Creative Voices, Activist Voices: Sensory Stories of Creative Communities

Join us for the exhibition launch of Creative Voices, Activist Voices: Sensory Stories of Creative Communities.

This exhibition concludes an 8 month research project between Fun Palaces and academic Katy Pilcher. We've been exploring if finding your creative voice can unlock your civic activist voice; if you come together with your community to be creative, are you in a better position to rally against inequality, solve the issue of the bins not being collected often enough, or push your local council to address the lack of services in your area? We’re also questioning what the potential barriers or social inequalities might be that prevent this from happening.

As a social justice movement, Fun Palaces centre communities as cultural producers; we’ve always known that communities are rich with culture, arts and sciences – the Fun Palaces Weekend invites every community to stand up and be counted for their brilliance, culture and creativity. Together with sociologist Katy Pilcher, we are investigating whether communities who make creative and cultural experiences for themselves also create ways to have their needs heard. The project will highlight how communities come together across social divides to share knowledge and create cultural value while also exploring whether cultural participation might unlock wider civic activism.

This exhibition will share the findings in a number of creative ways, and on the launch evening there will be a chance to get stuck in and make your own protest banner. There will also be a free buffet - if that persuades you! 

Access Information:

Here is the Venue Access Information for The Albany: https://www.thealbany.org.uk/visit-our-venues/accessibility/ This includes transport information.

The exhibition launch will take place in The Albany café, which is called CaffA. Seating will be available throughout the café space.There will be live captioning and BSL interpretation available for the talk, which will take place between 6:30 and 7pm. A BSL interpreter will also be available on the night for anyone who requires interpretation. 

This is a relaxed space, so feel free to move around, make noise, and enter and leave the space as needed.

This exhibition will have audio descriptions, and written transcripts will be available for all audio content. 

We will be facilitating a workshop throughout the evening, in which you can make protest banners; feel free to join in!

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about accessibility, and we’ll do our best to support you. Please also email us if you would like to bring a support worker or carer with you; we can add them to the invite list.