Brixton Diaries

I’ve seen huge changes happen in my local area over the past 35 years, some for the better, like the greening of what is now Van Gogh walk by local legend Elaine Kramer, who fought local opposition to the project from some who were worried her plans would bring in...
I’ve seen huge changes happen in my local area over the past 35 years, some for the better, like the greening of what is now Van Gogh walk by local legend Elaine Kramer, who fought local opposition to the project from some who were worried her plans would bring in “unsavoury  elements” that would lower local house prices. The joke was on them as it has had quite the opposite...

Sustainability

My dear fellow citizens of Brixton and the Brixton-loving diaspora. It is with some sadness, but also that kind of zingy, butterflies in the tummy, excited and nervous, feeling – that I have to tell you all; the time is fast approaching for us to wake up.  This dream, this age of abundant energy from the ground, this age of whizzing around with too much to do as one million things are made and put on a conveyor...

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Join us for this month’s Women of Colour Index Reading Group with @blu.smth, facilitated by Samia Malik 🖤

Blu Smith is a London-based multi-disciplinary artist & PhD student exploring Black identity and collective consciousness through ancestral memory. Originally from the US, their work now thrives in the UK, connecting with the Black diaspora through mediums like film, audio, and collage.

Reading Group sessions aim to improve the visibility of women of colour artists whilst using material in the archive to generate discussions, thoughts around practices of: anti-racism, anti-colonisation and political justice. All people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, religions and race are welcome.

🔗 FREE ticket link in bio

📍Lounge Brixton, 58 Atlantic Rd, SW9 8PY
📆 Monday 4 September @ 6:15-8:30pm
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“Let us flow, grow & glow”

We asked the lovely people @ The Night Gallery’s ValUE how we can value black women more.

Thank you to @valerie_ebuwa & everyone who joined us, contributed to the conversations & made last week’s event at @brixton.village a success. Let’s carry the spirit of #ValUE forward as we continue to uplift & celebrate the diverse voices and experiences of Black women 🖤✨
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The Night Gallery presents ✨ValUE✨, a multi-layered project by @valerie_ebuwa, a freelance dance artist, activist, writer and model from London.

Through illustrations, paintings, photographs and film, ValUE examines the loaded history and current complex attitudes towards Black female bodies, with a desire to restore a greater sense of value to them.

Join us for a FREE evening of creative workshops that promote and insight a space of care, elevation and celebration of black women.💫

🗓 Thursday 3 August 6PM - late
📍89, Granville Arcade, Brixton Village, SW9 8PS

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We’ll see you there 👀✨

The Night Gallery is an ongoing creative collaboration between @sbrixtonproject @brixtonvillage @brixtonbrewery

#ValUE #valuingstories #valerieebuwa #valueblackwomen
#marketrow #brixtonvillage #makeitinbrixton #latenightbrixton #culture #nightgallery
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FIRST THURSDAYS/The Night Gallery presents "QUEER" a #Pride Celebration The Brixton Project will be taking over a space at Market Row, Brixton Village as part of the First Thursdays Late night market experience on the 1st Thursday of every month. Rounding up Pride celebrations, this month`s First Thursdays will be spotlighting the work of local #queer artists.

As part of the exhibition, The Queer Dominoes Project will host an evening of board games.

The Queer Dominoes Project is a collaboration between Brixton Immortals and Bare Radicals Productions that seeks to create intergenerational spaces for queer Caribbeans to master the power of Dominoes. This iteration of The Night Gallery & The Queer Dominoes Project is a space that welcomes all who respect the intention to centre the experiences of Brixton’s Queer communities.

See you on 6 July for art, music and games !!

🗓 Thursday 6 July @ 6PM
📍Market Row, Brixton Village

#queerart #queerinlondon #brixton #pride #nightgallery #artists #showcase #opencall #latenightbrixton
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📣Calling all queer artists looking to exhibit their work. We have a space for you!

📍Thursday 6 July @ Market Row, Brixton Village.

We will be taking over parts of Market Row, Brixton Village to continue our collaboration between @brixtonproject x @brixtonbrewery

Rounding up Pride celebrations, this month`s First Thursdays will be spotlighting the work of local queer artists.

Join us to exhibit your work alongside an evening of games hosted by the Queer Dominoes Project.

To apply get in touch with hello@thebrixtonproject with images and details about your practice 📧
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Saturday 12th November we`re hosting an event in response to the cost of living crisis.

Brixton is a vibrant creative area, and sometimes it`s about putting that creativity towards real issues, that make people miserable everyday.

We`ll be exploring the energy crisis from the

Personal perspective - What can people do to keep their homes happy over the coming winter.

Community perspective - there are inspiring examples all around us of communities drawing together and taking their energy supplies in hand.

Global perspective - how we use energy here directly effects people we care about around the globe.

There`s no better time to be creative about energy use!

And to top it off there will be PIZZA! 🍕

Join us @brixtonwindmill

Book your place on our Eventbrite now!
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We all want to make it.
Make it in our chosen career. Maybe make it big.

Sometimes perhaps just make it to pay day.
But whatever our ambition, what unites us all is the desire to thrive, be recognised – and be supported.
And that’s what Lambeth’s Creative Enterprise Zone is all about. Supporting creative people to do amazing creative things without having to leave our amazingly creative corner of south London.
Because we all want to make it – of course – but more than that, we want to Make It in Brixton.