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GemArts Cultural Threads at Springbank Pavillion

Thursday 18th April 2024

GemArts Cultural Threads at Springbank Pavillion

GemArts have various Cultural Threads artists delivering sessions at Springbank Pavilion in Leazes Park. Come along and join us in exploring collage, print making and textile work.

Emerald Explorers: Springtime Pattern Making on Totes with Sajil

Tuesday 21st May 2024

Emerald Explorers: Springtime Pattern Making on Totes with Sajil

Join us for a workshop with artist Sajil Kaleem as we explore the mesmerising world of repeated patterns using leaves and other natural forms!

Amina Khayyam Dance - Double Bill: ONE | BIRD

Friday 7th June 2024

Amina Khayyam Dance - Double Bill: ONE | BIRD

Using the cyclic phenomenon of South Asian classical dance, where there is no beginning or end, Amina Khayyam's solo performance ONE tells contemporary stories of migrants tarnished by media and politicians for cheap exploitation, spreading fear for those risking their lives to make a better future.

Masala Festival Launch: Aunusthan: Pagrav Dance Company

Monday 15th July 2024

Masala Festival Launch: Aunusthan: Pagrav Dance Company

GemArts launch Masala Festival 2024 with Pagrav Dance Company’s Aunusthan, a celebration of Neo-Classical Indian Dance and Music Step into a world of abstracted relationships, Interweaved complex patterns, rigorous choreography, virtuosic performance and riotous rhythms with Aunusthan.

GemArts Masala Festival: Artful Struggles: Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka

Tuesday 16th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: Artful Struggles: Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka

Artful Struggles commemorates the second anniversary of the Aragalaya/Porattam (“Struggle” in Sinhala and Tamil respectively) – Sri Lanka’s 2022 Occupy movement against corruption, immiseration, and impunity, which toppled a president and a prime minister. The exhibition raises greater awareness about Sri Lanka’s crisis and struggles through the work of contemporary a...