Journeys Festival International Manchester 2019

MANCHESTER 2019 4 –13 OCTOBER FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

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JOURNEYS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL Journeys Festival International is an annual arts festival that takes place across the city of Manchester. The Festival curates, presents and commissions a varied programme of work created by artists who have lived experience of forced migration, and that explores the refugee experience through artistic and creative encounters. Now in its fourth year, the 2019 programme includes an inspiring and stimulating mix of live music, visual and digital art exhibitions, interactive installations, discussions and workshops.

ArtReach produces and develops Journeys Festival International in collaboration with extraordinary artists, community groups, charities, arts organisations, volunteers and partners. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who makes the Festival possible.

Photo Credit: Lucía Ghinatti

ROOTS Group The ROOTS Group is a team of dedicated and inspiring individuals who come from around the world, made up of many ages, religions, languages and cultures. They get involved with projects, work with artists, create their own artwork, share their thoughts and guide us in creating each year’s Festival. They challenge and help us better understand the breadth of cultures, people and experiences from within their communities, enabling us to present an inclusive programme.

FESTIVAL LAUNCH

4 October 5.00pm – 6.30pm

International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge St, M1 5BY Join us to celebrate the launch of the Festival email dan@artreach.biz to book a free place.

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Discussion PIZZA SHOP HEROES

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Music

ANGELS 05 THE CHANNEL

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THIS GARDEN OF OURS

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DANCE AWAY THE SPIDERS

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RECKONING WITH REFUGEEDOM

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Visual / Digital Arts Performance Family Events

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Free Event

LETTERS TO OUR MOTHERS & FATHERS 10 WOMEN'S UNITY CHOIR

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LIBRARIES OF SANCTUARY

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A PERILOUS JOURNEY

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FLEEING INTO THE UNKNOWN

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COFFEE SHOP CONVERSATIONS

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JOURNEYS LIVE

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Ticketed Event Suitable for Children Discussion

CURIOUS ABOUT… CREATIVE SANCTUARY 18 EBRU MARBLING WORKSHOP

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OPEN STUDIO AT CIWA

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GRAFFITI, VANDALISM, PROTEST IN IRAN 19 FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE

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CELEBRATING SYRIA: A FESTIVAL

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4 OCTOBER – 5 OCTOBER

PERFORMANCE // THEATRE 2, HOME 2 TONY WILSON PLACE MANCHESTER M15 4FN

PIZZA SHOP HEROES Presented by HOME, Journeys Festival International & Phosphoros Theatre Created by one of the UK’s leading refugee theatre companies and starring four young men who made the dangerous journey to the UK on their own as children from Afghanistan, Eritrea and Albania.

They have told their ‘stories’ repeatedly to the Home Office as part of seeking asylum and it is the desire to reclaim them that grounds Phosphoros Theatre’s innovative work. From a pizza shop we embark on a journey across continents to explore how they got here, where they’re going and what they’ve learnt along the way. Powerful, celebratory, affirming; this is theatre that puts refugees centre-stage.

THE SKINNY (5 STARS) ‘Luminous’ LYN GARDNER ‘Engagingly exuberant...enormously reflective... the lived experience of the performers shines through’ Tickets are £12.50. Concessions available www.homemcr.org/pizza-shop-heroes or call 0161 200 1500

Friday 4 October at 7.00pm Saturday 5 October at 2.15pm & 7.00pm

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11 OCTOBER – 12 OCTOBER

ANGELS

by Laurence Payot (France/UK) and Parang Khezri (Iran/UK)

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS

Angels celebrates the courage and optimism of displaced people: from childhood lullabies remembered from another country, to the things that make them happy in their new homes. Participants from across the UK have created a series of visual and audio portraits reminding us all how we can cope with difficult situations and find strength in the things that comfort us.

Angels is a series of video portraits projected around the city, talking to us, taking us by surprise, in the most unexpected places.

