Knotty Festival & BLACK JOY! Exhibition Collaboration

Knotty 2024Black Joy Exhibition EventPlaying the Race Card
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Close-up image of two black individuals, adorned with numerous gold chains and necklaces, large gold hoop earrings, and a white lace glove with large gold nails made from tape, clasping each other. Only the bottom half of their faces is visible.
 

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Claudine Eccleston, founder of Playing the Race Card, to co-curate a special series of events celebrating Black culture, resistance and happiness as part of our Knotty, festival of perfomance programme.

This collaboration will complement the 'BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal' exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.

“I am really excited to have teamed up with Home Live Art to bring these incredibly talented artists to Hastings, injecting a fresh perspective into our town’s cultural offerings.”

-Claudine Eccleston

Claudine Eccleston is a Windrush generation, British and Jamaican. An activist, artist and occasional actor, she helped set up the first Black Socialist Alliance in the 1970's. Former first female plumber, foster carer and children's lifestory practitioner. 

Playing the Race Card was started in 2020 by Claudine in response to her own experiences of this diminishing term in Hastings and is led by a Working Group of community members in collaboration with Home Live Art.

Knotty Festival

Happening across a wide range of locations in Hastings, Knotty presents a unique programme of performance from some of the most bold and original artists working in the UK today.

When: 6-9 & 14-16 June 2024
Where: Hastings and St Leonards on Sea
Tickets: Sliding scale or Free
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BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal

A thought-provoking exhibition paying tribute to Black culture, resistance and happiness with joy as its central theme.

Curated by Lorna Hamilton Brown, this showcase features the works of 46 talented Black artists from the South East of England and is complemented by a dynamic programme of talks, workshops and performances. Co-produced by Playing The Race Card and Home Live Art.

When: Saturday 4th May - Sunday 25th August 2024
Where: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Tickets: Free
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