Group show at Ateneo Art Gallery, Philippines
1 February - 24 May 2026 | Curated by Ligaya Salazar
Search Ateneo Art Gallery’s website for public programming and talks. Locating the ‘tropics’ in ‘A World of Islands’ can be found online at LIFESTYLE.INQ
Opening Mondays to Saturdays from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | every first & third Sunday of the month from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Closed on regular & University holidays. For inquiries, email aag@ateneo.edu or call (2) 8426 6488.
Saturday School is a learning lab hosted by Migrants in Culture, with the intent to embody, imagine and design for border abolition.
Over the last year, a cohort of 18 migrant organisers have gathered for creative practice to develop practical experiments that support their communities to move towards a world where borders are irrelevant.
Graduation of participants from Saturday School and test workshops of the cohort were presented at a Spring Celebration on March 8 2025. Developed workshops are offered for the following round of Saturday School 2025 participants on November 8 2025.
Learn more about future Saturday School Programmes HERE.
Heart to Thread:
Stitching Truth to Power | Migrants in Culture | Pelican House
“I love not having to go to a shop to buy new material as I hate waste. People are just chucking things, not using them, not repairing. This project meets my needs in all kinds of ways.”
— Ashika, Stitch Social attendee
North London Waste Authority, the new funders of Stitch Social + joined our closing session before Summer break to hear from residents on what participation with upcycling textiles through creativity has had on their motivation, community connection and practical skills.
Click on the photo to read the blog posted on NLWA’s website on August 22, 2025.
Stitch Social+ Harvest term starts Wednesday October 1, 12-2pm at a new venue: Sycamore Community Hall, NW6 4NY.
Monthly Sunday Socials planned! Follow @shak_community_partnership for local updates and more info.
Dates for workshop (every third Tuesday of the month):
July 15 / August 19 / September 16 / October 21 / November 18 / December 16
Click on images to find out more about series MADE BY HANDS, and link to booking a place through Eventbrite.com
Stitch Social +
Some exciting news! I'm thrilled to share that Stitch Social is expanding! After a successful year as a Community Champions project, we’re entering a new phase with Stitch Social +, supported by a new additional funder and packed with even more creative potential. The project will run until March 2026, with updates on location changes where applicable.
What’s new?
We’re at our new home, The Playhut in Kilburn Grange Park. Sessions will run weekly on Wednesdays 12-2 pm. Together, we’ll explore the mental health benefits of creativity and connection, while working toward a community exhibition to share what we’ve made.
Don’t want to take part in the workshops but still want to support the project?
To arrange a donation (fabrics, trims, equipment) or find out more, email hello@kimchin.co.uk
Produced byThe Showroom in response to Mural Commission: Nassim Azarzar – Hayat al Noujoum / La vie des étoiles
Saturday 15 March | 11 am - 4 pm |The Showroom
We are pairing young people under the age of 25 years, and elders of 60 years + to participate in an intergenrational active listening and textiles workshop encouraging storytelling, intentional exchange and an artwork that participants can take how to mark the memory of the day.
Sound Stitching Intergenerational Conversations
Delivery in collaboration with On the Record.
Threading Layers of Home x Counterpoint Arts
“Like many children of migrants, I have been brought up with lots of love and contradictions – many of which I am still untangling today. What was deemed important by our parents to “succeed” in an idealised British culture came at the cost of distancing us from clearer roots of where we came from. ”
Opening paragraph for the reflection piece “Threading Layers of ‘Home’: reflecting and assembling as a revolutionary act of care”, written for Counterpoint Art’s Blog post December 19, 2024. Themes of community, migration, situated knowledge, memory, art and well-being are explored.
Link to full article can be found HERE.
More info on Refugee Week .
METROLAND CULTURES
Peer-to-peer cohort 2024 - 2025
NEW PEER-TO-PEER COHORT!
We are thrilled to announce the ten artists who have been selected to participate in this year’s artist support programme, Peer-to-Peer 2024. Amanda Colares Silva, Eileen Perrier, Francesca Telling, JAYKOE, Krystyna & Sabina (Kasia Kuzka and Mateusz Piekarski), Daisy Jones, ESEA unseen (Kim Chin + Sue Man), Rose Nordin, Zish, and Ngo Chun Tse
Peer-to-Peer was developed in conversation with artists in Brent. The programme seeks to address the challenges experienced by many artists in the borough. Scarcity of financial support; little opportunity for peer support; and difficulty gaining visibility. These barriers mean that artists in Brent are often forced to stop practising, or leave the Borough to pursue opportunities.
Peer-to-Peer aims to support artists to grow their practice from within Brent. Offering tailored, meaningful support for artists. The results of which we hope will last beyond the programme itself.
Cadenza Tee Play
A handful of Cadenza tees were made available in UK during September’s Open Studio. Based on the original lino-cut artwork called ‘Synchronicity’.
The Cadenza tee was developed as a signature artwork in collaboration with Studio Myke, sold exclusively in the US. A handful of shirts were made available at the V.O Open Studios last month, with the last two available online here. The original lino print artwork “Synchronicity”, 2020 was inspired by duality of origins - the chance meeting of my two parents from different parts of the world then meeting in London’s Hyde Park. It only seemed fitting to try on the newly arrived styles on half of the original inspiration in an impromptu shoot with my mum, and evolved on hand crafted masks fabricated from upcycled materials.