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The 2024 WE OUT HERE exhibition, opening during Black History Month, offers a joyful exploration of African Caribbean memories of visiting the seaside in the UK.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Grief Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Lovely to

00:07speak again to Hannah Collison. Now, Hannah, there's a fabulous sounding exhibition coming

00:11up in Hastings, isn't there? African Caribbean Seaside Memories at the Upper Walkway Gallery.

00:17What's it all about? What's the story it's going to tell?

00:23It's an exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery in Hastings. It is an exploration

00:33of African Caribbean memories of visiting the seaside in the UK. And it is curated by

00:40Lorna Hamilton Brown. And it builds on a workshop that was first held as part of the We Out

00:482023 exhibition at the Hastings Contemporary.

00:52That sounds fantastic. Tell me a bit more about the story that it will tell.

00:58So it shows a collection of artworks created by people of African and Caribbean descent

01:03who share their personal seaside memories through various creative forms. So they highlight the joy

01:13of the memories and also the often overlooked histories and stories of African Caribbean

01:19communities in the UK. This sounds fascinating. It must have been quite something to research

01:25to put together. Yeah, yeah. So in preparation for the exhibition,

01:32there have been monthly workshops where participants have been able to create collaged

01:39artwork using scrapbooking techniques. And these workshops have also been a space to

01:45sort of connect and reminisce and sort of consolidate experiences. The exhibition will

01:54also have a number of events happening during the time that it's showing. So it's worth going

02:02to the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery website to check out all the details.

02:06Perfect. It sounds a fascinating exhibition. Lovely to speak to you, Hannah. Thank you very much.

Hastings - joyful exploration of African Caribbean seaside memories

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