Join us online for conversation on forced migration & the arts: Thurs, 25 April 2024 (2.00-3.30pm; 4.00-5.30pm & 6-7.30pm UK Time) 

Join us online for conversation looking at the work refugee and non-refugee artists, academics, activists and art spaces are doing at the intersection where forced migration and the arts meet.

The conversation takes place on Thursday, 25 April 2024 in three sessions, namely, 

  • 2.00pm - 3.30pm (UK Time): Session 1: Theatre, Music and Visual Arts, with Kanvee Adams, Daniel Connell, Rana Ibrahim, Amaia Mugica, and Michael Niyomwungere; 
  • 4.00pm - 5.30pm: Session 2: Book Launch: Staging Asylum, Again, with Tania Cañas, Emma Cox, Samara Hersch, David Ralph, Joe Tan, Lara Thoms, and Caroline Wake, and 
  • 6pm - 7.30pm: Session 3: Music, Theatre, Performance, Visual Arts and Mixed Media, with Farida, Robert McNeil MBE, John Pfumojena, De Joe Quarcoo, and Shibinu S.

Art forms the speakers will be drawing on include theatre, music, letter songs, performing arts, visual arts and mixed media. 

In addition, during the 4.00pm-5.30pm session, we will be hosting the online launch of Staging Asylum, Again (Eds., Tania Cañas & Caroline Wake, Currency Press, 2024), an anthology that exposes Australia’s mistreatment of people seeking refuge, builds on the success of its predecessor, and presents a timely and powerful exploration archive of artistic resistance to one of Australia’s most enduring and unjust policies. The anthology showcases a diverse range of plays that delve into different facets of seeking asylum.

For a full schedule, see the post, "April 2024 Conversations/Indaba" on our blog.

REGISTRATION

Attendance and participation in the sessions is free and open to all.

To attend, scroll down and register through this form. (From there, we will send you the Zoom link 24 or so hours before the conversations start.)


NETWORK NOTES

[1] Forced Migration and The Arts is a global/international network that brings together people with lived experience of forced migration, refugee and non-refugee artists, academics, activists and art spaces from around the world. The network hosts monthly discussion panels around forced migration and the arts. A playlist of videos of conversations we have had so far is accessible here.  The network aims to: bring together refugee and non-refugee artists, activists, scholars and art spaces; create a platform for conversation, dialogue, discussion and the sharing of ideas, experiences, knowledge, information and approaches, and encourages mutual support and collaboration.

[2] Currently, Forced Migration and The Arts is purely volunteer-driven. Donations are most welcome and can be made through BuyMe a Coffee.

[3] We are also drawing attention to Sunday Lawrence's appeal for support. Lawrence, a refugee from South Sudan and a second year Law student at the International University of East Africa in Kampala, Uganda, has so far raised €3,532 of the €5,256 he needs for tuition and sustenance. Lawrence needs to raise the remaining €1,724 so that he can finish his studies. Any support you can give him will be most appreciated.

[4] The next Forced Migration and The Arts network forum/indaba will take place on 30 May 2024. If you are a refugee or non-refugee artist, academic, activist or art space working at the intersection where forced migration and the arts meet, and you would like to speak as part of the conversation, please let us know through this form.

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