Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM, in collaboration with Gaby D'Annunzio.
New co-commission with Whitechapel Gallery - To-Recite by Aliaskar Abarkas. Sign up for workshops across April and May.
The world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
A brand new digital art-meets-football project made with people from all over the world who now call Sheffield home, to celebrate the World Cup and Refugee Week.
A night of comedy featuring No Direction Home and the Palestine Comedy Club, presented by the University of Westiminster.
An intimate evening of storytelling, reflection, and conversation exploring the meaning of home, migration, and belonging.
A collective of filmmakers capture the lives of a people caught up in a conflict that has ravaged Sudan.
An audio-visual installation and community project by artist Kadir Karababa that explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.
A celebration of music and spoken word shaped by migration – co-curated by Anoushka Shankar and hosted by Nish Kumar.
Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.
Join a celebration of global club sounds and community at the Southbank Centre with Our Heartbeats DJ Crew for Refugee Week
A screening of exceptional short films selected by Sarah Agha for Arab Film Club, followed by a Q&A.
Past Events
A discussion about cutting-edge communications strategies for combating the rise of far-right extremist ideology in digital spaces.
Can video games change our understanding of what it means to be a refugee? With displacement as a guiding theme, this will be an exploratory conversation looking at different ways in which video games can diversify our understanding of refugee experiences. The discussants will each be talking about some of their own projects — including [...]
Join us for a night of laughter from the brilliant No Direction Home, hosted by Ola Labib, with Yasmeen Ghawri, Selam Amare, Edin Suljic, Charly Monreal.
A friendly networking session for those interested in arts, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks.
Counterpoints Arts is collaborating with Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow to present Communities In And Around Museums: Interaction, Practices and Principles.
Share 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?
A multidisciplinary arts festival showcasing Syria’s vibrant arts and culture.
The theme of Refugee Week 2022 is Healing: celebrating community, mutual care, and the human ability to start again. Join 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. [...]
Public exhibition presenting the manifestations of a collaborative workshop with artists Dana Olarescu and BLKBRD Collective and our partners at London South Bank University. Part of Being Human Festival. Opening event on the evening of 16th November.
