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Reportage Illustration Exhibition 1-8 Sept
@centrespacegallery
Clients - Harrods, The Langham London, RHS etc.

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"They explain things clearly, give accurate information and I feel they genuinely want to help. It gives me confidence when making decisions." - Person who accessed our Advice Service

This week is Advice Week! Our Advice Service supports more than 650 people seeking asylum a year. We prevent homelessness and destitution, and empower people to navigate the complex asylum system and access their rights (e.g. safe housing).

"They helped me understand the asylum system and what steps I need to take. They explained things in a way that was easy to understand and supported me in preparing for important appointments and paperwork." - Person who accessed our Advice Service

#RefugeesWelcome #Bristol #community #Advice #AdviceSaves #AdviceWeek

Thank you Niki Groom for this illustration of our Advice Service 🌟

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It was a real privilege and honour to be part the event ‘ Hope, creativity & resilience: an evening with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’ alongside Nazanin, Richard, @_nikigroom & Jaz O’Hara from @asylum_speakers.

The event was during @_nikigroomexhibition ‘Searching for the Future’ @centrespacegallery #bristol
Celebrating a decade of @_nikigroom reportage illustration .. utterly stunning powerful art work that was both thought provoking and heart warming. I’m still reflecting on the deep conversations we had that evening and how inspiring it was. Thank you @_nikigroom for bringing us all together and for your incredible art that makes me have hope and faith in our shared humanity even in the darkest of times.
Also inspiring to be with such strong women. 🥰 Much respect and love to you all 🙏🏽❤️
Thank you also to @jessolivianeill for producing the event.
Thank you @chinbadgermedia for taking these lovely photos 🙏🏽

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It’s not often you get to meet your heroes in real life 🙌😍

I’m still thinking about this beautiful evening at @_nikigroom’s exhibition, and what happens when we make space for stories that are too often reduced to headlines.

I first connected with Niki when she was drawing the situation in the Calais Jungle in 2016. Over the past decade, her work as a reportage artist has highlighted important moments of migration, displacement and freedom of movement in the most considered, sensitive and creative way.

One of those moments was Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside Parliament, as he campaigned for the release of his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (photo number 9).

It was a huge honour to sit down with Nazanin and Richard and hear more about what those years actually meant for their family. I imagine most of you are as familiar with Nazanin’s story as I was… Nazanin was imprisoned in Iran for six years, when her daughter Gabriella was just one.

Not just that, we were also joined by the wonderful @roxanavilk, a multidisciplinary artist who got us all singing Iranian songs and, somehow, dancing too.

Art and storytelling will always hold power to do something that facts and headlines alone struggle to - bring us closer to one another as humans. Thank you @_nikigroom for continuing to create spaces for these important stories, conversations and connections. ❤️

Nazanin, Richard and Roxana coming to the podcast very soon 🎙️🤫👏. All photos by @chinbadgermedia 📸

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Welcome to Texas, Fitz & Roy!
Thank you to Rosie and the @kimptonfitzroy team for sending us the perfect addition to our newly renovated bathroom. They are acclimating just fine despite the late summer heat. We can’t wait to visit the Kimpton again very soon! 🤍

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Join us tomorrow (Tues 8th Sept) 11-2.30pm at @centrespacegallery to be part of @d_u_s_t_a Milaya embroidery table. It’s free to join in and you don’t need to book.

Here’s a little about the project from the press release.

As part of @oxfamgb No More Radio Silence, we’re running a textile ‘craftivism’ project around the traditional South Sudanese craft of the Milaya. In partnership with our South Sudan country team, where the final art piece will rest there. A Milaya is a beautiful embroidered bedsheet, often gifted on special occasions, and the project is inspired by the story of refugees fleeing crisis with belongings wrapped in Milaya, that went on to be hung in refugee camps as a symbol of home and hope. The construction of a Milaya is a community-based, collaborative effort, forming a place to meet, talk and share news. This idea is at the heart of this summer’s project. The Milaya has begun with an artist refugee collective in Bristol, went to Latitude and Boardmasters music festivals, with other events lined up. The idea is for many hands to make light work, for people to contribute a stitch, becoming a symbol of what can be achieved when we join together and speak out. The project aims to raise awareness about the crisis in Sudan and South Sudan.

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Open today and tomorrow (7th & 8th Sept) 11-6pm.

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We are officially open! @centrespacegallery 11-6pm

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Lovely evening viewing some thought provoking reportage illustrations by
@_nikigroom
Beautiful way to document events.
#reportageillustration
@centrespacegallery
@centrespacestudios

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Felt both so angry and so uplifted as I walked home from @centrespace after viewing @_nikigroom’s Searching for the Future exhibition this evening…a brilliant display of the power of community in the face of so much adversity. On until 8th September with free entry so do go if you can

All under the Night Sky - March 2021
Artwork here encapsulating the vigil held in response to Sarah Everard’s murder. The outcry led to a national billboard campaign in the UK, including slogans recorded here in response to crowdfunding

#yesallwomen #reportageillustration #community #nikigroom #saraheverardvigil

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In the reference library of my exhibition is this book of poetry by the brilliant @salena.godden. I first saw it years ago on the side of @arnolfiniarts. Back in the Twitter days Salena and I used to chat lots (when I was miss magpie spy). Hi Salena! X

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Over 50 people visited today (inc my Mum who features in the show) and lots of those sat and sketched or read books - it’s exactly the kind of environment I wanted to create when I thought about this show, so happy to have made it happen.

Then this evening I ran a reportage drawing workshop. An overview of my practice, a quick exhibition tour and then on to fast sketches and experimentation. A really fun and playful session.

Sold some tea towels, a print, some art wraps and lots of pens too. All in all another brilliant day.

Looking forward to seeing more of you tomorrow.
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But for now, some sleep :)
Niki

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What’s on at Centrespace this September! 🪑
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SEARCHING FOR THE FUTURE: A DECADE OF REPORTAGE ILLUSTRATION | Niki Groom
1st - 8th September, 11.00 am - 6.00 pm
PV: Friday 4th September, 6 - 9 pm
@nikigroom
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CROSSINGS: A journey across water, memory and belonging
12th - 16th September, 11.00 am - 6.00 pm
PV: Friday 11th September, 6 - 9 pm
@iris.thorsteindottir | @radicalembroiderer |
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CONNECTIONS THROUGH WOOD | A Group Exhibition by Bristol Woodworkers & Makers
19th - 30th September, 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
PV: Friday 18th September, 6 - 9 pm
@connectionsthroughwood
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We are fully accessible (ramp and accessible toilet)‼️

Find out more about each exhibition via the link in bio or visit the website 🔗

Cover Image: Photograph of @htmorrisfurniture’s work

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