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.
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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
Meet the finalists for the £15,000 prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds who shine a light on today’s most pertinent topics.
Join us in person to hear from Creative Health sector experts from across the country as part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2026, organised by London Arts and Health.
A gathering for museum, culture and heritage professionals to explore what spaces of care should feel like.
Join workshops as part of Aliaskar Abarkas' new co-commission, To-Recite - sound, faith and collective listening. Co-commissioned by Counterpoints and Whitechapel Gallery for Backyard Biennial.
The 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.
We are 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.
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. The session brings together members of our community with Muslim backgrounds to share ideas, and reflections on how sonic practices - from recitation and [...]
Panel reflecting on the legacy of the 1932 Cairo Congress from a contemporary MENA perspective, as part of Beyond 1932.
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.
