The Journey Travelled exhibition tells the personal stories of refugee women of all ages who have made Islington their home over the past 60 years and celebrates the contribution they have made to the Borough.
All Change artists Heather Barnett and Poulomi Desai have worked with over 100 individual women and women’s groups to capture and express their amazing and moving stories of journeying to and settling in Islington, through creative workshops using video, sound and visual arts.
The Journey Travelled
Imagine having to leave your home through no choice of your own, leaving behind loved ones and possessions, travelling across the world with your children, and having to start again in a new country with a new language and culture. The Journey Travelled exhibition tells the personal stories of refugee women of all ages who have made Islington their home over the past 60 years and celebrates the contribution they have made to the Borough.
All Change artists Heather Barnett and Poulomi Desai have worked with over 100 individual women and women’s groups to capture and express their amazing and moving stories of journeying to and settling in Islington, through creative workshops using video, sound and visual arts.
‘’I’ve been working with women from all over the world, who have many different testimonies, and who share an experience of leaving one home to try to create another, navigating unimaginable situations and losing much along the way’, Poulomi Desai.
This mixed media exhibition expresses the experiences of women, of all ages and from over 20 different countries of origin – including Afghanistan, Albania, Eritrea, Somalia and many more.
The Journey Travelled is a partnership project between IRIS (Islington Refugee Integration Service), All Change and Islington Heritage Service made possible with funding from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. A DVD of work from the project will become part of Islington Museum’s permanent collection. The Journey Travelled exhibition launches in Refugee Week 2008 with a celebration at Islington Museum:
Exhibition launch
Tuesday 17 June 2008
6 - 8pm
Islington Museum
245 St John’s Street, Islington, London EC1V 4NB
Exhibition runs Tuesday 17 June – Saturday 13 September 2008
Open 10am – 5pm Daily (closed Wednesdays and Sundays)
The Journey Travelled has been supported by
the National Lottery through The Heritage Lottery Fund
For more details, interviews and photo opportunities contact Connie Martin, 020 7689 4646 or all.change@virgin.net
All Change uses the arts to promote social inclusion and community cohesion within education, social housing, health, social care and regeneration schemes. Our projects reach people of all ages and backgrounds - excluded young people and those at risk, disabled people, people with mental health issues, older people, people living in deprived neighbourhoods, people with experience of homelessness, refugee communities and asylum seekers.
All Change, 16-34 Graham Street, City Road Basin Regent’s Canal, Islington, London N1 8JX
Tel: 020 7689 4646Fax: 020 7689 4647all.change@virgin.net www.allchangearts.org
All Change Arts Limited No. 1964724 Registered Charity No. 293972 Established in Islington in 1985
