Urban Dialogues & Women ARTogether
Urban Dialogues and Women ARTogether are 3FF's programmes aimed at artists. They both aim to give artists the opportunity to act as social change-makers within and between communities, but differ with regards to their target audience: Women ARTogether addresses mainly women, Urban Dialogues is for a mixed audience. What unites them is the way in which they use art as a way to encourage interaction and dialogue between different faith and ethnic groups and wider society, and the passion for positive social change that fuels them both.
Urban Dialogues
Urban Dialogues is a project run by the Three Faiths Forum together with its project partners – the Radical Middle Way, Art and Christianity Enquiry and the Jewish Community Centre for London – which establishes ongoing interactions between artists and their communities by organising high-quality public events aimed at Muslims, Christians and Jews, and wider society.
Urban Dialogues builds new relationships between individuals and between organisations with the aim of creating lasting social change. The initiative offers artists the chance to address issues of interest or concern to them, and create possibilities of change together with people from other communities.
Last years’ activities culminated in the event ‘Artifice’, during which the artists took over a warehouse space in Shoreditch. The creative projects developed on the programme this year will be displayed at two big events this autumn.
What is Women ARTogether?
This new project by the Three Faiths Forum is an art initiative involving Muslim, Christian and Jewish women who aim to use their talents as a vehicle for social change.
In highlighting the respective communities, the hope is to learn about one another as a means of overcoming barriers and stereotypes, as well as realizing similarities in matters of faith and general human concerns.
The collaborative nature of the programme will appeal to women from all walks of life who want to contribute their talents as bridge builders, and will give the opportunity for those already engaged in such work to come together in order to share their experiences and success stories.
The project launched in July at the Lexi Cinema in Willesden. Read all about the first Women ARTogether event here.
Get Involved!
Are you an artist, a member of a community or faith organisation or perhaps just an interested individual who would like to contribute to the programme somehow?
Contact Hadiya at 3FF and tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. There are many different ways in which you could be a part of this project. We look forward to hearing from you! |
