Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡

Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts, supporting asylum seeker and refugee arts & music in Bristol.

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

You can now find us on Bluesky too. https://t.co/woGFELsImg

[Nicola De Martini Ugolotti @nicolademarti12]

Much grateful for this generous and comprehensive review of "Music, Forced Migration and Emplacement: Sounds of Asylum Bristol" in @lsj_official 🙏!
@LARAfund @Palgrave @BUDepSEM @BU_SPARC @BU_Research @BU_SeldomHeard

[AidBoxCommunity @AidBoxCommunity]

Our urgent appeal to find a new home - CAN YOU HELP?💞

https://t.co/uGcvkjw7tR

We urgently need a new home to continue our work supporting people and families seeking sanctuary in Bristol.

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

We're really looking forward to reading this by @nicolademarti12, the result of several years hard work and engagement with the community. It will be essential reading for anyone wokring with asylum seekers, arts & community engagement.

[Nicola De Martini Ugolotti @nicolademarti12]

A few years in the making, I am stoked to see "Music, Forced Migration and Emplacement: Sounds of Asylum Bristol" out w/@Palgrave. Very grateful for the generous endorsements from Nichola Khan, @Arts32 & Brett Lashua https://t.co/NfWlDj2yOR @BU_SPARC @BU_SeldomHeard @LARAfund

[BathWelcomesRefugees @BathRefugees]

Visit the @FreefromTorture photography Freedom exhibition @Studio44AD from Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 June with free entry

You can also apply for tickets for a private view Friday 14 June 6 - 9pm, with speeches + refreshments

📸 Get your tickets here > https://t.co/ETugQJzAIw

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Our friends at Music at the World Junction are holding a fundraising gig for @RefugeeFestBRL and the Dovetail Orchestra, at Crofters Rights, Mon 3 June, 7pm. It comes a couple of days after our own #SoundsOfSudan event in Bath. See posters for details of both.

[Bristol Refugee Festival @RefugeeFestBRL]

It's the last day of our crowdfunder! Please help us reach our target.

Thanks to all our supporters so far, we can't wait to celebrate with you at this year's festival 🥳🧡🌞 https://t.co/AS3AueVSa0

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

This is Nabra about 7 years ago at a benefit gig in Glastonbury, and they hung out with Michael Eavis!

You'll have an opportunity to hear them playing at @WidcombeSocialC on June 1st.

TIckets : https://t.co/sAkgq56dxi

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Our friends at Music at the World Junction are holding a fundraising gig for @RefugeeFestBRL and the Dovetail Orchestra, at Crofters Rights, Mon 3 June, 7pm. It comes a couple of days after our own #SoundsOfSudan event in Bath. See posters for details of both.

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

#music #poetry #dance #film #theatre #arts

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Our friends at the Diverse Arts Network are launching the Diaspora Festival this weekend, with some amazing events. Check out the programme here : https://t.co/WwtBFGLbN5
#DiverseArtistsNetwork #Diaspora2024 #CelebratingCulture #bristol #southwest #GlobalMajority

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Learn Cuban salsa, rueda and easy social dances at this fundraiser for LARA to help us support refugee arts. Everyone is welcome, no partner needed. It's part of the Equality Dance Weekend led by Bristol Equality Dance. Tickets : https://t.co/sdbezGaSEA

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

Messages from frontline asylum charities wondering what to do in face of gov claiming start of asylum arrests tomorrow:

1. People are frightened, be careful not to allow our fear to spread further to them. Be calm. Remember your role is to listen, present options, don’t direct.

[Peter Verney @PeterVerney1]

I'm holding an evening for #Sudan in Manchester on Sunday 5th May, with star Shurooq Abu Nas.
Planning to feature the songs of Mahjoub Sherif and other poets + some #Sudanese hiphop on the side.
To ask about tickets, contact me.
Venue: Nia Centre, Chichester Road, Hulme M15 5EU

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Coming to Bath, 1st June, the sounds and tastes of Sudan at the @WidcombeSocialC. Tickets, including a pay-it-forward option to help refugees and asylum seekers come to the event : https://t.co/RU7lmLJdQF

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Addictive TV are bringing their project, Orchestra of Samples, to Bristol on 16th Feb at @strangebrewbriz, performing with Alphonse Daudet Touna, with master kora player Moussa Kouyate in support. It's also a fundraiser for @RefugeeFestBRL.
Tickets: https://t.co/3RFUY5pIYP

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

Addictive TV are bringing their project, Orchestra of Samples, to Bristol on 16th Feb at @strangebrewbriz, performing with Alphonse Daudet Touna, with master kora player Moussa Kouyate in support. It's also a fundraiser for @RefugeeFestBRL.
Tickets: https://t.co/3RFUY5pIYP

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

We're getting together with Bristol Equality Dance for a dance event for everyone, from absolute beginners to advanced, in Bristol this weekend. It's also a fundraiser for us to support our work with refugee arts. Follow the link for tickets : https://t.co/3ZNOqj3TMA…

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

There's a chance to see the amazing Mohammed Errebbaa at the @JamJarBristol on Wednesday evening.
https://t.co/fgeyGdUbfb

[Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡 @LARAfund]

If you're in Cardiff on Monday, our friend Servo will be performing with the Oasis Choir at the Quaker Meeting house, 6.30pm. Check the poster for ticket details.