No Colour Bar

No Colour Bar No Colour Bar focuses on Black British cultural heritage explored through the lens of the Black Art Movement of the 1960s to the 1990s No Colour Bar focuses on Black British cultural heritage explored through the lens of the Black Art Movement of the 1960s to the 1990s –a flowering of popular as well as fine art, music, poetry and literature which came out of what were then called Black and Third World migrant-settler communities – African-Caribbean, continental African, Asian and Latin American.
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The centrepiece of No Colour Bar is the stunning six-month exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery which takes place from July and followed by a touring exhibition in 2016. No Colour Bar was created to reach out to wider audiences from the heart of the London and to connect with communities across the capital and the global Diaspora. Developed by Friends of the Huntley Archives at LMA, with the generous support of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), No Colour Bar has flourished to become an important milestone in Black British cultural heritage and the arts calendar through the support and close creative collaboration of partners Guildhall Art Gallery and the London Metropolitan Archives, provided by the City of London Corporation.

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Visit Oxford Street before Saturday 31st October to see 'The Peckham Portraits', a collaborative project by UNDEREXPOSED...
29/10/2020
W1Curates

Visit Oxford Street before Saturday 31st October to see 'The Peckham Portraits', a collaborative project by UNDEREXPOSED ARTS founder Fraser James and Franklyn Rogers, presented by @w1curates.

'The Peckham Portraits' aims to increase the visibility of talent within the Black British community, which debuted at the National Portrait Gallery in 2008 and was proudly exhibited in Peckham Hill Street, London for almost 10 years.

"UNDEREXPOSED ARTS is a registered charity which celebrates black British, dual heritage African/Caribbean and minority ethnic talent and promotes aspiration through national, arts-led interventions.

Founded by celebrated actor Fraser James in 2008 with portraits created by award winning artist Franklyn Rodgers, UNDEREXPOSED ARTS in 2020 is driven by the core belief that positive representation inspires identity development, self esteem, courage and aspiration.

Central to the long term UNDEREXPOSED ARTS rationale is the commitment to inspiring young adults through the sharing of wisdom from our GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE hub."

https://www.w1curates.com/posts/underexposed-arts

UNDEREXPOSED ARTS is a registered charity, celebrating black British, dual heritage African/Caribbean and minority ethnic talent and promoting aspiration through national, arts-led interventions.

29/10/2020
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w1curates

Presents UNDEREXPOSED ARTS ‘The Peckham Portraits’
A collective by Franklyn Rodgers and Fraser James.  

UNDEREXPOSED ARTS is a registered charity, celebrating black British, dual heritage African/Caribbean and minority ethnic talent and promoting aspiration through national, arts-led interventions. 

Founded by celebrated actor Fraser James in 2008 with portraits created by award winning artist Franklyn Rodgers, UNDEREXPOSED ARTS in 2020 is driven by the core belief that positive representation inspires identity development, self esteem, courage and aspiration.

Central to the long term UNDEREXPOSED ARTS rationale is the commitment to inspiring young adults through the sharing of wisdom from our GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE hub.

Credits to
@w1curates
@underXposedarts
@flannelsman

#w1curates #underxposedarts #peckhamportraits
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#DONACROLL
#IDRISELBA #TREVAETIENNE
#DONGILET
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#KWAMEKWEI-ARMAH #MARTINALAIRD #ADRIANLESTER
#PETRALETANG #DELROYLINDO
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w1curates
29/10/2020

w1curates

X UNDEREXPOSED ARTS
‘The Peckham Portraits’

“The Peckham Portraits provided the community with a point of connection, a point of identity, a point of reflection and a reference point for what you can achieve.”

REV.DR EDWARD FRANK GOVEIA

Credits to
@w1curates
@underXposedarts
@flannelsman

#w1curates #underxposedarts #peckhamportraits #blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth2020
#ADJOAANDOH #EARLCAMERON
#NOELCLARKE #DONACROLL
#IDRISELBA #TREVAETIENNE
#DONGILET #DAVID HAREWOOD
#FRASERJAMES #LENNIEJAMES
#MARIANNEJEAN-BAPTISTE
#JOCELYNJEEESIEN #WILLJOHNSON
#KWAMEKWEI-ARMAH #MARTINALAIRD #ADRIANLESTER
#PETRALETANG #DELROYLINDO
#PATRICENAIAMBANA
#WUNMIMOSAKU #ANGELA WYNTER
#DAVIDOYELOWO #DIANEPARISH
#HUGHQUARSHIE
#FRANKLYNRODGERS

W1 Curates
29/10/2020

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A great opportunity for children and young adults! Spread the word! 💡Simon Education is hosting an exciting, interactive...
26/10/2020
How to Unlock Your Genius Using Black History: An Online Course

A great opportunity for children and young adults! Spread the word! 💡

Simon Education is hosting an exciting, interactive journey into Black British History suitable for ages 5 years to 16 years.

