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Exhibitions

Thomas Fowell Buxton and the Anti-Slavery Movement

Date: Ongoing until November 18 2007
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum and Gallery
Price: Museum Admission
Programme: This small exhibition commemorates the British Government's abolition of the transatlantic slave trade on 25 March 1807. The show includes extraordinary portraits of Norfolk based Thomas Fowell Buxton, who was instrumental in the fight for the abolition of slavery and Amelia Opie, Norwich poet, author and committed anti-slavery campaigner, on loan from private collections. Rare decorative art items from Norwich Castle demonstrate how slavery had become part of life in the 18th & 19th centuries, while exceptional 18th century books loaned by the Norfolk Heritage Centre are an example of the written material available to us.
Telephone: 01603 493625
Email: museums@norfolk.gov.uk
Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Date: Monday 1 October 2007, 5pm
Venue: Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, County Hall, Norwich
Price: Free
Programme: An opportunity to learn about Norfolk's exciting Black and Minority Ethnic History from original documents. The launch of an exhibition created by the Hidden Heritage project, looking at the transatlantic slave trade. Using documents dating from the 16th to the 19th century held by the Norfolk Record Office and Norfolk Library and Information Service, along with objects held by Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, the exhibition examines the links between Norfolk and slavery and its abolition, along with the history of Norfolk's BME communities and how historical knowledge helps in the fight against racism. With food, drama about the slave trade and African music from Grass Roots.
Telephone: 01603 224149
Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
Web: www.nnrec.org.uk

Date: Monday 1 October - Saturday 3 November 2007
Venue: Sheringham Little Theatre
Price: Free
Programme: This painting was commissioned by NEAD for the publicity for Black History Month 2006 from the artist Gloria Ojulari Sule, who grew up in Norfolk. She writes of it as: "My own tribute to Black people and our complex histories. I mourn our tribulations and celebrate our successes within a collage of references to Black culture, beliefs, histories and identities, to artists and musicians, places, events, heroes and heroines." This and other artworks by Gloria will be exhibited in the theatre foyer throughout the month.
Telephone: 01263 822347
Email: enquiries@sheringhamlittletheatre.com
Web: www.gloarts.co.uk

Date: October 2 - December 9 2007, Tues-Sun 10am-5pm, Weds 10am-8pm
Venue: Upper Gallery, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Price: £1 - £5
Programme: Alien Nation features the work of twelve contemporary international artists. David Huffman, Kori Newkirk and Eric Wesley are Black American artists and Yinka Shonibare is an African artist. The exhibition explores ideas about racial difference and racial stereo-typing through the language of sci-fi. Much has been written about the connection between the sci-fi cinema of the 50s and 60s and the fear of invasion associated with the Cold War. In recent years many artists have similarly used science fiction and extra-terrestrial forms as a way of exploring racial difference and as a potent metaphor for the threat of the outsider. Alien Nation has been co-produced by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London and Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London. Co-curated by Gilane Tawadros, Jens Hoffman and John Gill.
Telephone: 01603 593199
Email: mailto:scva@uea.ac.uk
Web: www.scva.ac.uk

Date: 4,5,9 & 10 October, 10am-5pm
Venue: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Price: Free
Programme: Chinwe Chuckwuogo-Roy will be in residence at the Sainsbury Centre during October to celebrate Black History Month. Chinwe was born in Eastern Nigeria and now lives and Works in the UK. She will be creating new work inspired by African masks in the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection. Drop in to the studio to meet Chinwe and watch her work.
Chinwe works in various media and her subjects range from portraiture, still life and landscape to pictures which capture the traditions and cultures of the African continent. Chinwe was the first black artist to paint Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Golden Jubilee portrait) for which she has received worldwide recognition. Her work is represented in public and private collections in many countries.
Telephone: 01603 593199
Email: scva@uea.ac.uk
Web: www.scva.ac.uk

Date: 4-30 October 2007
Venue: Norwich Arts Centre
Price: Free
Programme: An exhibition of images and text arising from Creative Arts East's The Abolition of the Slave Trade project which raised awareness and understanding about the history and cultural impact of the slave trade and contemporary issues around slavery amongst young people in Norfolk. The project, which is linked to the 2007 bi-centenary of the abolition of the slave trade in this country, was led by author Laura Fish with additional workshops from artist Gloria Ojulari Sule. The project was supported by the Norwich Town Close Estate Charity.
Telephone: 01953 713 390
Email: literature@creativeartseast
Web: www.creativeartseast.co.uk