Pride and Dignity (Panel discussion), June 2022 Pride month is upon us and Art27scotland will be celebrating it with the event organised by the Polish artist in residence: Robert Motyka. Following the series of workshops and meetings that Robert held with the Polish community, we focus on Pride and Dignity this year. About this event […]
read moreDragon Boat Festival, June 2022 About this event Our Artist-in-Residence Elaine Cheng, along with her Project Coordinator Yuke Huang have engaged with the Mandarin and Cantonese speaking communities in the Southside area. For the Dragon Boat Festival, where Elaine premiered her sound piece ‘Hear My New Life’, she worked with The Confucius Institute for Scotland […]
read moreCOP26: Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn (Panel, Music & Poetry), November 2021 Jeremy Corbyn chats with Susan Morrison about climate justice, COP26, the urgent need for action, public ownership of energy and transport, his Peace and Justice Project and how he has adjusted after his time as Labour leader.
read moreAfrican Oases in partnership with the Sudanese Cultural Forum, January-June 2022 Picture In African Oases Maryam Yahia Mohamed explores the diversity and richness of heritage on the African continent, through sculptures and portraits of African women. About this event “My project is based on the idea of the African heritage of North and South Africa […]
read moreWe Are Southside (Exhibition), September 2021- February 2022 About this event ‘We Are Southside’ exhibition by Iranian artist in residence Laleh Sherkat. A night of photography, poetry, projection art, music and food, the launch will celebrate the cultural diversity of the neighbourhood and the people that live in it. Laleh’s photography captures the many different […]
read moreScratched Identities (Exhibition), June-October 2021 ‘Scratched Identities’ is an exhibition by Yemeni artist in exile Shatha Altowai that talks about strong, successful women who are forced to hide their own identities due to the community constraints that are imposed on them. About this event “A man can show his identity whenever he likes, but for […]
read moreCity of Homes- Miasto Domov (Linocuts Animation & video projection) – April 2023 About this event City of Homes is an audio-visual artwork – an outcome of residency by Marta Adamowicz and Robert Motyka. Artists have set out to work with the Polish community in Edinburgh to invoke a discussion and collect accounts of the […]
read moreBlood Red Lines (Play) – London, February 2023 (2021-2023) About this event BLOOD RED LINES is a powerful and poignant piece of verbatim theatre, that brought standing ovations when it played in Belfast, Dublin, London and venues along the Irish border (2012- 2023). Participants share their personal stories of some of the very worst of […]
read moreAre we New Scots? Migrant Experiences and Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Barriers to an Inclusive Scotland Part of the Festival of Migration collection About this event Are we New Scots? Migrant Experiences & Racial, Ethnic & Cultural Barriers to an Inclusive Scotland. The Scottish Government, charities, & folk who want to resist the constant & ever-increasing hostility […]
read morePart of the Festival of Migration collection A collaborative music performance, comprised of musicians from Scotland plus those from a lived experience of displacement and immigration. About this event The Other is a collaborative music project, comprised of musicians from Scotland plus those from a lived experience of displacement and immigration. Our goal is to explore the music […]
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