February 27, 2015
Counterpoints Arts launched Moving Lives this week in Dublin. Moving Lives is an online case study of the independent law centre, the Immigrant Council of Ireland – located in Dublin and working nationally and internationally. We coined the term iPortrait to produce an interactive case study that would not merely sit on a shelf but could reach a […]
February 27, 2015
We launched our Everyday on Canalside project website last weekend giving you a sense of what we’ve been producing on Canalside over the past year, together with the different participatory strands that make up this project (Humans of Canalside, Open Spaces, Simple Acts and Moving Worlds). everydayoncanalside.org We’re excited to announce that in late March, […]
February 16, 2015
Counterpoints Arts invites artists working in visual arts, live art, film, design and architecture to submit work for a one week multi-media exhibition titled dis/placed, running at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall, London (15th – 22th June). The theme of dis/placed is informed by huge demographic shifts and unprecedented levels of human displacement – according […]
February 9, 2015
We are living in the midst of huge demographic shifts and unprecedented levels of human displacement. More than ever before, we need bold and imaginative interventions to help us make better sense of the global yet very local experiences of migration. And who better to do it than artists and cultural practitioners who are engaging […]
December 19, 2014
26 January 2015 Hoxton Gallery, 9 Kingsland Road, London E2 6.30pm-8.30pm Please join us for the launch of our 2015 programme and to reflect on the work that Counterpoints Arts has done in the past 12 months. On 26th January we will bring together some of the artists we have worked with, together with partners, funders and friends […]
December 11, 2014
What is the place of culture and the arts in the refugee experience when identities and basic human needs are stripped away?
December 9, 2014
Counterpoints Arts is a creative arts and cultural organisation exploring refugee and migrant experiences. Our mission is to support, produce and promote the arts by & about migrants and refugees, seeking to ensure that their cultural and artistic contributions are recognized and welcomed within British history and culture. We do this by developing creative projects […]
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 […]