Gatherings
Village Stories
Visit some Alumni gatherings around emerging themes as they connect the dots, share their work, and tell their stories
In our 3-part webinar mini-series (May 2024) we hear from culturally rooted artists and activists based in Canada, the US, Africa, and West Asia/North Africa who share their experiences of the Arrivals work and the ways that it has informed and transformed their relationships, creative processes, and work.
This exploratory series aims to provoke discussion around the transformational potential of the Arrivals process, developed by Artistic Director Diane Roberts, as a tool for: deepening creative practice, enhancing research and learning; supporting health and wellness; exploring history, social justice, immigration; and inspiring the process of decolonisation.
From Family Trees to Origin Stories (02 May 2024)
Intersections between the Arrivals work and family revelations, relationships, memory, and tradition.
Panellists Olivia C. Davies, Diane Roberts for Nikki Shaffeeullah, Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff, Sarah Rossy share their creative and ancestral journeys, and explore intersections between the Arrivals work and family revelations, relationships, memory, and tradition.
Moderated by Dr Larissa Lai
Length: 1:46:03
The Art of Healing (16 May 2024)
The potential for the Arrivals process as a tool for healing intergenerational trauma, and alongside clinical, therapeutic and spiritual healing practices that contribute to better mental, physical, and emotional outcomes.
Panellists Jude Wong, Zainab Amadahy, Mon Iker, Peter Ọlálékan Adédòkun uncover how the Arrivals process addresses intergenerational trauma, and its potential as a tool for physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual healing for them in their work.
Moderated by Dr Ray Hsu
Length: 1:37:39
The Return Home (30 May 2024)
Tracing the pain of exile from and return to ancestral lands, and examines how the Arrivals work might help navigate personal and communal grief and amplify the voices of artists in communities increasingly polarised by war.
Panellists Dima Alansari, Sharon Jinkerson-Brass, Lopa Sircar, Natalie Tin Yin Gan share frankly about the challenges of exile and the pain and joy of returning to ancestral lands.
Moderated by Dr Honor Ford Smith
Length: 1:54:54
Head to the SeedPool gallery to see more creative connections by Arrivals artists around their emerging ancestral stories.
We welcome new partners who would like to host, co-present or sponsor a workshop. If this appeals to you, get in touch at info@arrivalslegacy.com.
Explore our workshops page and register your interest by joining our waitlist.
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Past Stories
