We are co-commissioning with T.A.P.E Collective
We’re co-commissioning essays with T.A.P.E Collective on themes of Identity, Language, Belonging, Ownership and Common Threads particularly focused on film and culture. Pitch max. 200 words to hello@tapecollective.co.uk. Pitching + […]
Founder of Brixton’s Poetic Unity nominated for community person of the year
Visionary Arts Foundation has announced the nominations for the Visionary Honours awards, taking place on 1st March 2022. The awards will be hosted by Sir Lenny Henry and will be […]
Identity
Drawing inky dreams into our skin, braiding histories into our hair, piercing constellations across our bodies: how do we express all the moments we have lived through, all the moments […]
Brixton Creative Works launches to support young people interested in the creative sector
Get Set UK introduces an exciting new programme Brixton Creative Works, as part of the GLA Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ) and the Lambeth Elevate Careers portfolio. Brixton Creative Works offers […]
Creative job opportunities launched for young people hardest hit by pandemic
The Cultural Leaders Youth Employment Scheme provides paid work for six young people (aged 18-30 years old) every six months with London based charities – Poetic Unity, Theatre Peckham and […]
London Urban Textiles Commons Fundraiser
Little Black Pants Club have teamed up with Cordwainers Dye to create The London Urban Textiles Commons. Their first project is to create a hyperlocal supply chain, botanically dyed, micro […]
Mayor’s Diversity Commission to celebrate London’s Untold Stories
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has today announced details of a £1million fund to help champion diversity in the capital’s public spaces and ensure London’s landmarks and monuments reflect the achievements of all who have contributed to the […]
Poignant art installation marks new chapter for key site from 1981 Brixton Uprising
On 28 October 2021, the final step in the transformation of a key battleground in the 1981 Brixton uprising to a community resource for local young people, in an innovative […]
Who Cares?
Brixton-based architecture and design studios Squire & Partners and AWMA are excited to be collaborating once again for this year’s London Festival of Architecture with Who Cares?, a community window […]
The Black Curriculum on the Brixton Uprising
The Brixton Riots of 1981 was one of many key moments in the history of Black resistance in Britain. A response to years of socio-economic exclusion and targeted policing through […]