Good to mark Holocaust Memorial Day today at Truro Cathedral, Cornwall. We put parts of our suitcase exhibition on display for the first time for some years. It’s still as relevant as on the day we first started work…. The Guardian featured it a decade ago now…. click here. This exhibition is called I PACKED THIS […]
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I Packed This Myself brings together migrant workers and local communities. Every year, seasonally, thousands of workers from overseas come to Cornwall. These workers can face hostility and resentment. In rural Cornwall, due to expensive local housing, agricultural workers are often housed in caravans. They can have little contact with local people who often lack […]
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We’re just starting on work with migrant workers and local communities in Cornwall
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It’s easy to raise money for Bridging Arts by shopping online: please remember us in the frenzy of Black Friday and Christmas shopping! Easyfundraising really IS an easy way to raise money for a good cause. You don’t pay a penny, but the retailer gives a percentage of the sale price to us. Here’s how you […]
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BRIDGING ARTS general blog I PACKED THIS MYSELF … current work on migration
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Crimson Harvest was Bridging Arts’ first project in Refugee Week 2004 at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London. It presented the work of the Bosnian artist Pero Mandić. Mandić was well-known before the Bosnian war but lost everything in the conflict when he fled to Novi Sad, northern Serbia. His paintings of peace and war explore both […]
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