Starting 10,000 years ago in pre-Roman Britain, this live online interactive course takes the student on an audio-visual journey through to modern times.
The two presentations are delivered by the award-winning writer and educationalist, David Simon and covers the following Black British eras:

1. Pre-Roman Britain
2. Blacks in Roman Britain
3. Blacks in Tudor Britain
4. Blacks in Victorian Britain
5. The Windrush Generation
6. Contemporary Black activism

The course uses archive material, graphics, live commentary and mini tasks to enhance the learning experience. Providing students with clear objectives, thinking skills exercises, skills in understanding African artefacts/art and multiple choice questions.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/simon-education-1614341840

This online Black history course is for adults who are interested in learning about 250,000 years of global Black history, and how this history can be used a...

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation
26/10/2020
Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation

"Two years before she published Greenlee, Busby had become not only Britain’s youngest publisher, but also its first black female one (John la Rose, who established New Beacon Books in 1966, was Britain’s first black publisher; they were quickly followed, in 1969, by Jessica Huntley, of Bogle-L’Ouverture)." - Aida Edemariam

Please take a moment to enjoy this incredibly insightful interview with the revolutionary Margaret Busby - one of Jessica's oldest and dearest friends, Patron of FHALMA and co-editor of our No Colour Bar Exhibition book.

Margaret was instrumental in the development of both Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications and the Huntley Archives and has made a lasting impact on the publishing world. ❤️

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation
25/10/2020
Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation

Join this free, online event on Tuesday 27th October 5-5.45pm! The Mayor will be hosting ‘In Conversation With’ Bernardine Evaristo OBE, MBE and Reni Eddo-Lodge - two remarkable authors who made history this year.

Reni Eddo-Lodge became the first black British author to top the paperback non-fiction and then overall chart with her book ‘Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race’ and Bernardine Evaristo OBE, MBE the first woman of colour to top the paperback fiction chart. With her novel 'Girl, Woman, Other’, Bernardine was the first black woman and black British author to win the prestigious Booker Prize.

Expect a rich conversation about race, identity and the Black British experience and learn more about the careers of these two literary pioneers.
There will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions in a Q&A.

How engaged are you in conversations about Art, Blackness, Identity and Activism?Join our Walter Rodney Reading Room onl...
15/10/2020

How engaged are you in conversations about Art, Blackness, Identity and Activism?

Join our Walter Rodney Reading Room online event to share in discussions.

DATE: Saturday 7th November 2020
TIME: 18:00-20:00 (GMT)

Focusing on an excerpt: “African History in the Service of Revolution” from The Groundings with My Brothers. #WalterRodney #Groundings

“The acquired knowledge of African history is directly relevant but secondary to the concrete tactics and strategy which are necessary for our liberation” (p.53)

🔎
For more information and to book, Email: [email protected]

#blackhistorymonth #readingroom #onlineinteractive #huntleyarchives #nocolourbar #quote #bhm

Phenomenal!
13/12/2019

Phenomenal!

We've just uploaded our Oral History 2020 Groundings campaign, to raise funds for a new intergenerational oral history project with
Gunnersbury Park & Museum http://bit.ly/36yxdcE
We kick off with our annual Huntley conference on 22 February by inviting Youth Forum Members to attend. Help us to fund their journey into the Oral History project. Early Bird Conference Tickets are still on sale: http://bit.ly/2PBp7ZG. There are a limited number of Black Friday "two for one" special tickets still available extended until Dec 20th or until they run out.

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation
08/03/2019

Huntley Archives - Fhalma Foundation

Great to put these three leading political and cultural activists together? Leila Howe, Prof. Angela Davis and Prof Emerita Carolyn Cooper at SOAS for Margaret Busby's book launch for 'New Daughters of Africa'. #socialimpact #marching #politics : 7 March 2019 (c) Beverley Mason

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-than-words-50-years-of-bogle-louverture-publishing-tickets-52149140483?aff=eandOne m...
16/02/2019
More than Words: 50 years of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publishing

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-than-words-50-years-of-bogle-louverture-publishing-tickets-52149140483?aff=eand

One more week to go till...

More than Words: 50 years of Bogle L'Ouverture PublishingCelebrating half a century of writings, books, activism and community Keynote address: Professor Carolyn Cooper, University of the West Indies, MONA, Jamaica Annual Huntley Conference 2019 In its 50th year, the influence of Bogle L'Ouverture P...

