Location: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

‘Where are you really from?’, can feel like a negative question, underlining that the person being asked is different from the person asking. In this exhibition we’re embracing it. We’re exploring our roots, stories and sense of identity.

What image or object would you use to represent a memory or experience in your past? This project invited members of the community to come together to share and sew!   

Stitch for Change ran fortnightly workshops on Friday afternoons starting in February and we each created a patchwork square featuring an object or image which tells part of our individual story. The resulting patchwork squares form this exhibition, displayed in the museum over the summer.

This project is a collaboration between Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and The Refugee Buddy Project, supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund.

The work is on display for Refugee Week 2022 and the Sanctuary Festival, which takes place in the museum grounds on Sunday 26 June.