Windrush Years: Portraits of a generation who rebuilt Britain

09/11/2024

13:00

Windrush Years: Portraits of a generation who rebuilt Britain


Windrush Years: Portraits of a generation who rebuilt Britain

Sat 9 - Sat 30 Nov 2024

Fusion Arts - 15 Park End St OX1 1HH

1-6pm (Thursdays - Saturdays only)

PREVIEW: Friday 8th Nov, 6-8pm

This exhibition brings together portrait photographs which have been collected as part of a community archiving project led by The Oxfordshire Community Education Group. The images reflect the lives created as the Windrush generation arrived and settled in Oxford, making critical contributions to the life of the city through their work.



Oxfordshire Community Education Group and the Oxford African Caribbean Histories Archive group would like to thank the following organisations:

Fusion Arts

Oxford Brookes and the Centre of Research in the Arts (CoRA)

Unlock the Chains Collective

John Bunyan Baptist Church

Oxford Hub

Oxfordshire African Caribbean Multicultural Association (OACMA)

East Oxford 50+ Group

Museum of Oxford

Oxford Community Action (OCA)

We would also like to thank Derek James, Jermaine Francis, Lorna Smith, Winnie, Arona Jones-Ellis, Kerissa Lawrence, Fay Rowe-McKenzie, Lorna Nevers, Gertrude Williams, Paulette Lidert, Ebonn Charles, Jini Agbu, Shari Petti, Khadijah Shodunke, Sylvia Morgado de Queiroz, Marlene Williams, Dawn Dishman, Joyce Nelson, Denise Berley, Elaine, Colette Fuller, Peter Savage, Amy Harris, Andrea Siret, Daniela Treveri-Gennari, Rosa Codina, Khisha Clarke, Rachel Barbaresi, Hanna Klien-Thomas, Kieran Cox, Euton Daley, Nigel Carter, Pat Green, Louise Williams, Cameron Aitken, and Zola Tatton.

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Supporters of Fusion Arts

Oxford City Council Arts Council England National Lottery Funded Project Grant National Lottery Community Fund Oxfordshire Community Foundation Here for Culture Doris Field Charitable Trust BBC Children in Need Levelling Up South Oxfordshire District Council Christ Church College Jesus College