Join us in our Art-making Workshops!

Sandy Abdelrahman and I invite you to come along to our weekly workshops to explore identities, sense of belonging and representation through various creative activities and take part in a full-day doll-making workshop! Learn new skills, let your creative juices flow and be part of a lovely community of people who also consider themselves 'Others'. The workshops will take place in Central London on August 16 and August 23, from 6:30 pm to 9 pm, and on a Saturday in September to be confirmed, from 11 am to 5 pm.

You can sign up on this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/383338354337

The workshops consist of a variety of group dynamics and short exercises that will be followed by art-making sessions in which participants will learn how to make dolls from different materials such as fabric, paper and clay. All the pieces created by the participants will form part of a collective artwork that will be exhibited in the future to increase awareness and support for members of the 'Other' ethnic groups in London.

These workshops are aimed at people who consider themselves as 'Others' and who have lived experiences of otherness. All the artworks created during the workshops will take part in a collective exhibition and will be photographed for the social media, website, marketing and impact report of the project.

LOCATION, DATES AND TIMES

  • Evening Workshops

Dates: August 16 and August 23

Time: 6:30 pm to 9 pm

Location: Marchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont St, London WC1N 1AB

  • Saturday Workshop

Dates: September 3

Time: 11 am to 5 pm

Location: Story Garden, , Ossulston St, Somers Town, London NW1 1DF

Be aware that the workshops will be photographed and short video clips will be taken for marketing purposes.

COVID

In line with current government advice, restrictions due to Covid-19 have been lifted across the UK. Wearing masks is a personal choice. If you are experiencing symptoms or test positive, we would ask you to consider the community and stay at home. We do not have a stock of tests at the venue, but masks and sanitising gel will be available.

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Our Podcast is Live!

I’m very excited to announce that The Other Checkbox podcast is Live! Listen now on Spotify! The Other Checkbox is a collaboration between Sandy Abdelrahman and me which explores London's other ethnic identities, especially within the equality and diversity monitoring forms and the national statistics. The project idea was born from our continuous conversation and debates on identity and not feeling represented or belonging. It is a project that is rooted in our own lived experience as immigrants and members of the 'Other' ethnic groups ourselves.

Sandy is a migrant woman of colour, activist, creative social entrepreneur and a co-founder of Skaped, a charity that inspires young people to engage with their human rights through the creative arts. The Other Checkbox is funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Our aim is to create a sense of community and belonging for individuals from the 'Other' communities and a space to share our voices. The other checkbox is broken down into four parts that interlink with each other starting with a survey, Podcast, Creative workshop and finally the impact report.

You can learn more about the project on theothercheckbox.co.uk.

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