More than 70 years after the Holocaust, children of survivors and refugees will explore together how it has affected their lives. Read more →
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From Streamform to Arts and Crafts
This walk travels back in time looking at inter-war architectural styles on the North side of Hampstead Garden Suburb finishing with arts and crafts cottages. It includes Belvedere Court by Ernst Freud Read more →
Dissent and Displacement Public Seminar Series
Lived and Imagined Histories : Some Thoughts on the Work of First and Second Generation (Jewish) Visual Artists
Monica Bohm-Duchen, initiator and Creative Director of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, presents the series’ opening seminar, in honour of the new exhibition at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Read more →
Dissent and Displacement: A Modern Story – Monica Petzal and Margarete Klopfleisch
An exhibition in two parts: wall-mounted prints by Monica Petzal; and sculptures and works on paper by Margarete Klopfleisch Read more →
A Walk through Highgate: Experiments in Urban Living
Discover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate. Read more →
Refugee Sculptors
Lecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London Read more →
Being Second Generation: with Gaby Glassman
More than 70 years after the Holocaust, children of survivors and refugees will explore together how it has affected their lives. This workshop will be led by Gaby Glassman, a psychologist and psychotherapist who has facilitated second generation and intergenerational groups in the UK and abroad since the 1980s. Read more →
Insiders/Outsiders: Refugee Dancers from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Culture
This one-day symposium will examine the contribution of refugee dancers from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British Culture. Read more →
The Life and Work of Martin Bloch
Charlotte Grant, talks about her grandfather Martin Bloch (1883-1954), a German-Jewish artist who came to Britain as a refugee in 1934. This talk reflects on Bloch’s artistic vision and considers his legacy as a colourist and teacher. Read more →
My partner is Second Generation, I am not: with Gaby Glassman
A workshop exclusively for those living with Second Generation of the Holocaust. The session will enable partners of second generation to explore their own “unique” circumstances with others. Read more →
Being Second Generation: with Gaby Glassman
More than 70 years after the Holocaust, children of survivors and refugees will explore together how it has affected their lives. This workshop will be led by Gaby Glassman, a psychologist and psychotherapist who has facilitated second generation and intergenerational groups in the UK and abroad since the 1980s. Read more →
The Life and Work of Friedrich Nagler: A Conversation
Join Friedrich Nagler’s sons, Mervyn and Martin, in a conversation about this extraordinary artist to discuss their father’s life, experience and work. Read more →
Friedrich Nagler: A Personal Mythology
Exhibition celebrating the extraordinary work of self-taught Jewish artist Friedrich Nagler, who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. Read more →
A Walk through Highgate: Experiments in Urban Living
Discover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate. Read more →
‘Jankel Adler: A “Degenerate” Artist in Britain, 1940-49’
“Adler died last summer in exile without a passport; driftwood cast upon a foreign shore by the European hurricane”. Read more →
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: The Forgotten Expressionist
Join us for a special lecture on the artist on Sunday 28th April – ‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: The Forgotten Expressionist’, given by Dr Ines Schlenker. Please note: this event was previously scheduled for Sunday 24th March. Read more →
Talk: ‘Albert Reuss in Mousehole, The Artist As Refugee’
Albert Reuss (1889-1975) was a Jewish émigré artist. Born in Vienna, he fled to England in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution, losing family, possessions and his reputation as an artist. In 1948, he moved to Mousehole, Cornwall, where he continued to work as an artist, but his style changed dramatically, reflecting the trauma he had suffered. Read more →
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
Display of gifted artworks Read more →
“Child Migrants Welcome?”
Come to the screening of a series of short films about the welcome and non-welcome experienced by young people who have migrated to the UK – from Syrian children on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, to Iraqi Kurdish youth in Norwich, to Eritreans in Harrow and Polish children in Sidmouth. Read more →
Talk: ‘Albert Reuss in Mousehole, The Artist As Refugee’
Albert Reuss (1889-1975) was a Jewish émigré artist. Born in Vienna, he fled to England in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution, losing family, possessions and his reputation as an artist. In 1948, he moved to Mousehole, Cornwall, where he continued to work as an artist, but his style changed dramatically, reflecting the trauma he had suffered. Read more →
Being Second Generation with Gaby Glassman
More than 70 years after the Holocaust, children of survivors and refugees will explore together how it has affected their lives. Read more →
Poetry Book Display
A display of books by eleven poets from the National Poetry Library collection of refugee poets, or descendents of refugees, who came to Britain from Nazi Europe Read more →