TATE BRITAIN: BLACK BLOSSOMS PRESENTS FLOURISH
In collaboration with Black Blossoms Black Girl Knit Club hosted a drop in 3hr workshop at Tate Britain. Black Blossoms curated a one-night-only art event at Tate Britain.
In collaboration with Black Blossoms Black Girl Knit Club hosted a drop in 3hr workshop at Tate Britain. Black Blossoms curated a one-night-only art event at Tate Britain.
Black Blossoms, an art organisation that operates as an expanded curatorial platform and online art school, providing courses and workshops exploring various aspects of contemporary art with a focus on diversity and inclusivity.
The groundbreaking creative organisation is bringing its inclusive art programming to Late at Tate, showcasing work centred around diasporic identities. The theme of the night is Flourish. The theme of “Flourish” for the Late, is particularly significant in relation to, “The Unfinished Conversation” a display curated by Aicha Mehrez. This display and works on view pay tribute to the work of Stuart Hall, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, whose ideas on race, identity, and culture have shaped contemporary thinking in the field of cultural studies.
We Were fortunate enough to hold workshops with our curated playlist in the Art Now room with artwork by Rosie Hastings and Hannah Quilain fresco paintings fresco painting to depict street scenes showing groups of people portraying various power dynamics, class and social relations and positions of authority, they challenge viewers to question what public space looks like.
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GRADUATE FASHION WEEK: BLACK GIRL KNIT CLUB LIVE TALK
We're excited for you to see our first live talk in collaboration with the Graduate fashion Foundation speaking on the importance of confidence, community & Craft. We also spoke with Beatrice of Korlekie a specialist knitwear designer discussing the brand and her story.
Over the weekend we had the pleasure of speaking at our first live talk as a part of the Graduate Fashion Foundation where we discuss confidence, community & Craft/ We also had an informal chat with modern knitwear designer Korelekie As part of this 1-hour talk, Black Girl Knit Club will discuss the importance of community and its delicacies in relation to craft and how they have created this within their club as well as running a start-up. They will talk through some of their exciting project highlights from 2020 into this year including articles on garment sustainability with Guardian Fashion, creating a series of knitting idents for the BBC during the lockdown, these have been seen nationwide by more than 34million people and more recently launching a collection of upcycled yarn exclusively online & in-store collaborating with prestigious retailer Liberty London on Regents Street.
This session will involve an interactive live knit along with the founders; Sicgmone and Vea alongside two guests: Female designers from their online Black Women in Craft Series & IG Takeovers to discuss the power of craft, navigating imposter syndrome and thriving through your creativity and how to do that confidently. The audience is encouraged to bring along their knitting needles and yarn to join this virtual craft discussion.
Watch and enjoy an insight into how we started BGKC, how we’ve built a community and developed confidence in our community.
Images by @kings_art
