Episode 37: A Refugee Week Special: Creating Home & Community Through Art
Courtesy of Paul Gilbey
We launch Season 7 of Art Persists with a special episode recorded live during Refugee Week 2024 in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts.
Three artists / creative producers, Solomon aka. KMT, Boseda Olawoye, and Sally Watkins joined us live to talk about how they use art to create dialogue, connection, and community with people from refugee and minority backgrounds.
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About
Solomon aka. KMT is an exemplar for social change. DJ/M.C and Trainer (Workshops, Project Manager and Lecturer) since 1999 to 2014. Using arts, in particular Hip-Hop, for social awareness and cohesion. KMT entertains and educates. Guiding his audiences with infectious energy, knowledge and skills to change and empower their lives.
Bo Olawoye is a Nottingham (UK) based Freelance Creative Engagement Producer, Consultant & Mentor who brings together diverse communities, young people (13+), marginalised groups and artists to make art about a range of issues.
b-side is an internationally recognised and locally loved arts organisation that both embodies and enriches its place of origin - the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation in the field of arts, migration, and social change.
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