O N C A

A Brighton based arts charity bridging social and environmental justice issues with creativity, from 2012 to 2024. This page is no longer monitored.

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A final thank you! In the last year, we've held 12 exhibitions, 24 workshops, and 26 events including the South East Cultural Assembly, working with over 31 artists, writers, thinkers, researchers and creatives. We're so grateful to our team and all of you for the last 12 years💌

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THE RISING TIDE AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY ✊🏾 is an artwork by Matice Moore seeking a new home! We close our doors in less than 2 weeks & we want to re-home this large artwork to a Black- or PoC-led, LGBTQIA+ or educational space. Email [email protected] if you're interested ✨

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We have been so moved by the loving messages we've received throughout about ONCA's closure. To hold all these offerings we're creating a digital guestbook ✨ Contribute your memories of ONCA or a message about how our organisation has impacted you: https://t.co/6ZlFUnZgnE

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Here are all the times you can see our final exhibition! Tokini Fubara: ibi minji faari 💧

“Slowly, quietly, the Niger Delta is being mauled beyond repair.…And the Niger Delta is the world.”

— Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas, Where Vultures Feast

Curated by @BlackGallerina

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Harness the elements of water & air through collective spell casting with Feral Theatre in honour of @lostspeciesday 🌬️💧 Join us on Saturday 7 December, 5 - 8pm for a ritual which includes a walk to the sea's edge, fire and shared food.

Book now: https://t.co/9FETVvDtuY

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Inspired by a 4-year collaborative writing project between Clare Whistler & Laura Coleman, from East Sussex to Isle of Eigg in Scotland, this workshop explores how to forge embodied connections through letter writing on Thursday 12 December, 6:30 - 8pm.

https://t.co/6NrOoMmeZT

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Tonight is the final time we do this! Join us at the private view of ibi minji faari between 6 - 8pm to celebrate with Tokini Fubara & @BlackGallerina who have been working tirelessly to bring ONCA's final exhibition into existence 💧

Book free tickets: https://t.co/B5MyEVKXhb

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Our final ever exhibition is up on @ArtRabbit 🥲 (We're not crying you are) read about it now and leave us a comment if you want to!
https://t.co/wDrT6eQGpx

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@LostSpeciesDay We are inviting you into the compost pile to stay with the trouble (Donna Haraway), hold space for communal grief, and renew commitments to the web of all things this @lostspeciesday 🕯️ Get involved by going here https://t.co/mrTfj4qNpA

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For over a decade, we've marked @lostspeciesday alongside a coalition of volunteers, drawing public attention to ecological loss. This year, creating containers to communally grieve feels profound & complex, not least having witnessed over a year of genocide in #Palestine.

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@LostSpeciesDay The closure of ONCA Gallery at the end of 2025 also looms amidst the waves of loss. We're grateful to be able to offer a final programme of free activties to contemplate the stories of critically endangered species, cultures, lifeways and ecological communities.

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🔦 Tokini Fubara is the last artist to ever exhibit at ONCA. Their exhibition 💧ibi minji faari💧 builds on previous works on race, space & borders, turning to the creeks surrounding their place of origin in Port Harcourt city, Nigeria.

30 Nov - 13 Dec https://t.co/DYOYsZbzOD

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As part of #CuriousKids for @lostspeciesday we'll be creating nature inspired embossed foil artworks with artist Saj Fareed. Together, we will be using everyday foil oven trays and transforming them into shimmering stained-glass-effect works 🦚

Book now: https://t.co/7FaKbQywDj

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We have absolutely loved running the #CuriousKids programme 🍂 and are always in complete awe of the creativity kids bring to the sessions like these imaginative T-shirt designs !

There are a few more sessions before we close at the end of the year: https://t.co/my3RW8vkGy

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Our final exhibition ibi minji faari (translated from Kalabari Ijo: “the good water is going away”) is an exploration of riverine landscapes of the oil-producing region of Nigeria—the Niger Delta by artist Tokini Fubara for @LostSpeciesDay💧

https://t.co/C1tKg6IyaD

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Right now the olive harvest is happening in occupied Palestine 🇵🇸 "After all, I feel so relieved. I feel that I am connected to my land. I am in Gaza. I am in Palestine."
- Bisan
https://t.co/21u3lLMTc9

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Are you joining us online tomorrow with @CultureDeclares for our local hub meeting? We’ll be sharing ideas for future climate-related events that serve South East communities from 09:30 - 11:30am✨ Let us know you’re coming: https://t.co/fOtiQ1KFJi

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We love to see important messages made eternal in the form of mosaics!! 🌸 SMASH THE PATRIARCHY (with petals on) 🌸 is a design by Luna Moon Mosaics made from recycled materials like tiles, vintage crockery, beads & buttons!✨

Available at ONCA Art Fair: https://t.co/ZASgVaREKE

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Next weekend come to ONCA ART FAIR where local artists, makers & crafters will sell their unique products! Perfect place to shop / support the flourishing creativity! FREE ENTRY + raffle to win a bundle of goodies from artists.

Book now: https://t.co/M0bktVJLT9

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New #CuriousKids workshop! Join us for stocking making on Saturday 23 November, 10am - 12pm at ONCA Gallery. Our amazing facilitator Ishtar will guide your littles ones choosing fabric, cutting out templates & hand-sewing stockings 🧦

Book now: https://t.co/zqNT7ZLXQQ