Black Parents Movement 1973
12/02/2019

Black Parents Movement 1973

Walter Rodney
27/11/2018

Walter Rodney

No Colour Bar
27/11/2018

No Colour Bar

No Colour Bar's cover photo
27/11/2018

No Colour Bar's cover photo

Today from Midday to 7pm Windrush70 "Celebrations and Cerebrum" with thought leaders and cultural activistshttps://black...
23/06/2018

Today from Midday to 7pm Windrush70 "Celebrations and Cerebrum" with thought leaders and cultural activists
https://blackculturalarchives.org/events/2018/6/23/visions-and-voices-from-the-windrush-a-cultural-legacy

Join us today at BCA and participate as we discuss the critical role that the Windrush generation played in popularising Art, Poetry and Literature from the Caribbean and how this influenced the British Landscape.

We will be joined by an extraordinary panel of cultural activists: Eric Huntley publisher and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, the London-based publishing company and John Lyons painter, poet, Lecturer and winner of 2003 WindRush Arts Achiever Award and 80s global photographer Merle van den Bosch (co-founder Autograph/ABP)

KENYAN ARTIST PHOEBE BOSWELL
10/05/2018
KENYAN ARTIST PHOEBE BOSWELL

KENYAN ARTIST PHOEBE BOSWELL

Take Me To The Lighthouse is the first US solo exhibition of Kenyan-British artist Phoebe Boswell. Boswell’s multimedia practice centers arou…

Many Studios
09/05/2018

Many Studios

We had over 100 people come through the space last night for the preview of (BUT) WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY by Sorryyoufeeluncomfortable at Many Studios which was realllllly beautiful ☀️💛

The exhibition is open until 20 May. Opening times at www.manystudios.co.uk/syfu.

Supported by Glasgow International and Many Studios.

Windrush Solidarity Public Meeting and Legal Clinics (28 April 2018) and more heritage events at Black Cultural Archives
27/04/2018
Windrush Solidarity Public Meeting and Legal Clinics (28 April 2018) and more heritage events at Black Cultural Archives

Windrush Solidarity Public Meeting and Legal Clinics (28 April 2018) and more heritage events at Black Cultural Archives

Windrush Solidarity Public Meeting and Advice ClinicsSaturday 28 April, 2.00pm-5.00pm We are inviting all those who are concerned about the Windrush fiasco, worried about being affected, or have concerns about their documentation either for rights to remain and safeguarding to our public meeting. ...

23/02/2018

Another Black (Art) Identity crisis waiting to happen? ALL tickets £5+ fee until midnight today. @LdnMetArchives

Black Art Matters - BBC Radio 4
02/02/2018
Black Art Matters - BBC Radio 4

Black Art Matters - BBC Radio 4

Sonia Boyce views current interest in black British art through the life of Donald Rodney.

18/11/2017

Very Urgent: Freelance work - Any graphic designers free 'right now' to make amends/final edits to existing current a/w for a book on Black British Art? design/layouts in already in place in PHOTOSHOP. Production for print work experience is important -to be printed in Dec. If you can recommend, please [email protected]. Thanks!

Thick/er Black Lines - Talk at Tate Modern | Tate
05/08/2017
Thick/er Black Lines - Talk at Tate Modern | Tate

Thick/er Black Lines - Talk at Tate Modern | Tate

Celebrating the launch of We Apologise for the Delay To Your Journey, Thick/er Black Lines discuss their original research into British Black art histories and their formation as a collective.

Open call - Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency 2018 - Stuart Hall Foundation
04/08/2017
Open call - Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency 2018 - Stuart Hall Foundation

Open call - Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency 2018 - Stuart Hall Foundation

Stuart Hall Foundation and Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) are pleased to announce the second Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency commencing in February 2018. The residency is a funded opportunity for an artist to be in residence at Iniva’s Stuart Hall Library over a three-month pe...

Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern
12/07/2017
Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern

Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern

Tate Modern's latest exhibition, Soul of a Nation, opens in 1963 at the height of the civil rights movement in America. Through the work of more than 60 artists, it charts 20 years of the African-American struggle for acceptance and integration - the journey of Martin Luther King's dream from…

Soul of a Nation review – the sorrowful, shattering art of black power
12/07/2017
Soul of a Nation review – the sorrowful, shattering art of black power

Soul of a Nation review – the sorrowful, shattering art of black power

Tate Modern, London Searing artistic responses to the agony of America’s racial struggle sit alongside powerful abstracts by forgotten artists. This compelling show puts the battle for civil rights in a brutal, brilliant new light

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