AN ARTREACH COMMISSION

Friday 11 October & Saturday 12 October 6.45pm Meet in Piccadilly Gardens FREE

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5 – 13 OCTOBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS THE CHANNEL

by Isobel Tarr (UK) The Channel is an installation that enables you to communicate across borders. For nine days, people in Manchester will be able to connect with people indefinitely detained in UK immigration removal centres via the sculpture, which resembles an old fashioned phone box. You are invited to listen to messages from real people in these centres and join the conversation by adding your own voice to the artwork. The workshops offered in the space give us the chance to ask how we can break down borders together in our communities. These ‘exchange’ times will be delivered in collaboration with local community groups actively engaged in campaigning to end detention in the UK. #thesewallsmustfall Open for listening every day 10.00am – 5.00pm Open for ‘exchange’ and conversation with the artist and community groups 5, 6 and 13 October, 12.00pm – 3.00pm at People’s History Museum.

12 October, 12.00pm – 5.00pm at Cathedral Gardens as part of Journeys Live.

5 – 11 & 13 October Open every day 10.00am – 5.00pm People’s History Museum Left Bank, Spinningfields, M3 3ER FREE

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4 OCTOBER – 1 NOVEMBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS

THIS GARDEN OF OURS

by Jessica El Mal (UK)

Friday 4 October – Friday 1 November 10.00am – 5.00pm Daily Green House, Third Floor Manchester Museum Oxford Road, M13 9PL FREE

A collaborative art project researching global horticulture, This Garden of Ours explores stories and links between the migration of plants and humans across the planet. Using a range of techniques, artists have added their own stories to the histories of the plants. The installation is made from handmade pottery, self-portrait photography and other interpretations, which create a garden of Eden that we all desire.

With a celebratory opening event, talks, an opportunity to meet the artists and family activities, there are lots of ways you can find out more. This garden is ours. Welcome.

Project led by Jessica El Mal working with Alina, Raheeda, Shamin, Zeeshan, Raqia, Andrea, Helen, Myriam, Samieh, Alsa, Leila, Hoori, Zari, Azar, Rehana, Marc, Jila, Angie, Annabelle, Cyril, Afsun, Zahida and Fariborz.

Join us to celebrate the launch with food, music and discussion on Thursday 10 October, 6.00pm – 8.30pm.

COMMON DAISIES Wednesday 9 October 2.00pm – 3.00pm The Portico Library, 57 Mosley St, M2 3HY Daisies are the most common – and arguably the most liked – weed in England, found in every nook and cranny, featured in children’s games and nursery rhymes dating back centuries. Does finding out that they are not actually native to the UK change your opinion of them? Join Jess and participants who helped create the work to explore this and other themes from The Portico Library’s exhibition Second Nature, which considers how our concept of ‘nature’ influences our psychological and political relationships with the environment.

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SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

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DANCE AWAY THE SPIDERS

CO-PRODUCED BY SHEBA ARTS AND ARTREACH

Saturday 12 October 4.00pm Cathedral Gardens FREE

Dance Away The Spiders explores repression, resistance, trauma and immigration from the perspectives of a group of young refugee women.

This performance is a celebration of the participants’ home nations and different cultures. Using visual art, textile art, dance and movement, Dance Away The Spiders creates a liberating performance for both participants and audience members to enjoy.

As part of the development of this new work, the women will take part in a five-day Performance Lab at HOME led by Emmanuel Bajiiji.

Sharing Event at HOME on Friday 11 October, 2.30pm – 3.30pm with Full Performance in Cathedral Gardens Saturday 12 October, 4.00pm.

If you would like to join us for the sharing at the end of the week, please contact dan@artreach.biz or call 0161 273 4090.

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26 SEPTEMBER – 19 OCTOBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS

RECKONING WITH REFUGEEDOM

by Mei Yuk Wong (Hong Kong) Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 26 September – 19 October Launch Evening 26 September 6.00pm – 9.00pm then Thursdays 2.00pm – 6.00pm Fridays 2.00pm – 6.00pm Saturdays 11.00am – 5.00pm PS Mirabel 14/20 Mirabel Street, M3 1PJ

A new artwork by Mei Yuk Wong shares the hidden voice of refugees in history and offers us the chance to consider their stories in relation to experiences today.

The work responds to archive material from around the world that has been discovered by Reckoning with Refugeedom, a research project led by The University of Manchester, Department of History.

Come along and pin your response to the work.

AN ARTREACH COMMISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER AND FUNDED BY THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL

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5 OCTOBER & 12 OCTOBER

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LETTERS TO OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS

by Mandla Rae (ZI)

A CO-COMMISSION BETWEEN ARTREACH AND COMMONWORD

Saturday 5 October 3.00pm Longsight Library 519 Stockport Road M12 4NE Saturday 12 October 2.30pm Cathedral Gardens Corporation Street M4 3BG

In a fast-paced technological world of DMs and videocalls, the ways we communicate are constantly evolving. Letters are a way to document and archive our own existence.

