Children to Create Artwork to Celebrate Windrush Generation
Descendants running sessions at the Acton Gardens Community Centre
Children at a Descendants' art project last year
October 5, 2023
The Descendants Charity is currently running a children’s project open to ages 6-16 at the Acton Gardens Community Centre (W3 8UU).
The project runs every Wednesday, 4.30pm-6.30pm and costs £3.00 a session. This year the participants are working on ‘The GRIP’ a collaborative piece of art which will celebrate the 75 th anniversary of the Windrush generation.
During this 6-week project with artist, Candice Rodney-Sobers, each session will use creative techniques to explore the transition from the Caribbean to the UK and its impact generationally. Work and interpretations created by the children and young people will contribute towards a large textile piece that will later be exhibited at a Black History Month event on Saturday 28 October. The sessions will exercise a number of educational skills such as reading, writing, mathematics, textiles, art and design.
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Descendants Excel Club will reconvene as usual after The GRIP project as concluded, where attendees at Wednesday evening sessions for children age 4-14 will have the chance to have 1:1 reading sessions, play games, practise numbers and more. Registration can be done via this website or in-person upon arrival.
Each term, Descendants online Friday club focuses on the influential impacts of African and Caribbean culture. Previous topics have included, Windrush, Black Royalty: Coronations, Ceremonies and Celebrations, Black Inventors and more. This term, Descendants Friday Club will be focusing on what makes you ‘you’ and the importance of our uniqueness. The sessions for primary school children run from 5.30pm to 6.30pm and for secondary children 6.30pm to 7.30pm. The suggested donation is £20 per term.
To sign up click here. A Zoom link is sent out via WhatsApp weekly following registration.
In preparation for Descendants’ joint event with Action for Race Equality, young people between the ages of 10-18 years old are invited to enter a Windrush Voices Competition. They want to hear your reflections on the legacy of the Windrush generation. Submissions should be submitted by Sunday 15 October.
Winners of the Windrush Voices Competition will be announced at Descendants and Action for Race Equalities joint event at Acton Gardens Community Centre on Saturday 28 October. Submissions will be showcased as part of the exhibition on the day, in addition to a panel discussion and performances reflecting on the 75 th anniversary of Windrush.
For further information contact descendantscharity@gmail.com.
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