Experiences of 'socially engaged art'
Aisha White is an arts administrator and masters student at the University of Warwick. She has worked for a variety of nonprofits and...
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Our blogs, written by us and project participants, document the activities of The GAP. See what we're up to below!
Ella Marshall
May 12, 20181 min read
Mapping Migration
We are in the final stages of collecting our 36 interviews for Children in Movement - and what a wonderful journey it has been so far....
Arron Gill
Jan 24, 20184 min read
Who Belongs to Birmingham?
Irish workers after completion of the Spaghetti Junction. 1972 Who Belongs to Birmingham? At the end of each interview conducted for...
Ella
Dec 15, 20174 min read
Visit to the Back-to-Backs
As part of the Children in Movement programme, we have been taking some of our young participants to visit one of our city's most...
Joe Cook
Dec 4, 20173 min read
The story so far... Children in Movement update
Sayyara being interviewed by Chelcia It’s been a while since our last post and I’m sure you are all on the edge of your seat in...
Joe Cook
Jul 13, 20173 min read
'Many Peoples, One Birmingham' - A talk by Prof Carl Chinn
As part of Children in Movement we’re honoured to have had local historian Professor Carl Chinn deliver a public talk at The GAP...
Ella Marshall
Jul 8, 20173 min read
Oral Histories Training
For Children in Movement we will be collecting and presenting the hidden stories of child migration to Birmingham through the medium of...
Ella Marshall
Jul 6, 20172 min read
Thinking about 'Heritage' & 'Migration'
At the start of the month, Project Workers Joe, Arron and myself met up with our first cohort of participants for an introduction to the...
Arron Gill
Jun 12, 20172 min read
Beyond the Image
Through this project we want to capture the portraits of those who migrated to Birmingham as a young person, to show the multitude of...
Arron Gill
Jun 8, 20172 min read
Children in Movement. What's it all about?
Children in Movement is a new project led by The GAP. This project aims to use oral history and photography to uncover the rich and...
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