Voices: Art is Refuge

Celebrating the work and creative resilience of Bristol-based artists from the refugee and migrant community.

This project celebrates the work and creative resilience of Bristol-based artists in the UK’s migrant and refugee community. Like migration, arts and crafts are as old as humanity. They transcend language and cultural barriers, opening doors to new possibilities for sharing and expression.

Join us to celebrate thousands of artists who leave their home each year in pursuit of freedom. Their routes are varied and experiences are diverse but they all have one thing in common: their refuge in art.

Visit the Voices installation

Visit this inspiring work of local artists from across the globe. Watch their stories, listen to their music, view their visual arts and add to a collaborative art piece or take part in their workshops to strengthen your own resilience.

The installation is suitable for all ages, fully accessible and free to visit – there’s no need to book, just come along!

The Galleries: Every Friday and Saturday in November 2022.

Meet the Artists

We have a unique collaboration – local schoolchildren and five creatives with lived experience of migration who have made Bristol their home.

The artists – an Iranian chef, Egyptian and Kurdish musicians, and Sudanese and Kurdish visual artists – have shared their skills and stories with local children and answered their questions about migration and their countries of origin.

https://globalgoalscentre.org/project/voices/

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