We marked Friday 11 November (Remembrance Day) with a short ceremony at Stithians Church (,ed by Fr Simon Bone) organised by local Duke of Edinburgh volunteer Rhiannon Stevenson. Rhiannon has been helping us with research on our exhibition Heart of Conflict (now open at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro) and found that there was (unusually) a World War […]
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We’ve finished our sewing workshops for the year at the Masbro Centre, Hammersmith. We’ve been working on sewing, needlework and fabric for some time now – it’s great to be doing some embroidery again. These workshops have been led by Katrina Williams (who has volunteered for Bridging Arts for nearly ten years now) – she’s done a great job. A few […]
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Great to have been in Brixton as part of Black History Month: we teamed up on Saturday 29 October with the fantastic new “GIDA COLLECTIVE” store on Loughborough Road. This was part of our competition for new designs for Africa’s headwrap which closed at the end of October. We’re now embarking on the judging process: the winner […]
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Our embroidery workshops in Hammersmith – led by Katrina Williams – are the latest stage in Stitch, our work with needlework and stitching to connect people with different cultures and experiences. This gallery by photographer Olivia Arthur documented embroidery brought by Bangladeshi women (and one man!) to a workshop in Tooting. This wonderful embroidery was the starting […]
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More photos from our sewing workshops run in partnership with the Befrienders’ Service at the Masbro Community Centre. It’s a fantastic group and a credit to Martha Romero who manages the programme. The Befrienders’ Service works with older people who are isolated, need help with shopping or DIY – or simply want a friendly face to visit occasionally. […]
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Caffe Nero’s pun, not mine! But… for the first time EVER you can raise donations for Bridging Arts when you grab a coffee at Caffe Nero thanks to a new in-store donation scheme. As Caffe Nero says “…whether it’s a flat white that takes your fancy or a cappuccino that catches your eye, from this moment on it’ll be […]
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