Creatives Of Colour Festival

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Creatives of Colour Festival is a three-day event celebrating creatives of colour, with workshops, film screenings, performances, and discussions!

About Creatives Of Colour Festival

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Join us for three days celebrating the creative contributions of people of colour, hosted by Civic House, Glad Cafe, and Glasgow Film Theatre!

The festival will celebrate both our collective identity as PoC and the intersectionality and diversity of our stories, cultures, and art forms. The festival has been co-curated by Kevin Leomo and Zahra Khosroshahi.

Our performances, screening, and workshops centre the voices, experiences, and creativity of people of colour in Glasgow, sharing amongst our larger community. Storytelling sits at the heart of these creative practices, and celebrates the resilience, joy, and talent of PoC artists.

Our stories. Our lens. Our terms.

Performances/Screenings:

Balfour Reparations – Civic House, 7.00-9.00pm, Thursday May 8.
Join Farah Saleh for performance lecture which investigates ways of confronting the United Kingdom’s colonial legacy in Palestine. The performance is 40 minutes in duration, followed by 40 minutes Q&A. This event is free, but ticketed.

Kapil Seshasayee + Intibint – Glad Cafe, from 8.00pm, Friday May 9.
British-Tamil performer Kapil Seshasayee plays his only Glasgow gig of the year, with support from Yemeni artist Intibint; followed by a DJ set from Arusa Qureshi in the Glad bar until late. This event is ticketed: £15 / £12 / no one turned away for lack of funds.

Film Screening + Q&A – Glasgow Film Theatre, from 6.00pm, Saturday May 10.
An evening of films: The Nobody (2024, Dir. Madhoon), A to B (2018, Dir. Tajik), and Akasha (2018, Dir. kuka). Following the screening, Razan Madhoon, Iman Tajik, and Umloda Ibrahim will join Zahra Khosroshahi in conversation.

Artists/contributors:
Farah Saleh / Jeda Pearl / /Kapil Seshasayee / Intibint / Arusa Qureshi / Diljeet Bhachu / Hussein Mitha / Razan Madhoon / Iman Tajik / Umloda Ibrahim / Zahra Khosroshahi / Kevin Leomo / Sapna Agarwal / Eddie Kim

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