Join us for a day devoted to the talents and achievements of our refugee and asylum seeker communities. Watch performances, handle museum objects and take part in craft activities as we celebrate the city’s diversity.

11am-12pm: Map Workshop with Seiwa Cunningham

Artist and reminiscence workshop leader, Seiwa Cunningham will encourage you to look back at past journeys and then forward to the future. As a group, you’ll trace your lifetime of trips on a world map and create a beautiful postcard to mark the memory of your own personal stories.

Free, limited spaces | Children 7+ welcome | Passes available at the Information Desk from 10.30-11am.

12.30-1pm, 3.30-4pm: Film Screenings

To help promote awareness about the issues faced by refugees and members of the asylum seeker communities, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (SDCAS), the Refugee Council and Pan Intercultural Arts have donated films which cast light on the subject through highlighting personal stories and showcasing individuals’ talents.

To find out more about the organisations’ valuable work, visit: www.sdcas.org.uk www.refugeecouncil.org.uk www.pan-arts.net
 

2.30-3.30pm: 'These Are My Hands' - Photographic exhibition and movement workshop 

Wave? Warning? Welcome? The smallest movements can change the entire story told by our hands. Find out more during this workshop and exhibition of images created by Nicola Field with Claire Burrell and the Women's Dance Movement Therapy Group at Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers.

Free, limited spaces | Children 7+ welcome | Passes available at the Information Desk from 11am.

3.15-3.45pm,  4-4.30pm: 'Taste of Memory' – a dramatic performance by Fortune

Join us for a promenade performance by Fortune, a group of 17-23 year olds from across the world. A Taste of Memory looks at food through the eyes of young Londoners, revealing the meals that have given not only sustenance, but stories to share.

These young actors have been brought together thanks to the work of Pan Intercultural Arts and their Refugee Arts Programme.
For more information about Pan Intercultural Arts, see their website: www.pan-arts.net

Free, limited spaces.