Beale\, supported by Unbound Philanthropy.\nDr Sam Beale is a comedy director\, writer\, teacher and researcher. She is a co-founder and co-director of Palestine Comedy Club (PalCom) and founder/ director of Funny Side Collective. \nTo celebrate and advocate live comedy as a tool for positive social change\, Beyond A Joke explores how comedy initiatives are building communities\, reducing social exclusion and improving mental health\, and examines the effectiveness of using humour as part of social justice campaigns. \nThe launch event will feature a presentation of the report plus a panel discussion from experienced comedy and social change practitioners:\n– Performer\, facilitator and story-maker\, Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi\n– The Comedy School Founder/Director\, Mr Keith Palmer MBE\n– Critic\, K. Biswas\n– Report author\, Dr Sam Beale \nChaired by Laith Elzubaidi (Counterpoints Arts) \nLight lunch will be served. \nThe report features projects and organisations currently working in the sector\, to identify existing good practice\, and considers opportunities for expansion and key challenges for the field. It is divided into three themed areas\, highlighting the principal ways that comedy and collective laughter can be catalysed for social change: \n\nComedy and community;\nComedy\, recovery and resilience;\nComedy and campaigning.\n\nIllustrative examples are loosely gathered under these themes with some crossovers. To support the report’s interpretative overview of the field\, each section includes the insights and reflections of comedy creators\, and providers and participants of ongoing projects. These identify current applications and impacts of comedy for social change practices and the skills\, methods and approaches. \nThe launch is an invite-only event. If you would like to attend please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nDownload Beyond A Joke (pdf)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/beyond-a-joke-report-launch/
LOCATION:Shaftesbury Theatre\, 210 Shaftesbury Ave\, London\, WC2H 8DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:To Re-Cite: Ayat al-Kursi - Sound\, Faith\, and Collective Listening
DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to a workshop as part of the wider development of our newly co-commissioned project with artist Aliaskar Abarkas\, exploring sound\, music\, and listening through faith and collective experience. \nThe session brings together members of our community with Muslim backgrounds to share ideas\, and reflections on how sonic practices – from recitation and prayer to breath\, rhythm\, and silence – shape spiritual\, emotional\, and communal life. The starting point of the project is the Quranic verse Ayat al-Kursi\, whispered across generations\, transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection. \nThis session is the first in a series of workshops forming part of a longer-term project. \nFurther confirmed sessions will take place on: Sun 26 Apr\, Sun 17 May\, and Sun 31 May. \nAliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. \nRooted in alternative and communal art education\, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources\, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music\, exhibition\, and performance-making. \nHe is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London\, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity\, in partnership with All Change\, London\, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London)\, as well as Rupert (Lithuania)\, the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid)\, Castro (Rome)\, Open School East\, and Syllabus V (UK)\, among others. \nHis work has been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre\, ICA\, The Mosaic Rooms\, TACO!\, Pushkin House\, LUX (London)\, CAPC (Bordeaux)\, LOCALES (Rome)\, Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice)\, and CIRCA. Upcoming projects include commissions and collaborations with Arts Catalyst (Sheffield)\, YDP Foundation (London)\, and the Singapore Art Museum. \nCo-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery. \nImage credit: Anne Tetzlaf
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-re-cite-ayat-al-kursi-sound-faith-and-collective-listening/
LOCATION:Clore Creative Studio\, Clore Creative Studio\, Whitechapel Art Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Sound Art,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:The (De)Colonial Legacy of the 1932 Cairo Congress
DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion with Kamilya Jubran\, Hazem Jamjoum\, Tarek Beshir and Gülçin Özkişi\nThe panel brings together musicians\, scholars and archivists to reflect on the legacy of the 1932 Cairo Congress from a contemporary MENA perspective\, as part of Beyond 1932. Moderated by Rim Irscheid\, panelists Kamilya Jubran\, Hazem Jamjoum\, Tarik Beshir and Gülcin Özkişi discuss how the Congress continues to shape ideas of authenticity\, notation\, preservation\, and musical modernity today. \nDrawing on creative practice and research\, the panel will explore the political\, colonial\, and archival dimensions of this historic gathering and its ongoing impact on music-making and knowledge production in the region. \nThe panel takes place on Thursday 9 April\, 4–5.30pm in the Pyramid Room at King’s College London (War Studies Department)\, followed by a drinks reception. \nThe event is free and open to all\, registration is required. \nCounterpoints has been partnering with the Beyond 1932 \, helping to connect events and podcasts with our networks.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-decolonial-legacy-of-the-1932-cairo-congress/
LOCATION:KCL\, Pyramid Room\, King's Building\, London\, WC2R 2LS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Learning,Music
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SUMMARY:Uprooted
DESCRIPTION:Ieva Sudargaite Douaihi presents new work in response to a time of mass displacement in Lebanon\, continuing the twinning and solidarity between OUTPOST in Norwich and Takeover Beirut. \nThe photographic prints featured in this exhibition will be available for purchase\, with all proceeds donated to Buzuruna Juzuruna. \nLocated in the Bekaa Valley\, Buzuruna Juzuruna operates a vital heirloom seed library and educational farm. Their work mirrors the themes of this exhibition: a commitment to the native landscape and a refusal to let the roots of Lebanese ecology be swept away. They have been chosen not only for their immediate impact but for their long-term mission to secure a sustainable\, local future for the region’s agriculture. \nCounterpoints first worked with OUTPOST last October to present work by Maria Proshkowska as part of Platforma 2025\, and we are delighted to be able to collaborate again to bring this important new exhibition to the UK. \nIeva Saudargaite Douaihi is a transdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of photography\, architecture\, and material research. Rooted in an ongoing exploration of vernacular landscapes\, memory\, and overlooked ecologies\, her practice spans image- making\, spatial interventions\, and hybrid objects composed of found objects\, natural matter and household materials. Drawing on her background in architecture and a deep sensitivity to ecological and social entanglements\, she engages with overlooked spaces and slow processes of growth\, decay\, and adaptation. \nThrough layered relationships between nature\, memory\, and the built environment\, Douaihi explores how spaces carry histories\, absences\, and the potential for renewal. Her work gives form to questions of permanence\, access\, and belonging—unfolding as quiet gestures that trace the ways in which people and places shape\, resist\, or intertwine with one another.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/uprooted/
LOCATION:OUTPOST Gallery\, 10b Wensum Street\, Norwich\, NR3 1HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler
