All installations and exhibitions are open from 10.00 - 20.00 on both Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June.
All are free to drop in to on a first come first served basis, with the exception of the Get Up Stand Up Now exhibition which will offer the first 100 tickets available each day at the reduced rate of £5. Entry will be charged at the standard ticket rates thereafter.
INSTALLATION & VOTING STATION: 100 GREAT BLACK BRITONS | SAT 22 & SUN 23 JUN, 10.00 - 20.00 | SEAMEN'S HALL | FREE | DROP-IN
100 Great Black Britons is an initiative that celebrates the legacy and achievements of black people in Britain. This pop-up installation will allow visitors to submit their nominations for inclusion in a new iteration of the project.
The 100 Great Black Britons campaign was launched in 2004 by community activist and Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon OBE in reaction to a lack of black representation on the BBC’s Greatest Briton Poll. Figures from Dianne Abbott through to Benjamin Zephaniah were inducted to the list and Mary Seacole was voted the Greatest Black Briton of all time.
Recognising the acknowledgment of more Black British historical figures and the emergence of new role models in the last 15 years nominations made here which will feed into an updated version of the project.
EXHIBITION: GET UP STAND UP NOW: GENERATIONS OF BLACK CREATIVE PIONEERS | SAT 22 & SUN 23 JUN, 10.00 - 20.00 | WEST WING
A major new exhibition celebrating the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond. Beginning with the radical Black filmmaker Horace Ové and his dynamic circle of Windrush generation creative peers and extending to today’s brilliant young Black talent globally, a group of around 100 interdisciplinary artists will showcase work together for the first time, exploring Black experience and influence, from the post-war era to the present day.
The first 100 Get Up Stand Up Now exhibition tickets per day will be made available at the reduced rate of £5.00.
EXHIBITION: KALEIDOSCOPE: IMMIGRATION AND MODERN BRITAIN | SAT 22 & SUN 23 JUN, 10.00 - 20.00 | TERRACE ROOMS | FREE | DROP-IN
A new photography exhibition exploring identity and immigration in modern Britain.
EXHIBITION: GENERATIONS: CONNECTING ACROSS TIME AND PLACE | SAT 22 & SUN 23 JUN, 10.00 - 20.00 | EAST WING | FREE | DROP-IN
Exhibition exploring how intimate relationships and collective histories affect an individual’s sense of self.
Somerset House is grateful to Art Fund and to all other Generation Get Up! weekend supporters
