Thanks Birmingham for a great Community Conversation event…

16.04.2025

This post will be of special interest to Oral History and Community Participation practitioners. On 6th April, TURNING POINT’s public arts & heritage programme took the Sweet Patootee Arts team to Birmingham, supporting the trial of a mega 4-hour gold medal-winning hybrid – using the screening of our 1920s-set “TURNING POINT” period drama as catalyst...

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New Dementia Support resources coming soon…

09.04.2025

Big shout out to Dementia Support practitioners and stakeholders. Following on from great work with TURNING POINT’s Birmingham partners and community participants last year… Sweet Patootee Arts are on course to launch a new website – to give free access to pioneering. fun, and proven resources inspired by our arts and Black heritage storytelling. Pride...

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TURNING POINT Watch Party and Community Conversation Dinner – Birmingham 6th April

19.03.2025

Calling Birmingham friends and colleagues in communities, arts, Black heritage, and wellbeing… On 6th April, our genius project partners The GAP Arts Project, are hosting a wonderful event for Sweet Patootee Arts’ TURNING POINT programme in Birmingham Join us for a Watch Party and Community Conversation Dinner – you can see TURNING POINT, and enjoy...

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Volunteers to assist in Sewing Skills workshops needed…

25.02.2025

Sweet Patootee Arts is seeking Sewing Skills Volunteers in London to work alongside workshop leader Jennifer Laurent-Smart from ‘Sakafet London’. Jennifer will facilitate a Black Heritage Research & Sewing Skills Workshops series, called “Sunday Best”. Workshop participants will research and create 1920s and 1930s fashions of the Caribbean and London, and make simple garments worn...

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Communities of Liberation: hidden Black heritage in London’s east end…

14.02.2025

Just 2 weeks to go until the showpiece finale of Sweet Patootee Arts’ freelance role at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. This is an invitation to join us at the launch of Communities of Liberation, a new public exhibition bringing to light Black experiences in Tower Hamlets during the transatlantic slave trade. Exhibition...

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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

28.01.2025

Sweet Patootee Arts is seeking volunteers to work alongside experienced and creative facilitators helping to deliver programmes based on our TURNING POINT film and 20th century Black history across London. For Digital Communication Volunteer brief – click here For Digital Skills Volunteer brief – click here For Heritage Research Volunteer (Black history & fabric arts)...

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Update from Tony T on his freelance project…

09.12.2024

My freelance work on groundbreaking Black history project “Communities of Liberation” is on to its third and last chapter. We are now preparing to share our work publicly as a touring exhibition, pamphlet, and web pages with downloadable resources – launching at east London’s Tower Hamlets Town Hall, in February 2025.  Spotlight on the research...

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Reminder for TURNING POINT London screening to mark Remembrance, 17th November…

12.11.2024

Join us in London this weekend for free screenings of Sweet Patootee Arts’ “TURNING POINT” (looped continuously) at Queen’s House in Greenwich, on Sunday 17th November from 1pm to 3:45pm. Our screenings will contribute to “Remembrance: A Call to Mind” – Royal Museums Greenwich’s day of talks, screenings, and performances to remember the Armed Forces...

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