DESCRIPTION:Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler unravel a musical universe of possibilities; “a unison of timbres\, cultures complementing\, the complicity of verses\, and modes and languages confronting each other” in the duo’s own way of communicating respective origins and contemporaneity. Lyrical\, within a sound full of contrast and ornamentation\, they pursue an expansion of their repertoire with imaginative interpretation and improvisation. \nHinging on a practice of interrogating their hearing and their expression\, their research and their desire\, Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler draw a universe where everything seems possible. It is a unison of stamps\, cultures completing each other\, sentences colliding with each other\, modes and languages meeting each other. It’s a way of communicating their respective roots and presents. Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler let us gradually see the tenants and secrets of their artistic conversation. The alchemy of their exchange unveils a voyage into a unique\, unheard sound. \nAs part of Kamilya Jubran’s Beyond 1932 Residency at King’s College London\, the duo will perform و WA (Arabic for ‘and’)\, their third album (2019 Everest Records er_093 ). \nThe performance will be followed by a short Q&A with the artists. \nFull details and booking \nCounterpoints has been working with the Beyond 1932 project\, sharing events with our networks.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/kamilya-jubran-and-werner-hasler/
LOCATION:Cafe Oto\, 18-22 Ashwin St\, London\, E8 3DL
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Artists Against The Far Right - Together March
DESCRIPTION:Join Counterpoints in the Arts Bloc at the Together March on 28 March!\n\nWe invite artists\, creatives\, arts organisations\, partners and supporters to walk with us at the Together Alliance March. Bring your work\, your art\, your placards and your chants. At a time when division is being weaponised\, we believe in the power of the arts — and in the power of gathering together — to imagine and demand something better. Let’s make creativity visible in the movement for justice.  \nWe’ll have some placards available\, please sign up if you’d like one\, and to give us an idea of numbers.  \nSign up to join us at the march!\nMeet on Park Lane at 12pm – exact location on What Three Words. \n\n—\n\nAbout The Together Alliance\nThe Together Alliance is made up of hundreds of civil society organisations representing over 7 million people. They are backed by thousands of everyday people from all over the country: trade unionists and environmentalists\, community activists and faith leaders\, musicians\, athletes\, entertainers and elected representatives. \nThe community is rapidly growing and are mobilising in communities across the country – members represent over 7 million people mobilising for love\, hope and unity in the face of hate\, fear and division\, raising their voices to stop the rise of the far-right. More information about the March route\, accessibility and speakers here.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/together-march/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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SUMMARY:About Us! Artists Scratch Showcase 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Southbank Centre and Counterpoints Arts invite you to submit your work to be screened or performed during a supportive artistic group session at 7pm – 10pm on Sunday 22 March 2026. Sign up to present your work (or work in progress) and engage in discussions with a room full of like-minded artistic experimenters. All artists selected to present will receive £150 to cover their time and expenses.. \nAs part of the session\, after the performances the artists and audience will discuss any shared or contrasting themes and talk about craft. There are also opportunities for networking and gaining industry advice. \nCounterpoints Arts also have a capacity to support artists from the global majority with advice on project development\, fundraising\, and networking. Contact at Counterpoints is Dijana Rakovic\, Senior Producer dijana@counterpoints.org.uk \nApplications to present work are open to artists aged over 18 from a global majority background (or tackling the subjects of diaspora and migration)\, whether you’re a writer\, musician\, dancer\, filmmaker\, designer or anything in between. \nPlease submit your application by 11.59pm on Wednesday 25 February. Six artists will be selected to share their work. This selection will be curated by Awate. If your work is not selected we’d still love you to come as an audience member to give feedback and share ideas. \nFull details and application form: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/artist-call-out-about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-2026/
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-2026/
LOCATION:Purcell Room\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Bibby Boys
DESCRIPTION:Bibby Boys documents the experience of the men aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge and the community that rallied around them. It is a collaborative photographic series by Theo McInnes and Thomas Ralph.\nFree Admission \nPrivate View\, Thursday 19th March\, 18:00-21:00. RSVP HERE \nCounterpoints Arts is one of the partners supporting the exhibition. \nIn late 2023\, while visiting Portland\, McInnes and Ralph overheard the phrase “Bain’t narn of we” used to describe the men housed aboard the newly arrived Bibby Stockholm. In old Dorset\, it means “ain’t one of us”. Hearing this prompted them to consider who these men were\, and how they would experience the island as their temporary home. \nThe Bibby Stockholm\, a repurposed maintenance barge moored off the island\, was used by the UK government to accommodate people seeking asylum. Many of the men onboard had fled persecution\, war\, or climate-related displacement\, only to find themselves confined in conditions Amnesty International described as “utterly shameful” and “reminiscent of the prison hulks of the Victorian era”. Promoted as a cost-saving alternative to hotel accommodation\, the Bibby Stockholm became a highly visible symbol of a deterrence-led asylum policy. \nThe Isle of Portland is a small peninsula connected to the Dorset mainland by a single road. Known for its quarries\, prisons\, and industrial port where the barge was moored\, the island has a rugged character shaped by industry\, remoteness\, and long-standing economic challenges. Portland and neighbouring Weymouth include several neighbourhoods ranked among the most deprived in England\, reflecting persistent barriers to housing\, employment\, and access to services. With the arrival of the Bibby Stockholm\, the island became a focal point of a fierce national debate on migration. \nFor many\, boarding the barge did not feel like a choice. Several men later described feeling compelled to go onboard\, fearing homelessness or negative consequences for their asylum claims if they refused. As they waited in limbo for interviews\, often for multiple years\, the men faced a series of severe challenges. These included an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the water supply\, restricted movement\, sustained racist and xenophobic protests\, the threat of removal to Rwanda\, and the death of Leonard Farraku onboard. All of this unfolded alongside the personal trauma many carried and deep uncertainty about their futures. Leonard’s death raised serious questions about the adequacy of mental health care and safeguarding within the asylum accommodation system\, deepening concern about the human cost of prolonged limbo. \nIn late 2024\, the decision not to renew the barge’s contract was widely understood as a response to mounting criticism of its human and financial cost. This followed sustained pressure on the newly elected government\, driven in part by collective strikes organised by the men onboard and by continued solidarity from organisations including Care4Calais\, Stand Up To Racism\, and the local Portland Global Friendship Group. \nFormed by Portland residents\, many of whom were strangers before the barge arrived\, the Portland Global Friendship Group offered practical support including help with Home Office applications\, transport\, clothing\, and access to services\, alongside companionship and advocacy. Operating amid local and national hostility\, the group became a visible presence of welcome on