Celebrating Black Joy: Share Your Objects!
Celebrating Black Joy: Share Your Objects!
with Harold Offeh
Calling all members of the Black community in Hastings and surrounding areas! We're on a mission to uncover the everyday objects that hold personal significance and reflect your experiences of Black Joy.
Selected objects will be displayed at the Hastings Museum during the BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal exhibition, running from 4th May to 5th August 2024.
Additionally, the owners of five chosen objects will have the opportunity to share their stories in person at our Bring and Brag event with artist Harold Offeh on Sunday, 9th June, at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.
Our aim is to celebrate the incredible stories and rich history of the local Black community in Hastings, while supporting the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery in its goal of ensuring that missing stories and histories are visible in our town's museum.
What Object Can You Share?
Your object can be anything that holds special meaning to you and speaks to the theme of Black Joy. It doesn't have to be an antique; it could be your mother's favourite cooking pot, a much-loved jumper, a family heirloom or a cherished memento. Whether it reflects your cultural heritage or simply brings you joy, we want to hear from you.
How Do You Share Your Object?
Fill in this form which asks for a photo or description of your object and the reason why it makes you think of Black Joy.
Alternatively, share a photo of your object on Instagram and the reason why it makes you think of black joy, with the hashtag #blackjoyobjects and tag @homeliveart and @playingtheraccard.
What Happens If Your Object Gets Selected for the Bring and Brag event?
You'll be invited to attend a workshop. Here, you'll meet other participants and collaborate with artist Harold Offeh to delve into the stories and emotions behind your object. Together, you will explore how it connects to the theme of Black Joy and brainstorm ideas for presenting it at the Bring and Brag event. If your item is too large or fragile, no problem—just bring a photo instead.
Workshop details:
When: Thursday 30 May
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Where: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1ET
Cost: The workshop is free to attend, and each participant will receive a stipend of £100 to cover travel and additional costs for both the workshop and the Bring and Brag event.
Bring and Brag Event with Harold Offeh event details:
Th event will take place on Sunday 9 June from 12.00 – 3.00pm at Hastings Museum. More information
Who Will Be Selecting the Objects for the event?
Claudine Eccleston, founder of Playing the Race Card, Lorna Hamilton-Brown, Curator of BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal exhibition and lead artist Harold Offeh.
Part of our co-curated ‘BLACK JOY!’ programme within Knotty, a festival of performance for the adventurous from 6 to 16 June 2024.
Check out the full ‘BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal’ programme on the Playing the Race Card website.
Part funded by Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.
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Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects, London, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Wysing Art Centre, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, MAC VAL, France, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark and Art Tower Mito.
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The museum is set within its own grounds with free parking.
There is flat access throughout the building for wheelchair users and for people with limited mobility.
There are passenger lifts and an accessible toilet.
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View the full Knotty 2024 Programme
