This year, Refugee Week (June 20th - 26th) will see a unique series of creative actions and events taking place in multiple locations across Hastings & St Leonards and beyond, which highlight and value the migrant experience, promoting the Refugee Week 2022 theme healing through creativity and conversations.
The five main events being organised and run by The Refugee Buddy Project have their own events pages on the website, and you can follow these links for full detasils:
Saturday 18th June: Mr Gay Syria Film Screening, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Saturday 18th June – Thursday 24th July: Where are you Really From? Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Monday 20th - Monday 26th June: Faith, Family, Community and Home - an exhibition. The Nest.
Over 18 organisations, 15 artists and dozens of local volunteers are generously creating and supporting activities and events in locations across the town. These actions are being coordinated by our buddy Rebecca Sinker.
Many events are free, though some will require reservations, with any profits from sales going to The Refuge Buddy Project. Activities include a pub quiz at The St Leonard, artists’ talks and exhibitions at Stella Dore and The Big Yin films at Kino Teatr, creative drawing, photography, reading and clay work with Picnic, Black Butterfly, Afri-Co-Lab, St Leonards Ceramics and Suzie Zamit, and work from children at Ore Village Primary Academy on display at Project 78 galleries. There will also be a film showing of The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (with English subtitles) at The Electric Palace Cinema to celebrate the new Ukrainian arrivals in our town.
There is also a map available from all participating galleries as well as our new Community Cafe showing all the locations of events, designed by local animator Sarah Gomes Harris.