May 2018
Rainbow Pilgrims goes Brighton
Join Rainbow Pilgrims on tour. You are invited to the reception for the groundbreaking Rainbow Pilgrims multi-media pop-up exhibition. In Brighton for one night only, courtesy of The Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue (BHPS). All welcome. Free. Discover personal journeys and listen to the voices of migrants, refugees and travellers via your own smartphone or tablet. Enjoy refreshments. Rainbow Pilgrims is a landmark oral history and archive project that discovers the hidden history of LGBTQI migrant, refugee and traveller communities…
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Rainbow Pilgrims goes Bristol
Rainbow Pilgrims Exhibition Launch Carpenter Room, Richmond Building (Bristol SU), Queens Road, BS8 1LN Please join us on Thursday 7 June (17:30 - 19:45) for a chance to explore the Rainbow Pilgrims touring exhibition. Rainbow Pilgrims is an archive and oral history project about LGBTQI migrants. It is a landmark project that discovers the hidden history of LGBTQI migrants in the UK past and present. The exhibition explores the narratives around ‘rites and passages’, documenting the interconnection between faith, sexuality, gender, and ethnicity…
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Archive Launch & Closing Celebration
As the Rainbow Pilgrims Heritage Lottery Fund supported project draws to an end, we celebrate new beginnings: The London Metropolitan Archives proudly hosts the 'official' launch of the Rainbow Pilgrims archive collection. The evening will also feature the launch of the educational resource packs for schools and FE. Join us for an evening of speeches, exclusive archive & collection tours, drinks & schmooze 🙂 Wine reception supported by Barefoot Wine. Strictly by invite only…
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Rainbow Pilgrims goes V&A at Refugee Week 2018
Rainbow Pilgrims is proud to feature in the V&A's week-long programme of music, workshops, and performances marking 20 years of Refugee Week, which celebrates the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects. Rainbow Pilgrims is a groundbreaking pop-up exhibition exploring the ‘hidden history’ of LGBTQI migrant and travelling communities in Britain. Visitors will have the chance…
Find out more »Queer & Now: Rainbow Pilgrims at Tate Britain
E-J Scott, Curator of the Museum of Transology in an open conversation with queer curators, Dan Vo (Museum Detox), Ju Gosling (Regard), Surat-Shaan Knan (Rainbow Pilgrims), Topher Campbell (rukus!), Damien Arness-Dalton (Queerseum), Joe Galliano (CEO, Queer Britain), Rachael Lennon (Programme Curator, Prejudice and Pride, National Trust), Sean Curran (Community Learning Manager, Sutton House, National Trust) and Zorian Clayton (Curator of Prints and chair of the LGBTQ working group at the V&A). This conversation took place at…
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