the island. Through shared time and activity\, gardening\, walks\, games\, art\, and volunteering became spaces of mutual exchange. Rather than a one-way act of assistance\, the group grew through reciprocity\, with care and responsibility shared between the men onboard and the wider Portland community. When the barge closed\, both the men who had fought for its end and local residents were left to say goodbye to a community formed under conditions no one had chosen. \nMcInnes and Ralph worked slowly and collaboratively\, prioritising time\, consent\, and repeated encounters. With no access to the barge itself\, they worked from the outside\, observing how the men lived and navigated this period of limbo on the island. Over more than a year\, the connections formed between the artists\, the men onboard\, and the wider community shaped both the work and its meaning. \nMainstream media frequently reduces asylum to crisis or threat. Bibby Boys offers another way of looking\, grounded in proximity\, exchange\, and relationship. The tensions surrounding this work are not abstract: when a small preview was shown in Dorset\, the exhibition was vandalised. That act\, occurring alongside a swell of welcome and support\, reflects the contested ground this project occupies and why exhibitions encouraging dialogue and reflection remain necessary. \nArtist Bios\nTheo McInnes (b. 1992) is a photographer and filmmaker based in London. His practice centres on people and the ways they navigate the world\, using photography and film as vehicles for exploration\, attention\, and empathy. Working across portraiture\, social documentary\, and observational filmmaking\, McInnes focuses on human presence\, character\, and lived experience\, often engaging with communities observed from the margins. His directorial debut\, the short documentary The Fanciers\, received recognition at DOC NYC and Bolton International Film Festival\, and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Melbourne International Film Festival. McInnes is a multiple-time Portrait of Britain winner\, selected in 2019\, 2020\, and 2024\, and shortlisted in 2023. He received the Social Documentary Photography Award for Best Series for Showland\, and has been awarded Rugby Photographer of the Year twice for his documentary work on the Men’s Six Nations. \nThomas Ralph (b. 1989) is a film director\, writer\, and socially engaged artist from Dorset whose work is driven by political inquiry and an interest in lived experience. Working across film and photography\, his practice explores culture\, community\, and representation. His commercial work has received nominations and awards from Cannes Lions\, British Arrows\, D&AD\, and the UK Music Video Awards. In 2024\, he was a Portrait of Britain winner. Alongside his commissioned practice\, Ralph develops long-form narrative and documentary projects. He is currently co-writing the feature film Precious Things and the television miniseries The Laughter Of Our Children with Liam Papadachi\, and is adapting writer Max Porter’s arms trade soliloquy Wild West into a short film.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bibby-boys/
LOCATION:Photofusion\, 2 Beehive Place\, London\, SW9 7QR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Photography
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SUMMARY:Once We Were Held – SHARP
DESCRIPTION:An immersive installation created with sound\, scent\, visuals\, sculpture and LGBTQIA+ history. \nInspired by the Bethany Project in Bodmin – a radical place of rest and care for people with HIV/AIDS in the 80s and 90s – this installation invites us into a space of rest\, reflection and queer community. \nReclaiming daffodils as a symbol of queer resilience\, the installation connects LGBTQIA+ care with the landscapes of Cornwall. \nDeveloped with Queer Kernow and supported by Screen Cornwall & Creative Kernow Associates’ Immersive Innovation programme (part-funded by Cornwall Council from the Culture and Creative Industries Innovation Fund). Co-commissioned with Counterpoints Arts. \n\nSHARP’s Website\nSHARP’s Instagram\n\nAbout the Artist\nSHARP is a queer\, working class\, socially engaged artist\, activist\, and producer whose interdisciplinary approach incorporates experimental video\, photography\, sculpture\, and sound installations. Their work investigates the human condition from a queer perspective\, focusing on themes of remembrance from both personal and collective experiences. \nBased in Cornwall\, with a studio at Trewarveneth in Newlyn\, SHARP works across the UK and internationally. Their artwork is represented in several private and national public collections\, including Leeds Art Gallery\, Bradford Museums and Galleries\, and the Salford University Art Collection. Recently\, SHARP received an Artist Award from the Henry Moore Foundation and\, in 2024\, won the overall title at The Exeter Contemporary Art Prize. \nCurrently\, SHARP is exhibiting in the Plant Dreaming exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery and in She Sells Seashells at the Alice Austin House on Staten Island\, New York. Most recent exhibitions and performances have taken place at venues such as The Loading Bay Bradford City of Culture\, Yorkshire Sculpture Park\, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange in Cornwall\, The Whitaker Museum\, Cartwright Hall Bradford\, VOID Derry\, and The Gallery 78 in Reykjavik\, Iceland. \nSHARP was the lead artist and creative director of the queer contemporary arts and heritage project KOMPAS with Queer Kernow and Decoder. The installation Once We Were Held was inspired by the research on this project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/once-we-were-held-sharp/
LOCATION:St Petroc’s Church\, Church Square\, Priory Road\, Bodmin\, Cornwall\, PL31 2DP
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Palestine Comedy Club film UK release
DESCRIPTION:A major new documentary feature film: on release across the UK from 27th February\nWhen six Palestinian comedians hit the road to tour a stand-up show across Palestine and Israel\, their search for humour amidst the injustice of everyday Palestinian life becomes a plea for humanity against in the face of brutal war. \nFull details of UK screenings and related events: toughcrowd.uk/screenings \nWhat’s funny about life under occupation? Palestine Comedy Club is a rollercoaster road-movie that follows six Palestinian stand-up comedians from Haifa\, Ramallah\, Jenin\, Hebron and the Golan Heights who devise and tour a stand-up comedy show exploring the unlikely\, often dark humour that circles the complex question of Palestinian identity. \nDespite the cultural and security challenges of touring six Palestinian comedians – all with different travel permissions – across checkpoints and borders to six theatres in Palestine and Israel\, audiences flock to the shows and the tour gains momentum through increasing public demand. \nWord spreads internationally and they are invited to London for a series of gigs starting\, tragically\, on Oct 7th\, 2023. Just as war breaks out at home\, the comedians prepare to perform in English for the first time to an increasingly conflicted British public. Suddenly\, the mission to connect with audiences with thoughtful humanity becomes an existential imperative. \nDirected by Alaa Aliabdallah and Charlotte Knowles \nProduced by Charlotte Knowles \nExecutive Producers: Carri Twigg\, Mikail Chowdhurry\, Farzana Rahman\, Esther van Messel and Maryam Pasha \nProduced in association with Counterpoints Productions
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/palestine-comedy-club-film-uk-release/
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Counterpoints Productions
