July 7, 2014
COUNTERPOINTS ARTS PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND BUILDING NEWLY LAUNCHED WEBSITE – BIG JOURNEYS UNTOLD STORIES ‘Separated youth’, ‘unaccompanied minors’, ‘unaccompanied alien children’, ‘unaccompanied migrant children’ – frequently used, often interchangeable terms describing young migrants travelling alone under the age of 18. It’s a growing global phenomenon writes Amanda Levinson for the Migration Policy Institute, […]
July 4, 2014
June 7th saw residents of Canalside Estates in Hackney being photographed by photographer Marcia Chandra, and interviewed by Dijana Rakovic and Áine O’Brien (Counterpoints Arts), and Justin O’Shaughnessy (Shoreditch Trust). Local residents, housing association reps, as well as community workers from Youth of Haggerston were asked to reflect on living and working on the Canalside […]
July 1, 2014
Counterpoints Arts has been selected as one of 47 new organisations across England to receive National Portfolio Funding from Arts Council England. This is a huge deal and a big new point of departure for Counterpoints Arts. Over the coming period we will be announcing more detailed plans for our upcoming programme, which will include […]