Poet Mandla Rae invites people from an asylum-seeking background to write and perform Letters to our Mothers and Fathers, to explore the ways we interact with our families. What are the things we don’t say and why?

What are the effects of culture and tradition in communicating with our elders? This series of workshops will end in two intimate performances for audiences to enjoy.

Saturday 5 October, 12.00pm – 2.30pm Longsight Library Join Mandla Rae for a workshop to help you write your own letter.

An exhibition of the letters will be on display at Longsight Library from 27 September – 1 November.

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Presented as part of Journeys Festival International and Commonword’s Festival of Firsts.

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FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER

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WOMEN’S UNITY CHOIR COMMISSIONED BY ARTREACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES FUNDING FROM HUMANITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Friday 11 October 1.10pm -1.55pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music & Drama, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street (Off Oxford Road) M13 9PL

Women’s Unity Choir, is a unique collaboration between The University of Manchester music department and music society, Olympias Music Foundation’s Women’s Voices Choir and Amani Community Choir led by Amani Creatives. It brings together students and members of the local community to share their love of music and song for a public performance for the first time.

Both choirs work to celebrate connection and friendship through shared musical experience and to create opportunities for integration and interaction between local residents from different communities.

They share the aims of empowerment, equality and inclusion in Greater Manchester.

Join us for a powerful and emotional performance of songs from a global songbook.

FREE

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1 OCTOBER – 10 OCTOBER

FUN PALACES

FAMILY EVENT // LIBRARIES OF SANCTUARY

Putting culture at the heart of the community. A gloriously creative day packed with arts and science activities for all.

We are proud to support Manchester Libraries in their journey to achieve Sanctuary Awards that recognise them as places of welcome.

ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP

BANNER MAKING WORKSHOP

Learn about the art of Arabic Calligraphy and have a go yourself under expert tuition from Abdullah Al-Anezi.

Saturday 5 Oct 11.00am – 4.00pm North City Library, 931 Rochdale Road, M9 4AF

LETTER WRITING WORKSHOP Letters are a way to document and archive our own existence. Join writer Mandla Rae for a drop-in letter writing workshop where you will get expert direction on writing a special letter to a loved one or family member.

Saturday 5 Oct 12.00pm – 2.00pm Longsight Library and Learning Centre, 519 Stockport Road, M12 4NE

MY JOURNEY ZINE MAKING WORKSHOP Explore drawing, graphics, text and collage to make your own ‘Zine’ (mini magazine) about a personal journey you or your family has been on, with Si ieng Fung.

Saturday 5 Oct 2.00pm - 4.00pm Forum Library, Wythenshawe, Forum Square, M22 5RX

Join Ibukun Baldwin and Revive Women’s Group to create a collaborative message of welcome using a range of textile techniques.

Saturday 5 Oct 11.00am – 4.00pm

Central Library, St Peter’s Square, M2 5PD

TRAVELLING LIBRARY & SANCTUARY STORY TIMES Our Travelling Library highlights an inspiring collection of books that explore the experiences of those forced to flee their home and seek sanctuary in other countries.

Flick through award-winning novels, beautifully illustrated children’s books, short stories and poems suitable for all ages.

Look out for these at the following libraries throughout the Festival: Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, North City Library, Wythenshawe Forum Library and Longsight Library and Learning Centre.

We have teamed up with volunteers from Manchester City of Sanctuary to present some of these books as part of regular storytelling sessions at these libraries: Tuesday 1 & 8 October 10.30am - 11.00am City Library 10.30am - 11.00am North City Library 11.00am - 11.30am Forum Library Thursday 3 & 10 October 2.00pm - 2.45pm

Longsight Library

Please contact the libraries directly for more details.

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3 OCTOBER – 31 OCTOBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS

We are proud to present two exhibitions of work commissioned and distributed by PositiveNegatives who produce comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and humanitarian issues, including conflict, racism, migration and asylum. www.positivenegatives.org.

FLEEING INTO THE UNKNOWN A Journey from Eritrea to England was published

by The Huffington Post in February 2016 and was kindly funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

This comic illustrates the journey of Merha, who escapes the extreme hardship of conscription in Eritrea and crosses Africa and Europe to reach safety in the UK.