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2026 Conference (online)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Refugee Week 2026 Conference and find out how to get involved in this year’s festival!\nDo you want to find out how you can get involved in this year’s Refugee Week? \nAre you passionate about how arts\, culture\, sports and community activities can help us move together towards a shared goal and shape hopeful futures for all? \nJoin us for the Refugee Week 2026 Conference and find out the answer to these questions and more! \nFull details and free booking \nThe Refugee Week conference is for anyone who is interested in taking part in Refugee Week\, the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions\, resilience and creativity of refugees. \nWhether 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 2026 Conference is taking place online\, so join us from wherever you are in the world. \nRefugee Week 2026\nThis year’s Refugee Week is taking place from 15th to 21st June\, and anyone can take part by: \n(1) supporting their local events\n(2) taking part in simple acts\n(3) holding their own event or activity (big or small!) \nThe theme of Refugee Week 2026 is Courage.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2026-conference-online-2/
CATEGORIES:Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2026 Conference (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Refugee Week 2026 Conference and find out how to get involved in this year’s festival!\nDo you want to find out how you can get involved in this year’s Refugee Week? \nSign up on Eventbrite \nAre you passionate about how arts\, culture\, sports and community activities can help us move together towards a shared goal and shape hopeful futures for all? \nJoin us for the Refugee Week 2026 Conference and find out the answer to these questions and more! \nThe Refugee Week conference is for anyone who is interested in taking part in Refugee Week\, the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions\, resilience and creativity of refugees. \nWhether 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 2026 Conference is taking place online\, so join us from wherever you are in the world. \nThe conference will be followed by an optional Q&A and an opportunity to network. Please sign up for this session separately here. \nRefugee Week 2026 \nThis year’s Refugee Week is taking place from 15th to 21st June\, and anyone can take part by:\n(1) supporting their local events\n(2) taking part in simple acts\n(3) holding their own event or activity (big or small!) \nThe theme of Refugee Week 2026 is Courage.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2026-conference-online/
CATEGORIES:Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:HW4P Solidarity on Screen - Rendered in Light
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts is proud to partner with Health Workers for Palestine for a powerful evening of film and conversation. Join us for a special community screening of Rendered in Light\, a deeply moving story about a software engineer navigating life in a besieged city. Through his creation of virtual healing spaces\, he turns isolation into connection — a poignant testament to human resilience\, creativity\, and compassion in times of crisis. \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Maria Marrone and Hala Sabbah from The Sameer Project\, offering deeper insight into the film’s themes and impact. This is more than a screening — it’s a space for reflection\, solidarity\, and community. All are welcome\, so please spread the word and bring others along. \nEvent Date: Friday 13 February 2026\nDoors: 6:00pm | Film: 6:30pm\nLocation: Kensington Central Library – Lecture Theatre\, London W8 7SA \nBook tickets via Eventbrite
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/hw4p-solidarity-on-screen-rendered-in-light/
LOCATION:Kensington Central Library\, 12 Phillimore Walk\, London\, W8 7RX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Counterpoints Productions
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SUMMARY:Flamm x Counterpoints - [Dis]Location Artists Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints and Flamm have been working together since the first edition of the Festival in 2023\, when the organisations co-commissioned projects as part of Flamm and Counterpoints’ Platforma Festival in South West in 2023. \nFor Flamm 2026\, we have co-commissioned SHARP’s project Once We Were Held and are working together on an artist exchange to explore the Flamm 2026 theme of [Dis]Location. \nFacilitated by artist Sovay Berriman\, one of the co-commissioned artists in 2023\, three Flamm artists are paired with three Counterpoints artists. \nThe artist pairs are: \n\nKatie Ethridge & Boseda Olawoye\nRachael Jones & Anca Dimofte\nAlice Mahoney & Kaajal Modi\n\nEach pair exchanges on their socially engaged work\, ideas and interests through a series of conversations in the run up to Flamm 2026. These exchanges will be documented and shared online\, and the group will come together for a special episode in Sovay’s Meskla Podcast post Festival. \nWe are also holding a live podcast event during the festival to highlight the conversations around [Dis]Location\, with Sovay Berriman & Liverpool Biennial 2025 Curator Marie-Anne McQuay\, hosted by Jelena Sofronijevic of EMPIRE LINES podcast. \n  \nAbout Sovay Berriman\n \nSovay Berriman is an artist working for 25+ years\, based in Cornwall with a practice spanning sculpture\, drawing\, film\, broadcasting\, research and social learning situations. Sovay’s work reviews and questions systems and structures of power\, challenging us to claim agency and responsibility for the roles we play in the ecosystems we occupy.  \nSovay was the Clore Visual Art Fellow 2023-24\, with a secondment with National Theatre Scotland and a published outcome\, ‘ReWilding Arts Leadership’. In 2023 Sovay was commissioned by Hospital Rooms to make a new permanent commission for Longreach House\, Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Between 2022-25\, Sovay delivered ‘MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh’ a multi-platform project that explored contemporary Cornish cultural identity and its relationship with heritage\, land\, and extraction industries. ‘MESKLA’ was funded by Arts Council England\, Feast and Historic England and encompassed new sculpture and film\, workshops and podcasts and culminated in the 2025 exhibition ‘Catching Copper’ at East Pool Mine in partnership with The National Trust. \nSovay has a long standing commitment to artist-led activity\, including via co-running ‘Agile Structures’ (2020 – 2025) with artist Sara Bowler\, and as consultant and co-director for ALIAS (Artist Led Initiative Advisory Service) 2009-2018.  \nsovayberriman.co.uk\n@sovayberriman \n  \nThe Artist Pairs\n\nKatie Ethridge with Boseda Olawoye\nKatie Etheridge is an artist\, performer and community engagement practitioner with 25 years experience connecting people and places through playful\, inventive and interactive performances and artworks. With her company Small Acts\, Katie creates and produces a diverse range of socially engaged projects working with communities in Cornwall and nationally. Small Acts specialise in connecting people face-to-face to create participatory live art that brings individuals and communities together through small acts that make a big difference. \n \nFind out more about Katie’s Flamm 2026 Project \nBoseda Olawoye (known as Bo) is a Nottingham based independent creative producer/ consultant who is dedicated to making innovative arts projects in collaboration with diverse communities\, young people (13+)\, marginalised groups\, artists and public partners. Her work explores race\, identity\, place and social justice issues. Bo has worked with Beam- Arts for people & places (North)\, INIVA (London)\, Edinburgh Art Festival\, The Imperial War Museum (UK) Counterpoints Arts (London)\, The Evans Foundation(EU)\, idle women (Lancashire) and artist/activist Emory Douglas (USA). \nBoseda was awarded a research grant from the Churchill Fellowship (2023-24) to find out how grassroots black-led arts organisations in Chicago (USA) use creativity as a tool for social change and similar models internationally. \n \n  \nRachael Jones and Anca Dimofte\nRachael Jones is an artist-filmmaker and researcher whose practice often extends to involve others in the filmmaking process. Sometimes participants are objects with their own agency\, and as a result her films are made up of multiple interacting assemblages. Often working with archive images\, she blends old photographs with newly created visuals\, incorporating both analogue and digital formats that create playful tension in her films. Interested in what can come out