One Song is an audio-visual installation and community archive by artist Kadir Karababa. The exhibition explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.
A new short documentary by Sid Elbadawi, premiering as part of the BFI London Film Festival.
Counterpoints Arts has partnered with Fine Acts and One World or None (OWoN) to commission ten new artworks that reimagine democracy for the 21st century.
A new short documentary by Sid Elbadawi, premiering as part of the BFI London Film Festival.
A gathering for artists, dancers, funders and culture workers - an evening where titles take a back seat and people meet as people first.
A participatory workshop for artists, activists and culture workers about how movement can support wellbeing.
Break through writing blocks with a playful, hands-on approach to storytelling with this friendly, creative workshop at the National Centre for Writing (NCW) in Norwich.
Can joy change the way we lead? Join us in this session blending movement, storytelling and collective imagination.
Refine your creative writing in this two-hour masterclass at Southbank Centre with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Join us for a Refugee Week planning and networking event, where we will also look ahead to the Platforma Festival across South Yorkshire and Wakefield in October 2027 At: Cast, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Date: 20 January 2027, 10.30am (for an 11 O'Clock start) - 3.30pm Counterpoints Arts and Cast invite you to a South [...]
Past Events
A screening presented as part Fozia Ismail's A Song for the Xeedho: the Knot Makers public programme.
Join a conversation exploring what we inherit through sound as part of To Re-Cite, a newly commissioned project by artist Aliaskar Abarkas exploring sound, music, and listening through faith and collective experience.
A one-day symposium where artists, researchers, technologists and organisers making and thinking with plants will come together to explore questions about nature, memory, and human connection through the senses.
A special guided tour for invited artists and producers to view the Whitechapel Backyard Biennial.
A semi-biographical theatre piece by Riwa Saab exploring grief through the lens of intergenerational relationships.
Join artist Fozia Ismail for the opening conversation of A Song for the Xeedho – the Knot Makers, her new commission for Backyard Biennial: East.
A screening of exceptional short films selected by Sarah Agha for Arab Film Club, followed by a Q&A.
Join a celebration of global club sounds and community at the Southbank Centre with Our Heartbeats DJ Crew for Refugee Week
Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.
























