Tag: refugees

Soldiering on: Czech Freedom Fighters in Great Britain 1940 -1945

Marking the 80th anniversary of the 1939 occupation of Czechoslovakia the event showcases the work by refugee filmmakers Jiri Weiss and Karel Lamač who captured the fellow countrymen in short films for the Ministry of Information.
Belonging and Not Belonging: Émigré Artists in Britain after 1933: Lecture by Monica Bohm-Duchen

An illustrated talk by Monica Bohm-Duchen, initiator and Creative Director of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, will focus on the experiences of the émigré artists who found refuge in this country in the wake of Hitler’s accession to power in 1933
Insiders/Outsiders: The Concert

For this concert, Ensemble ÉMIGRÉ will work with the community at the New North London Synagogue to celebrate the contribution of refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture through music.
Émigré designers in the V&A’s Archive of Art and Design

Some of the most important contributors to British design in the mid- and late-twentieth century were Jewish émigrés, many of whom who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s or survived the persecution of the Second World War to make their homes in Britain in the 1940s. The working archives, and some private papers, of 28…
Émigré designers in the V&A’s Archive of Art and Design

Some of the most important contributors to British design in the mid- and late-twentieth century were Jewish émigrés, many of whom who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s or survived the persecution of the Second World War to make their homes in Britain in the 1940s. The working archives, and some private papers, of 28…
Hampstead’s Pioneers of Modern Art

In the first half of the 20th century Hampstead was home to some of the era’s most pioneering artists. We will walk in the footsteps of the Slade School artists. In Downshire Hill we learn of the artistic Carline family and will also discuss the role that Roland Penrose, Margaret Gardiner and Fred and Diana…
Hampstead’s Pioneers of Modern Art

In the first half of the 20th century Hampstead was home to some of the era’s most pioneering artists. We will walk in the footsteps of the Slade School artists. In Downshire Hill we learn of the artistic Carline family and will also discuss the role that Roland Penrose, Margaret Gardiner and Fred and Diana…
Yom Hashoah Commemorative Concert

To commemorate the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, the internationally renowned Zemel Choir will be performing in concert at JW3.
20:20 vision

20:20 vision is a dynamic arts and community legacy project from not-for-profits Salusbury WORLD Refugee Centre and FotoDocument, which celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK. The project focuses on 20 children from diverse backgrounds who arrived in the UK circa 1999 and casts a long lens over their lives and achievements fast forwarding…
20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage

20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage

20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage

20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
Haunted by History

A selection of recent essay films – poignant, thought-provoking, sometimes darkly humorous and frequently disturbing – made by UK-based members of the so-called ‘Second Generation’, namely, the children of refugees from Nazi Europe and/or Holocaust survivors, whose work explores the complex and necessarily problematic legacy of their families’ experiences.
Four Parts of a Folding Screen

Based on documents found in Berlin archives, Four Parts of a Folding Screen explores exclusion, statelessness and the legalised theft and sale of everyday family possessions by the National Socialist regime.
Looking beyond the Bauhaus: Accents in Art

Modernism sans frontières Speaker: Monica Bohm-Duchen
In the Footsteps of Fred Uhlman: Art and Refugees in Hampstead

We visit sites Uhlman was known to frequent and discuss the role of his artistic friends and neighbours and consider other refugees who settled in Hampstead during this time
In the Footsteps of Fred Uhlman: Art and Refugees in Hampstead

We visit sites Uhlman was known to frequent and discuss the role of his artistic friends and neighbours and consider other refugees who settled in Hampstead during this time
Between Worlds

An exhibition exploring the founding and early years of the Glyndebourne Festival
Refugees in the Rag Trade

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
The experience of the Kindertransport in oral history testimonies

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
Britain and the British in Novels and Memoirs

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
Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art

Artist refugees in the last hundred years and their influence on British art
Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art

This exhibition looks at how artist refugees in the last hundred years have been received and influenced British art
Refuge: The Art of Belonging

This exhibition tells the story of artists who entered Britain between 1933 and 1945 as a result of Nazi occupation
Witnesses: émigré medallists in Britain – Gallery Talk

Gallery talk by curator Philip Atwood
Witnesses: émigré medallists in Britain

British medallic art spanning six centuries