of research\, embodiment and participation\, Rachael’s films retain traces of process-driven interactions\, using experimental filmmaking\, sound and animation techniques to creatively connect participants with place. She is involved in land-based\, alternative and sustainable practices\, using found materials and handmade processes where possible. \n \nFind out more about Rachael’s Flamm 2026 Project \nAnca Dimofte is a Romanian-born artist living in London\, working across video\, mixed media\, and performance. With a background in documentary filmmaking\, her practice is informed by feminist and social justice struggle\, embodied histories\, and lived experiences of migration. Her work explores how memory\, stories and trauma are carried in the body\, shaping individual and collective doorways for transformation\, solidarity\, and political resistance. \n \n  \nAlice Mahoney and Kaajal Modi\nAlice Mahoney is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice investigates the entangled relationships between materiality\, place\, and human and non-human systems. Her work is grounded in an exploration of ecological and socio-historical interconnectedness\, with particular attention to the layered geographies of post-industrial landscapes and their associated watercourses. \nWorking with clay\, sound\, and found or waste materials\, Mahoney engages with environments understood as cyclical\, impermanent\, and continually shifting. Her sculptural\, research-led processes examine the residues of extractive industry alongside organic\, cultural\, and ecological regeneration\, situating her practice within wider conversations around land use\, memory\, and repair. Through embodied experience\, speculative enquiry\, and collective memory\, she seeks to reimagine how we might reconnect with these places\, foregrounding the potential of art to act as a conduit for relational\, restorative\, and re-enchanted engagements with landscape. \n \nFind out more about Alice’s Flamm 2026 Project \nKaajal Modi is a multidisciplinary artist-educator mediating material engagements with food\, land and water to explore the politics of how humans relate to the world through our bodies and our imaginations. Kaajal works with communities (social\, cultural\, microbial\, technological\, ecological) to explore knowledges on how we live well together in the present\, in ways that can inform speculations about resilient and abundant futures. Her practice is rooted in co-creation\, and incorporates listening\, recording\, fermenting and foraging to create lively and situated encounters between people\, organisms and ecosystems in ways that invite critical reflection and action. \n  \n  \nFlamm is funded by Experience Bodmin through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; Cornwall Council and Arts Council England\, with Artists Exchange co-supported by Counterpoints and Flamm. \n  \nAbout FLAMM\nflamm noun; plural noun: flammow\n1. flame\n2. also used in flamm nowedh adj. meaning brand new \nFlamm is a visual art-led event that brings internationally and nationally important work to Cornwall\, enables ambitious new work by locally-based artists and engages communities and visitors in its multi-layered programme. Flamm is part of Creative Kernow. \nFor its pilot year\, Flamm was based in Redruth and took place over the weekend of 21-22 October 2023. The event used a variety of spaces throughout the town for screenings\, exhibitions\, activities\, talks and performances. For 2023\, Festival team worked with the theme of Change\, you can see some highlights of the festival here. \nThe vision is for Flamm to continue as an annual or biennial event\, moving across Cornwall\, with a new location and theme for each iteration. \nThis year\, the Festival will be in Bodmin on 28 Feb and 1 Mar 2026\, with a festival theme of [Dis]Location. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/flamm-x-counterpoints-dislocation-artists-exchange/
LOCATION:Flamm Festival\, Krowji\, West Park\, Redruth\, Cornwall\, TR15 3GE
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Counterpoints in Conversation - Episode One
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints in Conversation radio series on Resonance FM.\nListen HERE \nThe broadcast series brings together socially engaged artists\, filmmakers\, writers\, and activists reshaping how we think about displacement\, racial and climate justice\, and social change. Across six episodes\, we ask how different forms of artistic expression can shift what we believe is possible when imagining a fairer and more just world. \nHosted by DJ\, broadcaster\, and curator\, Gaby D’Annunzio\, we’re kicking things off with film – exploring the medium’s potential to challenge dominant narratives and make space for stories that are more human\, honest\, and representative of different experiences of displacement. \nIn this first episode\, we’re joined by Counterpoints Productions Lead Ornella Mutoni\, who also directed short film\, ‘The Things We Don’t Say’\, which explores complex journeys of healing in post-genocide societies. Joining her is the award-winning filmmaker Maria Marrone. Maria’s recently commissioned documentary ‘Rendered in Light’\, follows a software engineer in Gaza creating vital spaces of care for community healing under siege. \nFollow the conversation across monthly shows and you will meet inspiring and talented artists\, covering different experiences of migration and art making. The broadcasts are live on last Friday each month at 5.30pm or listen to it in the link in bio. You can then catch up with each episode on Resonance FM 104.4 FM\, and in Counterpoints’ archive. \n  \nAbout Ornella Mutoni: \n\nOrnella is a Pop Culture and Social Change Producer at Counterpoints Arts. She is also a documentary director\, producer\, and cultural worker whose work tenderly explores collective healing and the legacy of trauma through intimate storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer directorial debut ‘The Things We Don’t Say’ was distributed by The Guardian Documentaries and also earned her a nomination for the Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist at the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards. She is currently working on her first feature documentary. \nOrnella has worked in prime-time broadcast TV and video journalism for 6 years with award-winning production companies making a range of documentaries for UK\, Australian\, Dutch\, and American broadcasters. \nAs a cultural worker she is passionate about working at the intersections of social justice\, liberation movements and DIY culture with film and music. She currently produces a podcast series for the Decolonial Centre and regularly curates film programmes. She previously co-founded Lossless Radio\, a community focused radio station in Narrm/Melbourne. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbout Maria Marrone: \nMaria is an emerging documentary filmmaker and photographer. She received her undergraduate degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her master’s from the London School of Oriental & African Studies. Her cinematography\, editing and co-direction in her first film\, the ritual to beauty\, won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance and received nominations at BlackStar Film Festival\, HotDocs\, and BFI London Film Festival. She has been part of the edit team for award-winning films has dedicated much of her work to films that promote social change\, most notably for the Muslim\, Latinx\, and Afro-Latinx diaspora. She has used her talents to create moving pieces for charities working out of Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. Her photography work has been featured in a series of publications including VICE\, DazedDigital\, and Latina Magazine.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/counterpoints-in-conversation-episode-one/
