January 14, 2020
Join us for a conversation with artist, Zehra Doğan, in relation to her installation and recent publication, Li Dû Man (Left Behind).
January 10, 2020
Announcing the theme for Refugee Week (15 – 21 June 2020).
December 18, 2019
As part of the Li Dû Man commission we are pleased to present a publication produced by Zehra Doğan and Ege Dundar with the editorial support of writer, Jo Glanville. See […]
December 18, 2019
Community Meal, Custom Folkestone, for Platforma 5 Between Brexit, ballot boxes and contested borders, 2019 has been quite a year! But before we usher in the New Year, […]
December 17, 2019
Image: Rubble Theatre 2019, Manaf Halbouni, St Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland. Credit: Basharat Khan. Hours: 4 days a week Salary: £35,000 pro rata Location: Our Hoxton office (London) Deadline: […]
December 12, 2019
We’re thrilled to be one of six organisations awarded grants by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Backbone Fund. Totalling £1.2 million, the Backbone fund is awarded to organisations Paul Hamlyn Foundation […]
October 3, 2019
Image: Sofia (left) & Irene at the V&A Launch of Refugee Week @Marcia Chandra 2019 Written by Sofía Márquez Moreno This summer I finished a secondment at Counterpoints Arts […]
September 12, 2019
Field Notes: The Inaugural Summer School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice documents the first such Summer School in 2018, an initiative of the Arts Council. The Summer School […]
July 2, 2019
Pop Culture – Young People – Migration & Social Change CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 21-22 October 2019, Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury A 2-day ‘retreat’ as part of Platforma 5 […]
July 1, 2019
The first year of our No Direction Home stand-up comedy project, with Camden People’s Theatre, led by Tom Parry, climaxed with a brilliant gig at Southbank Centre during Refugee […]
June 19, 2019
By Áine O’Brien There’s lightness to Manaf Halbouni’s work that belies a serious underside. Halbouni’s playfulness draws you into critical questions about global displacement, the politics of belonging and […]
June 11, 2019
Written by Niki Barbery Bleyleben – a Bolivian-American philosopher, social scientist and mum of two… You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect […]
June 6, 2019
Maya Youssef moved to London under the Arts Council’s “exceptional talent” scheme and has since recorded an acclaimed album, “Syrian Dreams”, and toured the UK and Europe. The Seven […]
May 30, 2019
By Zehra Doğan Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan was released from prison in Turkey in February. She was prosecuted and sentenced to nearly three years on charges that […]
May 20, 2019
We are at Tate Exchange this week with Who Are We? Project – our partnership with The Open University. Read the latest PRESS RELEASE, detailing the ‘Artists at Risk, Artists […]
May 7, 2019
Exhibition on Migrant Deaths at Sea 13th June – 13th July 2019 P21 Gallery, 21- 27 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD www.sinkwithouttrace.com Sink Without Trace presents works by 17 […]
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