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
Join gamers, comedians and artists over on Twitch as they compete in our livestreamed ‘Game Time Happy Hour’ hosted by Black Girl Gamers. They’ll be competing for the crown of “Tastiest Cake” in the bonkers game of Cake Bash, while chatting about the games they’ve grown up with and are excited by now; together with the [...]
Part of the Mozilla Festival This 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. We will explore the scope for [...]
Join us for an evening of laughter hosted by the brilliant Mo Omar and featuring new comedians from the No Direction Home Collective: Meron, Krzysia Blainska, Abdul Tahhan and Nour-ani Sisserian. Plus special guest headliners Fatiha El-Ghorri and Britain's Got Talent sensation Nabil Abdulrashid. Produced by as part of our PopChange programme. No Direction Home is [...]
Counterpoints Arts and OKRE are delighted to be organising our first online ‘Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat.’ Taking place over three days, the retreat will bring together a range of selected individuals from the worlds of comedy, video gaming, broadcast, visual and performing arts, digital and news media, the charity sector together with the [...]
A series of free online workshops exploring arts and culture for change ahead of Refugee Week 2021
لقاء باللغة العربية عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة هل أنتم مهتمون بالمبادرات الفنية والثقافية للجمع بين الناس ولزيادة الوعي عن تجارب اللاجئين؟ انضموا 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 [...]
Your fundraising questions answered at the December Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meet Whether 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. Miriam [...]
Join us for the first in a series of Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets
Singer songwriter Bumi Thomas performs her own acclaimed work and tells stories of identity and home. Part of Counterpoints Arts Black History Month.