LOCATION:https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/counterpoints-in-conversation-23rd-january-2026/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:HOLDING SPACE: Arts\, Refugees and Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to a vital conversation at the intersection of arts\, refugee experiences and mental health. This gathering will explore how cultural institutions can hold space for artists and communities with refugee backgrounds\, supporting both creative expression and wellbeing. \nTogether\, we will examine models of good practice\, share knowledge across sectors and build collaborative strategies that centre inclusion\, resilience and care. We hope to not only spark dialogue and build connections\, but to co-create and actionable plan that strengthens the role of organisations in supporting refugee communities and artists. \nThis gathering is a collaboration between Counterpoints Arts and V&A South Kensington \nThis event is by invitation. For more information please contact hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nRead more about the work of Counterpoints Arts on the arts\, refugees and mental health
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/holding-space-arts-refugees-and-mental-health/
LOCATION:V&A\, Cromwell Rd\, London\, SW7 2RL
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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SUMMARY:ALT B: Palestine Comedy Club x No Direction Home
DESCRIPTION:Palestine Comedy Club joins forces with Counterpoints Arts’ No Direction Home for a one-off fundraising comedy night at the Bush Theatre – celebrating sharp\, powerful and fiercely funny voices from across borders.\nFull details and booking via Bush Theatre \nPalestine Comedy Club (PalCom) is a Palestinian-UK collective fusing comic traditions from both cultures to develop live comedy unique to the Palestinian experience. The club is committed to supporting Palestinian comedians to hone their craft and tour in Palestine and beyond. \nMarking the end of the sold-out run of his acclaimed show The Horse of Jenin\, Alaa Shehada takes to the stage once more: co-founder of Palestine Comedy Club and a standout storyteller of life and laughter under occupation. He’s joined by Sami Abu Wardeh\, the razor-witted Palestinian-Irish rising star\, alongside brilliant talent from the No Direction Home team – the acclaimed project showcasing refugee and migrant comedians finding their voice on UK stages. \nHeadlining the night is the incomparable Nish Kumar\, bringing his signature political bite and blistering humour. \nExpect an evening of comedy that’s warm\, bold and boundary-breaking – a stage shared by artists whose stories resist\, reimagine and revel in the act of making people laugh. \nAll PalCom’s profits will support their mission to champion Palestinian artists\, develop new work and platform stories shaped by everyday realities under oppression.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/alt-b-palestine-comedy-club-x-no-direction-home/
LOCATION:Bush Theatre\, 7 Uxbridge Road Shepherd's Bush\, London\, W12 8LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:UK Premiere: The Light That Remains
DESCRIPTION:A Counterpoints Productions film directed by Maria Marrone.\nCounterpoints Arts is proud to launch Counterpoints Productions — a purpose-driven production studio telling stories that build narrative power for migrants\, refugees\, and displaced communities. Developed with the support of partners and funders including The Power of Pop Fund\, Counterpoints Productions produces\, co-produces\, and collaborates on films that challenge dominant narratives\, centre lived experience\, and create meaningful cultural impact. \nThe Light That Remains\, directed by Maria Marrone\, is among the first of our commissions. This tender and deeply human story follows Mosab\, a Gazan software engineer separated from his wife and children as they evacuate Gaza for emergency medical care. Left behind in a city under siege with only uncertainty and a laptop\, Mosab begins building something extraordinary: a virtual reality program designed to help survivors of genocide cope with mental trauma. \nFull details and booking via RichMix \nAs the film unfolds\, we witness not only Mosab’s resilience but the spirit of many Palestinians who\, even amidst genocide\, continue to imagine new forms of healing and connection. Balancing loneliness with a relentless drive to serve others\, Mosab transforms grief into action and despair into purpose. \nThe Light that Remains is an intimate portrait of resilience\, exploring how one man’s compassion and creativity become tools for survival. It’s a story about holding on to family through distance\, building connection through technology\, and refusing to let go of hope even when the world gives every reason to. \nAbout the Director\nMaria Marrone is an emerging documentary filmmaker whose work explores identity\, faith\, and liberation across diasporic and displaced communities. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and SOAS\, Maria has spent eight years working in post-production and has contributed to award-winning films including You Resemble Me and Another Body. Her cinematography and editing in her debut short\, The Ritual to Beauty\, won the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and earned nominations at Hot Docs\, BlackStar\, and BFI London Film Festival. \nGuided by her own experience as an immigrant and her deep engagement with Muslim and migrant narratives\, Maria approaches filmmaking as a collective and restorative act. “I’ve been intentional about ensuring this process remains collaborative—that my ideas are open to challenge\, especially when they risk obscuring the reality on the ground\,” she says. “I approach this project with a clear intention: to serve\, to uplift\, and to bring good before anything else.”
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/uk-premiere-the-light-that-remains/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Counterpoints Productions
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SUMMARY:Holding Space: Bradford 2025
DESCRIPTION:Arts\, Refugees and Mental Health National Gathering: Exploring the role of creativity in supporting the wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers.\nWe are delighted to announce Holding Space – Arts\, Refugees and Mental Health National Gathering Bradford 2025. \nDeveloped in partnership between Bradford 2025 and Counterpoints Arts\, this event will bring together artists\, activists\, community groups and health & wellbeing professionals\, to explore the role of art and creativity in supporting the wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers. \nCounterpoints Arts supports the arts by and about refugees and migrants and works at the intersection of climate justice\, racial justice\, mental health and displacement. Our arts\, refugees and mental health programme connects people and organisations across different disciplines and facilitates collaboration and shared learning. \nA City of Sanctuary since 2010\, Bradford nurtures a culture of welcome and safety for migrant communities. \nFree registration \nWhat to expect:\n-Engaging speakers and panels\n-Interactive sessions exploring kind and caring ways of working together\n-Networking opportunities\n-Food & marketplace \nFull programme to follow.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/holding-space-bradford-2025/
LOCATION:Bradford Live\, 1 Thornton Rd\, Bradford\, BD1 2EP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Learning,Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Platforma Festival 2025: Reflections and Next Steps
DESCRIPTION:Join us to reflect on the Platforma 2025 programme in the East of England\, and to consider the impact\, learning and next steps for building partnerships\, capacity and programming.\nOnline – all welcome\, hosted by Counterpoints Arts. \nFree booking via Eventbrite. \nTom Green (Counterpoints Arts Senior Producer) will lead the conversation\, with Daisy Lees (Community Engagement Lead from the Essex Cultural Diversity Project) and Aisha Zia (writer\, curator and producer of Platforma in Peterborough). \nDraft agenda: \nShort presentations from local Platforma programmes \nAttendees to share one or two of their most significant moments  in the Platforma planning and programme. \nLooking ahead: what would be the best possible outcome for you in terms of building partnerships locally and across the region? \nWhat do you think are the opportunities for changing the conversation and building support in this context?
