“ Belonging, Exploring Cultural Identity” 
Aims: 
  • Intercultural Communication.
  • Celebrating differences and co-create work, exploring cultural identities and individual lived experiences.
  • Personal Development – transferable employability skills such as communication, team-working, leadership, time management and professionalism.
  • Recognise, explore and articulate the links between real-life learning and academic study as creative practitioners. 
  • Research and critically analyse chosen aspects of the theme and apply this knowledge to the evaluation of students' strengths and career aspirations.
  • Provide cultural and educational benefits to the wider public/community in Bristol by sharing the outcomes of the project in an exhibition during the Bristol Refugee Festival in June. ​

The project began this February and completed in June 2021. We met weekly during the project, initially online due to covid restrictions, then in the Foundation studios in Bower Ashton Site, UWE Bristol. 
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The group chose the theme "Belonging" and produced artwork about this. Group discussions and sharing ideas and feelings about "Belonging" was a major part of the process, as you can see in the Padlet below.
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SHARING OUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS

During the whole project the artists were able to share their thoughts and ideas with everyone into this shared padlet allowing the group to comment and give constructive feedback to each other

Made with Padlet
You can move the columns up and down and sideways in the padlet to view comments from the group.

NABRA PLAYS TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM SUDAN

During the process of our project we collaborated with the professional group "Nabra" with the help of some of the BRAC artists produced the visual art for the cover of their next album, which they are currently working on! They joined our first day in the Bower Ashton Studio and played traditional Sudanese music and discussed 'Belonging' with us.