Blackstage Pole’s mission is to provide paid creative opportunities for UK Pole dancers who are Black and People of Colour.
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An intimate portrait of Jamaican-born reggae producer, businessman, father, son, and community pillar, Blacker Dread.
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In this one hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.
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Author, journalist and former Studios resident Juliet Jacques reflects on her love of the beautiful game, documenting how it has changed in the wake of Covid-19
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Listen to the first episode in a new podcast series for the Studios
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A range of talks spanning topics as broad as demystifying the process of collecting craft to a deep dive into the material glass.
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Junction 5 Studios is an app development company who work with small businesses, not-for-profit organisations, and individuals to grow, support and engage more with their communities’ using apps.
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AZEEMA is a print magazine, online platform, community and creative agency.
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Kanaiza is a roaming gallery and creative consultancy founded and nurtured in East London that curate art by exceptional Black storytellers with rich global cultural perspectives.
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Discover how traditional forms of chess, billiards and mazes continue to influence designers making exciting new games today.
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Design devious directions and mind blowing mazes with a technological twist in a modern day take on the ancient art form.
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The Feminist Internet collective examined the impact of online abuse and harassment as a virus infecting the internet for the second event in the Defrag series.
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Join creative computing artist and educator Jazmin Morris as she unpacks her practice situated around representation and inclusivity within technology.
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A workshop exploring how geometric structure underpins our world led by Jerwood Somerset House Studios resident Leila Dear.
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Exploring contexts in which technologies are imagined, built and used.
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Steeped in history, these rooms offer a distinctive sense of charm and heritage.
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Exploring the fascinating world of mushrooms, in a new exhibition from curator and writer, Francesca Gavin.
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The first major UK retrospective of works from the celebrated French-Moroccan photographer, video artist and activist Leila Alaoui.
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For Art Night Sonya Dyer presents a new moving image work, reimagining the story of Andromeda – the Aethiopian princess of Greek myth – across time and Space.
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Artist, filmmaker, and writer whose work facilitates critical and compassionate engagement with how ongoing histories of coloniality surface between personal and collective experiences.
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