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-festival-2025-reflections-and-next-steps/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Platforma
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SUMMARY:After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the latest PopChange Film Club – Counterpoints‘ monthly programme at RichMix showcasing films from filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The latest instalment is the London premiere of After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram\, a black & brown film\, supported by Doc Society. \nFull details and booking via RichMix \nThis powerful and insightful documentary uncovers the darker side of Britain’s post-pub curry culture. Telling the story of Satpal Ram\, the film unveils a major miscarriage of justice in British history and sparks reflection on the ongoing struggle for racial equality. \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/editor Mos Hannan and director/producer Usayd Younis. \n6.45PM – Doors \n7.00PM – Introduction & After Eight Screening \n7.30PM – Q&A with Directors and Guests \n8.15PM – Exhibition and Drinks \nAbout After Eight\nDespite Britain’s curry houses serving the nation’s favourite cuisine\, they have often served as backdrops for racism and violence. \nIn 1986 Satpal Ram was assaulted in a racially motivated attack at an Indian restaurant. Stabbed in the face with a glass bottle\, he defended himself\, sparking a chain of events that would shape his life. \nAfter Eight delves into the injustices of his trial\, exposing biases and systemic shortcomings that led to a murder conviction despite clear evidence of self-defence. Through interviews\, archival footage\, and personal accounts\, the documentary chronicles a decades-long global campaign for Satpal Ram’s freedom.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/after-eight-the-story-of-satpal-ram/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:In Between Meals & Dreams
DESCRIPTION:A new exhibition of work by Yayen & Jessa GY  and Mohammad Noureddini. \nPresented as part of Platforma 2025\, produced and co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/in-between-meals-dreams/
LOCATION:Artworks and Artspace\, 5 Green's Road\, Cambridge\, CB4 3EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination: Creative Exchange 2025
DESCRIPTION:An immersive training day to share insights\, reflections and experiences of how creative practices can expand and enrich how we understand belonging.\nFrom Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination. Supported by the National Lottery Community Fund. Presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nCambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) is an arts and well-being charity founded in 2007. They are a creative organisation that works to inspire and enrich communities across the region. Though children and young people are at the heart of all their work\, they design ways for people of all ages to develop their own curiosity and imagination by inviting them into playful environments and giving them the permission to express their own ideas. \nFull information and free booking \nAbout the event\nOn Wednesday 29th October 2025\, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination will return to Storey’s Field to co-host an immersive\, creative\, training experience that will build knowledge\, skills and understanding of how elements from Artscaping can help us enrich and expand how we understand belonging across our diverse settings. \nWhat is Artscaping?\nArtscaping is an established arts-in-nature programme\, with a growing body of research-led evidence underpinning it\, that supports creative learning\, mental health and well-being. It places creativity and imagination at the heart of a practice that connects children and communities to their local environments and landscapes. The practice has been co-created with artists\, children and young people\, and those who support them by arts and well-being charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination. \nAs we all know\, the prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people has risen from 1 in 9 in 2017\, to 1 in 5 in 2023\, with the mental health gap between the poorest and wealthiest children increasing. Substantial benefits for well-being are derived from contact with nature\, however children now spend less time outdoors and are less well connected to the natural environment. Artscaping goes beyond traditional forms of arts (e.g.\, drawing) towards an experiential connection with nature\, bringing positive impacts for everyone involved – children\, young people and the adults who support them. \n“Don’t worry about starting\, it’s fun and there are friendly people… And don’t worry about not being good at it\, just try. I’ve been surprised because I thought I wasn’t very good at craft.” Tobias\, 6 years old. \n“I got a lot from this work. I felt like we were really caring for families\, not just showing them a website or putting them on a waiting list.” Lynda\, family support work. \n“This has helped me to take a moment for myself.” Jade\, primary school teacher. \nWork with Fullscope and Cambridge Acorn Project\nArtscaping is an integral part of the work of Fullscope\, a consortium of organisations united by a vision of positive mental health for all\, but especially for children and young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Parts of the programme have been delivered with family therapy charity Cambridge Acorn Project. Since the programme began in 2016\, we’ve learnt how Artscaping can enable communities to become safer and more supportive places for children\, offering an early intervention strategy for emerging mental health concerns and support for children who may not be eligible for other programs. \n“I spend most of my day thinking where am I going to get help for these children. The need is so high. The link between CCI and CAP is really positive. The parents really notice and appreciate it. They come and thank me and say this is just what their children need. It fills me with joy to talk about it.” Stella\, SENCO lead. \nThis day has been planned to explore ways in which the Artscaping practice might be relevant to colleagues in the wider system supporting children\, young people and their communities. \nThe day\n40 delegates will work in small groups with CCI artists and CAP therapists\, receiving support in designing principles and practical steps to act upon in the following weeks. The evidence base for the work will be highlighted by our academic colleagues\, and a concluding plenary will gather reflections from across the day. \nDelegates will experience and reflect on how creative experiences can open up how we understand and support belonging. \nEach delegate will receive an Artscaping reflective guide and be invited to join a series of follow up work-in-progress webinars for ongoing support and learning. In addition\, delegates will participate in the evaluation of the event\, from which findings will be shared with every participating organisation. \nThis Creative Exchange has been made possible through generous funding from the National Lottery Communities Fund. The support allows us to offer each place at a heavily subsidised rate of £25. Bookings can be made on the Eventbrite platform through this link: \nImage (C) Gabrielle Arenge 2024
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/cambridge-curiosity-and-imagination-creative-exchange-2025/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Platforma
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SUMMARY:Touchstones
DESCRIPTION:Touchstone is a participatory arts project designed and led by artist Gillian Allard and funded by The Arts Council England and Suffolk County Council. \nPresented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nThe project is for anyone who feels ready to explore their feelings towards someone who has passed. Participants will use an unusual creative activity alongside the written word to help you create a personal tribute. There will be an art exhibition of the work for the Platforma Festival in Ipswich \nSt Elizabeth Hospice’s bereavement service LivingGrief\, will be partnering with Gillian for the project\, providing support throughout from trained volunteer bereavement counsellors. Writer Roua Horanieh and film-maker Hossam Fazulla will also work on the project. \nMore information is available from Gillian’s website. \nThe project begins in August 2025 and an exhibition of work created will be displayed at Custom House in Ipswich from 29 October – 8 November. \nFull programme\, including exhibition details\, coming soon. \n \n  \nGillian Allard is a photographic artist and educator from Suffolk\, with a passion for storytelling. Her background is in Photojournalism and she has a Master’s degree from the Royal College of Art. In 2017 she became the winner of Sky Arts Master of Photography – a television contest based in Rome. Her journey has led her to create meaningful connections within communities\, including work with the Ipswich refugee community on the theme of ‘Belonging’ for the PhotoEast Festival. Her art invites participants to share their stories\, blending photography and personal narratives into powerful visual experiences using alternative photographic techniques. Her projects include landscape and still life that help her connect with herself and her own thoughts and feelings. \nImage: Mina by Gillian Allard
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/touchstones/
LOCATION:The Old Custom House\, Key Street\, Ipswich\, IP4 1BZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Photography,Platforma
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251103
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SUMMARY:Build A Boat Adventure Play
DESCRIPTION:This October half term\, join Charterhouse to celebrate 80 years since Tove Jansson’s first book The Moomins and the Great Flood was published. In collaboration with Moomin Characters and Counterpoint Arts\, Woodland Tribe will lead this exciting activity in the historic walled garden at the Charterhouse. Artist Nabil Amini will lead additional workshops from Thursday onwards. \nOver the course of each day children will help build a Moomin inspired boat\, which featured heavily in the Moomin books\, as well as take part in a range of Moomin themed craft activities to take home. Each 75 minute session is a lively mix of hands-on building using real tools (including hammers\, saws and nails!)\, creative making and playing. \nWoodland Tribe are the UK masters of constructive play\, with sold out residencies at Tate Modern\, Southbank Centre and major UK festivals. \nFull details and booking