A PERILOUS JOURNEY A trilogy of comics based on testimonies taken from Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Scandinavia in July 2015. The three Syrians in the story (names changed for their protection) have now thankfully been given asylum.

The comics were serialised in The Guardian and Aftenposten (11-13 November 2015) and an exhibition at the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo (12 November 2015). The project was generously funded by Norwegian People’s Aid.

Fleeing into the Unknown was launched alongside an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) policy report, Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making.

Illustration by Gabi Froden.

3 – 31 October North City Library, 931 Rochdale Road, M9 4AF

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Illustration by Lindsay Pollock.

Animation by Wael Toubaji.

3 - 31 October Library opening times Wythenshawe Library Guildhall Close, M15 6SY

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6 OCTOBER & 11 OCTOBER

DISCUSSIONS // COFFEE SHOP CONVERSATIONS An opportunity to discuss subjects relating to the Festival with artists and experts over free coffee and cake.

HELPING REFUGEES PAST AND PRESENT Friday 11 October 4.00pm – 5.30pm Milk and Honey Café St Peter’s House, Precinct Centre Oxford Road, M13 9GH

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS OF OUR COFFEE AND TEA DRINKING Sunday 6 October 2.00pm – 3.30pm Manchester Art Gallery Mosley Street, M2 3JL

A platform to understand why people engage in refugee work, what specific areas they’ve addressed, the challenges they encounter, but importantly, what keeps them going. The event will link broad historical research and everyday practice in Manchester with input from a range of local charities and support groups.

Hosted by Ria Sunga (PhD Candidate, History, University of Manchester).

Join us for a conversation led by a group of teachers following on from Tanya Brugeura’s School of Integration, exploring the history of tea, coffee and hot chocolate: how they arrived in the UK, their hidden histories of slavery and colonisation and the changing patterns of consumption.

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6 OCTOBER & 13 OCTOBER

DISCUSSIONS //

PROTEST ART AND CULTURE IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN Sunday 13 October 2019 3.00pm – 4.30pm People’s History Museum (PHM), Left Bank, Spinningfields, M3 3ER Inspired by the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, we present an Easterner’s perspective on protest and post-revolutionary art and culture from Iran. Three Iranian artists who now call Manchester home have been invited to present their work and research to give an insight into how the 1979 revolution has changed the way art is made and presented in Iran. An informal conversation between the artists and audience will follow the presentations.

Presentations and performances by Mahboobeh Rajabi, Omid Asadi and Parham Ghalamdar.

Suitable for 16+ Booking required via Eventbrite Pay what you feel at the event

SANCTUARY FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB & FREEDOM MATTERS FOOTBALL CLUB SPECIAL Presented by Gaskell Garden Project’s Permaculture Café Sunday 6 October 4.00pm – 7.00pm Talk at 5.00pm Permaculture Café, The Old Abbey Tap House Guildhall Close, M15 6SY Sanctuary Football Supporters Club will work with grassroots refugee football projects and local clubs.

Come along and find out more about this project from Freedom Matters FC, Football Supporters Association and MRSN’s Refugee World Cup. GGP Permaculture Café provides their Pay-WhatYou-Feel 3-course-meal (suggested donation £10) – all donations support people seeking asylum to participate in GGP's recreational social projects.

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SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS

JOURNEYS LIVE Saturday 12 October, 12.00pm – 5.30pm Cathedral Gardens, Corporation St, M4 3BG

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Journeys Live is a day of free, live entertainment celebrating talented artists from around the world, who now call Manchester home. Featuring a truly global line-up of live music, spoken word, performance, dance and food from emerging or established artists and community groups. There will be crafty workshops for all the family and stalls to find out how you can help support refugees and asylum seekers.

Join us for lunch and stay for the day, travelling the globe without moving from Manchester.

THE CHANNEL Throughout the day there will be an opportunity to take part in Isobel Tarr’s installation The Channel and send a message to people currently detained in UK immigration centres. More details on page 6.

REVIVE WOMEN’S VOICES BANNER PROJECT Revive Women’s Group will also be displaying their Women’s Voices Banner Project. You will be able to see these striking new artworks, take part in making our own communal banner and find out more from members of the group.

