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We have teamed up with The Lounge (@loungebrixton) to showcase local, young and up and coming artists in an exhibition programme throughout the year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Join our first Artist Night on Tuesday 30 November at 7pm and meet artist Cherise Hewitt (@artsvdme).
To celebrate our new exhibition programme at The Lounge, we will be hosting an Artist Night on Tuesday 30 November from 7pm.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Come down and meet the artist Cherise Hewitt (@artsvdme) whose work focuses on African culture and representation of the black community.
We have teamed up with The Lounge (@loungebrixton) to showcase local, young and up and coming artists in an exhibition programme throughout the year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our first artist Cherise Hewitt is a black British artist with a Caribbean background who started art at the young age of 9. She studied social work at Canterbury Christ Church University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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She rediscovered her love for art in late 2019 whilst completing her studies and started experimenting with digital art due to her lack of resources. Her day to day work focuses on African culture and representation of the black community.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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See more of Cherise's work here: @artsvdme.
Our Women’s Creative Network stepped out of the zoom meeting and enjoyed a private tour of the Helen Frankenhaler’s exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Amazing evening.
The Be Enriched Food Bus Tour started with a blast! Stopping at gardens, giving travellers a taste of urban growth and sustainability. Stopped at Myatt's Field Garden.
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The Harvest Workshop is about unpicking and re-evaluating this relationship to the world. Alice Holloway is a bespoke clothing designer and maker, who will guide you with stories and dialogue through the process of 'unmaking' mass production.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You will be taught to carefully and lovingly take apart garments that were never made for you, in order to create a raw material fertile with new possibilities.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The process of recycling could be a new frontier of consumerism, you put in something you don't want and mass production gives you back something, you still probably don't want. Or it could be the beginning of an entirely new relationship to making objects.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happening on Saturday 9 October at 3-5pm - visit inbrixton.org to register for free event tickets.
Tomorrow @be.enriched's food bus will take people on a tour to different community gardens in Lambeth, with breaks at each location for people to get off the bus and ask questions or explore.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The bus will stop at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouse, Ruskin Park Community Garden and Myatt’s Field Community Greenhouse.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This allows people the opportunity to learn and be introduced to new places in Lambeth, encouraging urban growth and sustainability.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Lunch and light refreshments will be provided during the tour. Please let us know of any dietary requirements.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Very limited tickets available so book fast to avoid disappointment! The tour will be leaving from Lambeth Town Hall at 11:30am on Friday - booking essential.
Set to prepare your minds for a session that will make you think and feel differently about what it really means to be ‘creative’.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Join SCA Dean, Marc Lewis as he walks you through the school’s definition of creativity that underpins the ideas, the methods and the creative process.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happening tomorrow from 12-1pm at @PopBrixton⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Book free tickets via bio link. #SpaceInbetween #MakeItinBrixton #Brixton #BrixtonCEZ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#CreativeEnterpriseZone #MayorOfLondon #LambethCouncil⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#Brixton #makeitnetwork #southlondon #lambeth #culture #localartists #creatives #artists #creativeopportunities #creativefutures #creativeindustries #creativenetwork
“A society grows when people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” (Greek Proverb)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Every time you go through your door at the start or any time of day, you will encounter people from diverse backgrounds. Whether this is on the street, on the bus/train/tram, at work, church, supermarket, gym, etc. Whether you speak to them or not, can you be mindful and intentional about what vibe you want to give them?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In this workshop, as we come to the end of ‘Space In Between’ events we will come together as a community literally and symbolically to prepare the soil and plant our anti-racism seeds. We will take our seeds home to water, nurture and grow alongside the work we need to do to become more anti-racist. I visualise interaction with our seeds to encourage them to germinate and when they do, that we will look after them and that they will remind us to be aware, mindful and intentional about the vibe we want to give to those who are different to us every moment of every day.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This promises to be a powerful community event that will bring us together to commit to being more anti-racist and to care for those at most risk of racism.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Book your space now on inbrixton.org [link in bio]
Have you signed up to Pain to Purpose a conversation with Entrepreneur Abdul Bangura and Samuel Ade from @desc.io.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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After being released from prison in 2015, having served just over 5 years, Abdul turned his life around and began his first business venture, Fresco Box, a healthy meal prep delivery service.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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@frescobox went from strength to strength, eventually opening 3 stores, delivering nationwide and winning the Essex Business Awards for New Company within 6 months of opening. This conversation will explore how Abdul was able to become a successful entrepreneur despite his turbulent past and provide useful insights into how others can succeed.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Book now via link in bio.
Key Changes Open Mic 4 Mental Health is an inspiring and energising showcase of performances from artists taking part in @keychangesmusic Music Industry Recovery Programme, plus special guests.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This is an Open Mic event so everyone is welcome to join in and take the mic.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happening in @popbrixton's Pop Box on Friday 8 October from 2:30pm - 4:00pm.
The thought-provoking powerful talk this evening. With Babel’s Artistic Director Joseph Lynch talking to White Allies Founder Josephine about why she started her initiative www.whiteallies.org and why she believes centering white people in anti-racism work is necessary if not essential.