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/build-a-boat-adventure-play/
LOCATION:Charterhouse\, Charterhouse\, London Road\, Coventry\, CV1 2JR
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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SUMMARY:Sabrin Hasbun @ Norwich Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Sabrin Hasbun\, winner of the inaugural Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize\, will be speaking at the Norwich Book Festival about her book  Crossing: A Love Story Between Italy and Palestine\,\nThe event that is also part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nFull details and booking \nA beautiful and compelling family memoir\, Crossing retraces the love story between Sabrin Hasbun’s Palestinian father and Italian mother\, and the life of her half-Italian\, half-Palestinian family from the 1960s to 2020. After the loss of her mother\, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand her mother’s choices which led her from an oppressive childhood in a village in Tuscany to finding love and community activism in Palestine. \nThe book was highly praised by the judges of the Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize \n‘Vivid\, compassionate\, captivating\, Sabrin’s writing is both deeply rooted in place and culture\, and transcending borders in its universality and humanity.’\n– Elif Shafak \nThis is a story about overcoming grief and what it means to lose not only loved ones\, but also a place in the world and a sense of belonging.\n‘Sabrin’s writing is captivating\, drawing us warmly into a world that is both different and familiar\, that we want to know about. A special and original voice\, one for our times.’\n– Philippe Sands \n‘A moving and tender story about love and identity\, and a meditation on the people who make us who we are.’\n– Dina Nayeri \n \nAbout the author\nSabrin Hasbun was born in Palestine\, spent her childhood in Palestine and Italy\, and now lives in the UK. She holds a PHD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and lectures in Creative Writing at Cardiff Met University. \nThe £15\,000 Footnote X Counteproints Writing Prize includes an advance of £5\,000 and a publication agreement with Footnote Press. The prize\, which recognises narrative non-fiction centred around themes of displacement\, identity or resistance\, was developed in association with the Southbank Centre\, and is supported by the John Ellerman Foundation\, Doughty Street Chambers\, Spread the Word and The Bookseller. \nAbout Norwich Book Festival\nNorwich Book Festival (NBF) is a new festival that took place in Norwich\, City of Stories\, for the first time in October 2024. NBF will return 24-31 October 2025\, with eight days of brilliant events. \nThis city-wide festival brings together readers\, writers\, bookshops\, literary organisations\, and other key Norwich institutions to celebrate stories of all kinds. \nNorwich Book Festival is designed to be for every kind of reader\, and brings nationally renowned authors to England’s first UNESCO City of Literature for fantastic events\, readings\, signings\, interactive experiences and much more. The Festival highlights Norwich’s literary heritage\, and contributes to the city’s thriving culture of reading and writing. \nIn 2024\, Norwich Book Festival welcomed 22\,000 visitors across four days\, to six venues in Norwich city centre. For 2025 we will be building upon the successes of 2024\, and expanding the Festival to take place over eight days. \nNorwich Book Festival is presented by The Forum\, alongside key partners National Centre for Writing\, Norfolk County Council – Library and Information Service and University of East Anglia. The Forum is a landmark cultural organisation in the centre of Norwich\, which presents Norwich Science Festival\, Norwich Games Festival\, and coordinates Norfolk Heritage Open Days. The Forum is also home to one of the country’s busiest libraries – Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library. \nNorwich Book Festival is supported by First Bus East\, and The Hays Travel Foundation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/sabrin-hasbun-norwich-book-festival/
LOCATION:The Forum\, Millennium Plain\, Norwich\, NR2 1TF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Platforma
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SUMMARY:How to Talk About Palestine – with Makan
DESCRIPTION:From 62 Gladstone Street: Join Makan for a practical workshop designed to help you speak more confidently and effectively about Palestine.\nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nMakan is a Palestinian led educational organisation dedicated to facilitating transformative learning experiences centred around Palestinian liberation and intersectional issues through their workshops\, partnerships\, and accessible online resources. They strive to provide a perspective that captures the history of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the realities on the ground. Their aim is to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered but also passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity. \nFull details and free booking \nAbout Platforma in Peterborough \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation \nDedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men\, women\, and children who have lost their lives\, those who have been displaced by war\, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.” \n62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-palestine-with-makan/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Learning,Platforma
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251025T130000
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SUMMARY:Muslim Girls Fence with Maslaha
DESCRIPTION:62 Gladstone Street presents: Blending sport and creativity\, the session invites participants to reshape narratives with movement and dialogue – led by Maslaha \nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nMuslim Girls Fence is a creative collaboration between Maslaha and British Fencing\, designed to create empowering spaces where Muslim girls and women can challenge stereotypes around race\, gender\, religion\, and identity. \nBlending sport and creativity\, the session invites participants to explore self-expression\, build confidence\, and reshape dominant narratives through both movement and dialogue. \nFree entry | Women and girls only 12+ \nVenue to  be announced. \nFull information and free booking \nMaslaha seeks to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities and racism for Muslim communities in areas such as education\, gender\, criminal justice\, health\, negative media coverage and a continued climate of Islamophobia. ‘Muslim Girls Fence’ is a project collaboration between Maslaha and British Fencing which aims to facilitate spaces at a grassroots level for Muslim girls and women to challenge assumptions and narratives relating to their gender\, racial\, religious and other identities through both physical and creative methods. \nAbout Platforma in Peterborough \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation \nDedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men\, women\, and children who have lost their lives\, those who have been displaced by war\, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.” \n62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/muslim-girls-fence-with-maslaha/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Platforma
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SUMMARY:Artist Salon Lowestoft
DESCRIPTION:Essex Cultural Diversity Project’s Artist Salons are free workshop and networking opportunities for creative practitioners and community organisers. Come along to share and develop ideas for art projects which celebrate diversity. There will be hands-on advice about engaging with communities and applying for public funds for community art projects. The day includes a complimentary lunch. \nPresented as part of the Platforma Festival\, produced by Counterpoints Arts\, this Artist Salon will be focussed on intercultural arts provision for migrant\, refugee and asylum seeker communities. \nFree\, but places are limited so booking is essential. \nDate: Friday 24 October 11am-3pm\nVenue: The Battery\, 119 London Road North Lowestoft\, England\, NR32 1LZ \nFull details: https://essexcdp.com/event/artist-salon-lowestoft/ \nWho Should Attend?\nThe event is open to emerging or more established artists/arts organisations\, or representatives from organisations who want to develop creative projects within diversity settings. \nEssex Cultural Diversity Project’s core mission is to energise diversity in arts and heritage. \n“We know that diversity is different for everyone. Diversity for us means: cultural diversity | different ethnic backgrounds | low socio-economic backgrounds | LGBTQ+ | disability | neurodiversity | or an intersection of these. We often support artists and projects that engage with: deprived communities | marginalised voices | communities with little or no access to the Arts | those who are culturally curious or want to connect with where they live in different ways.” \nAbout the Hosts and Partners\nLed by First Light Festival CIC\, the Battery of Ideas Place Partnership is designed to fire up ideas\, enthusiasm and involvement in the new Cultural Quarter development in Lowestoft town centre\, to grow public awareness and engagement in the Quarter and create a step change in creative production and cultural participation in the town. The Battery is a space for inclusive creative participation and engagement\, co-production\, planning and testing out activity as Lowestoft’s new Cultural Quarter develops. Currently we are testing out a programme of creative health activity\, live performance\, visual art exhibitions and installations in partnership with a consortium of local arts organisations and cross sector partners. The Battery of Ideas project has awarded 34 local creatives enterprise bursaries and art commissions\, including to make work that will be shown in the Battery and at First Light Festival.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artist-salon-lowestoft/
LOCATION:The Battery\, 119 London Road North\, Lowestoft\, NR32 1LZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Learning,Platforma
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