JALI NYONKOLING KUYATEH Born into a family of traditional oral historians or Griots, Jali is a Gambian Kora Master. Come and relax to his enchanting sounds and hear some stories behind the songs.

12.30pm – 1.30pm

SANCTUARY KITCHEN Join us for a welcoming meal featuring tastes from around the world.

Prepared by volunteers from Manchester City of Sanctuary working in collaboration with award-winning social enterprise 4Lunch. Find out the stories behind the dishes from the chefs, try something new and make some new friends. The meal is offered on a Pay-What-You-Feel basis and all money raised will go to support the amazing work of Manchester City of Sanctuary.

1.30pm – 2.30pm

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SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

MUSIC // PERFORMANCE

LETTERS TO OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS Come and hear spoken word performances from the Letters to our Mothers and Fathers project. Led by poet Mandla Rae, this group of new writers explore the ways we interact with our families and what are the effects of culture and tradition in communicating with our elders?

Presented as part of Journeys Festival International and Commonword’s Festival of Firsts.

2.30pm – 2.45pm

WOMEN’S UNITY CHOIR

DANCE AWAY THE SPIDERS

A unique collaboration between The University of Manchester music students, Olympias Music Foundation’s Women’s Voices Choir and Amani Community Choir. Students and diverse members of the local community share their love of music and singing with a global songbook.

Exploring repression, resistance, trauma and immigration from the perspectives of a group of young refugee women. Join us for this performance, which explores cultural traditions from the participants’ home nations in a lively cross-art form celebration.

3.00pm – 3.40pm

4.00pm – 4.30pm

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MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ROOTS ORCHESTRA “It’s like the whole world is here in one room, and you don’t need flight tickets to see it.” A unique ensemble fusing diverse musical influences from Eastern Europe to South Asia, embracing rap, classical and jazz music along the way. Join Festival favourites MIRO for a chance to see their new show with new performers and music as well as old favourites.

5.00pm – 5.30pm

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WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER

DISCUSSIONS // CURIOUS ABOUT… CREATIVE SANCTUARY? An opportunity to hear some of the insights from ArtReach’s research work with Curious Minds about how creative and cultural education can support child refugees as they settle in new communities through taking part in creative activities. You will be able to hear about the experiences of young people who have arrived in the UK as unaccompanied minors and find out more about the challenges they face.

Wednesday 9 October 3.00pm – 4.30pm Z-Arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester M15 5ZA FREE

This is an opportunity for those working in the cultural and educational sector to share their thoughts around best practice around providing a creative welcome.

Tickets are FREE but require booking.

Book via Eventbrite at: curiouscreativesanctuary.eventbrite.co.uk .

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS EBRU MARBLING WORKSHOP

FREE

ART SUNDAYS TAKE OVER

BY GULIZAR SUBAY

Explore the themes of identity, culture, otherness and belonging in The Whitworth’s exhibition Beyond Faith.

Then join us in the Learning Studio to learn about Ebru, the traditional Turkish art of marbling and make your own art piece in response to your favourite works in the show. This activity is suitable for the whole family.

Sunday 13 October 11.00am – 3.00pm The Whitworth, Oxford Road, M15 6ER

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27 SEPTEMBER – 1 NOVEMBER

VISUAL//DIGITAL ARTS OPEN STUDIOS AT CIWA Come visit one of Manchester’s newest visual art spaces – home to 15 artists working in a variety of disciplines (painting, sculpture, jewellery, poetry, creative writing, filmmaking, photography, music, textiles and mixed media).

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CIWA is a shared studio and gallery space with a focus on women artists and communities underrepresented within regional and national cultural and arts engagement.

Sunday 13 October 11.00am – 5.00pm Centre for International Women Artists (CIWA), St Peter’s House, Oxford Road, M13 9GH

FREE

GRAFFITI, VANDALISM, AND PROTEST IN IRAN AN ARCHIVAL CURATION

BY PARHAM GHALAMDAR

Parham Ghalamdar is a former member of ELF crew, which was one of the first graffiti collectives to emerge in the Middle East 15 years ago.

Ghalamdar has curated a series of photos from numerous archives, including ELF Crew’s, to shed some light on contemporary Iran by narrating the unique context and relationship of graffiti, vandalism, protest and politics of Iran.

