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Black Futures

Launched during Black History Month in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests across the world, our Black Futures programme is continuing to ask questions about how history informs our understanding of the present, and how current events might shape the histories of the future?

Led by migrant-led arts organisation Maokwo in partnership with the Belgrade Theatre, Black Futures, is a multi-disciplinary celebration of Black creativity, collaboration and entrepreneurship in the West Midlands, with events taking place both online and in-person.

Expect visual art, photography, poetry, discussion, performance and live workshops as artists, businesses, cultural leaders and young people take over the Belgrade, testing out new ways of sharing creative work as we emerge from the Covid crisis.

In Conversation with Static and Curtis Liburd
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In Conversation with Static and Curtis Liburd

Wed 09 Dec

As part of our Black Futures programme, we were excited to welcome Coventry grime artists Static and Curtis Liburd to…

Black Futures: A Guided Meditation
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Black Futures: A Guided Meditation

Wed 09 Dec

Launched during Black History Month in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests across the world, our Black Futures programme…

Podcast: Spirit of the Age with Ayesha Jones
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Podcast: Spirit of the Age with Ayesha Jones

Wed 11 Nov

As part of our ongoing Black Futures programme, we're hosting a virtual exhibition by photographer and Belgrade Audience Development Officer Ayesha Jones. Titled Motherland, the…

Belgrade Theatre and Maokwo launch Black Futures
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Belgrade Theatre and Maokwo launch Black Futures

Thu 08 Oct

Header image from Motherland by Ayesha Jones With Black History Month now widely marked across the UK, October is generally…