CALL FOR ARTISTS - LOOK UP, PORTSMOUTH 2018 Look Up is a high-impact series of temporary artistic interventions in key public locations across Portsmouth, produced by ArtReach as part of Journeys Festival International. This year, between 19-28 October 2018, we are inviting an artist working with video or digital art to exhibit on screens across the city, celebrating migration and cultural sharing. Journeys Festival International aims to celebrate and highlight the extraordin

Wednesday 20 June was World Refugee Day. ArtReach through Journeys 2018 organised events in Leicester, Manchester and Portsmouth, and it was a great success! Read more about these inspirational events and see some great pictures below! #WorldRefugeeDay Refugee Week 2018 continues until Sunday 24 June and you can find all the events here. SUSPENDED LAUNCH Wednesday evening saw the launch of Suspended at Leicester Cathedral. Suspended is an art installation by artist Arabella D

Ahead of Refugee Week (18-24 June 2018), Leicester Arts and Museums Service organises a day of events at New Walk Museum on 17 June to celebrate Leicester’s refugee community. A full programme of celebrations includes music, dance, workshops, a recipe book and a fashion show, as well as family-oriented activities. This year, ArtReach and Leicester Arts and Museums Service have developed a new project that gives refugees an active voice in the museum. Facilitated by ArtReach t

"What an amazing day! Curators and conservators from the museum joined us in the session today; their presence meant we were able to gain very detailed information about the collections and about individual objects. We found out how the various collections had been gathered and how some of the objects in the collections related to each other. The visit to the storage area, usually out of bounds to members of the public, was particularly thrilling. We all felt excited to get s

"Ancient Objects New Writing is a project between Manchester Museum and ArtReach and will form part of Journeys Festival International in October 2018. 4 accomplished artists, who are refugees living in the UK, will each chose an object from the Manchester Museum collection and produce a new piece of writing in response to the selected object. These works will be displayed in libraries across Manchester in September. In October, the artists will present the work as part of Jo