27 September – 1 November/ / Every day 10.00am – 5.00pm People’s History Museum Left Bank, Spinning Fields M3 3ER @JOURNEYSFEST // #JOURNEYSMCR

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AND THERE’S MORE! If you enjoyed the Festival and want more, here are some other great events coming up…

FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE A SPECIAL PIANO CONCERT

BY MARGARET FINGERHUT

Acclaimed international pianist Margaret Fingerhut has devised a very special concert that she is performing across the UK to raise awareness of refugee needs. Her programme includes many composers such as Chopin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov who were either refugees because of war or persecution, or who migrated for their work.

Tickets cost just £10 and all profits raised will go towards supporting the amazing work of Manchester City of Sanctuary.

To book your tickets search Eventbrite for Far From The Home I Love Manchester.

Tuesday 15 October/ / Doors 7.00pm Start 7.30pm St James & Emmanuel Church, Didsbury, 6 Barlow Moor Road, M20 6TR

CELEBRATING SYRIA: A FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CULTURE BEGINS ON 2 NOVEMBER 2019

Rethink Rebuild Society present their Celebrating Syria: A Festival of Arts and Culture, for the third year running.

With nine days of exhibitions, films, performance, live music, talks, panel discussions and interactive art workshops, the festival explores Syrian art and culture featuring Syrian artists starting on 2 November 2019. More information can be found here: https://celebratingsyria.org/

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JOURNEYS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL Thank you to everyone who makes the Festival possible. A very special thank you to our ROOTS Group whose members have guided and inspired us.

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EVENT LISTINGS EXHIBITIONS TITLE

ARTIST

LOCATION

DATES

Reckoning with Refugeedom

Mei Yuk Wong

PS Mirabel

26 – 28 Sept, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 & 19 Oct (times vary)

Graffiti, Vandalism and Protest in Iran. An archival curation

Parham Ghalamdar

People’s History Museum

27 Sept – 1 Nov

Letters to Our Mothers and Fathers

Mandla Rae

Longsight Library

3– 31 Oct

A Perilous Journey

PositiveNegatives

Wythenshawe Library

3– 31 Oct

Fleeing into the Unknown

PositiveNegatives

North City Library

3– 31 Oct

This Garden of Ours

Jessica El Mal

Manchester Museum

4 Oct – 1 Nov

The Channel

Isobel Tarr

People’s History Museum

5 – 13 Oct

ARTIST

LOCATION

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Sanctuary Story Time

Various

City Library, Forum Library, 1 Oct North City Library

Sanctuary Story Time

Various

Longsight Library

3 Oct

EVENTS TITLE

Pizza Shop Heroes

Phosphoros Theatre

HOME

4 & 5 Oct

Banner Making Workshop

Ibukun Baldwin

Central Library

5 Oct

My Journey Zine Making Workshop

Si ieng Fung

Wythenshaw Forum Library 5 Oct

Letter Writing Workshop & Performance

Mandla Rae

Longsight Library

5 Oct

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop

Abdullah Al-Anezi

North City Library

5 Oct

The Uncomfortable Truths of our Coffee and Tea Drinking

Various

Manchester Art Gallery

6 Oct

Gaskell Garden Project’s Permaculture Cafe

Sanctuary Football Supporters Club & Freedom Matters Football Club

The Old Abbey Tap House

6 Oct

Sanctuary Story Time

Various

City Library, Forum Library, 8 Oct North City Library

Common Daisies

Jessica El Mal

Portico Library

9 Oct

This Garden of Ours (Launch Event)

Jessica El Mal

Manchester Museum

10 Oct

Sanctuary Story Time

Various

Longsight Library

10 Oct

Helping Refugees Past and Present

Ria Sunga

Milk & Honey Café

11 Oct

Women’s Unity Choir

Various

Martin Harris Centre

11 Oct

Angels

Laurence Payot & Parang Khezri

Piccadilly Garden

11 & 12 Oct

Dance Away The Spiders

Sheba Arts

Cathedral Gardens

12 Oct

Journeys Live

Various

Cathedral Gardens

12 Oct

Ebru Marbling Workshop

Gulizar Subay

The Whitworth

13 Oct

Protest, Art and Culture in Mahboobeh Rajabi, Omid Asadi Post-Revolutionary Iran (Discussion) Parham Ghalamdar

People’s History Museum

13 Oct

Open Studios at CIWA

Centre for International Women Artists

13 Oct

Various

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