Counterpoints Arts

Description

Counterpoints Arts is a leading national and international organisation working in the field of arts, migration and cultural change. Its mission is to support and create transformative art by, with, and about migrants and refugees, so that their stories shape culture and change how displacement is understood. The organisation's work sits at the intersection of climate, racial justice, mental health and displacement, and it produces a range of programmes including Refugee Week, Counterpoints Film Productions and Platforma festival. It holds that art can open spaces for people to talk across differences, inspire community participation and foster a more compassionate society. The organisation works across all art forms and collaborates with artists, arts, cultural and educational organisations, and civil society activists. Its activity runs across three strands: enabling (leading and supporting local, national and international networks, partnerships and collaborations, with advice, fundraising support, commissions, residencies, mentoring and training); producing (events, exhibitions, commissions, digital platforms, artefacts and residencies across art forms); and learning (peer-to-peer learning labs and platforms supporting cross-sector conversation, skills transfer and the sharing of evaluation and impact)

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2012

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Partner Infrastructures

Birmingham Centre for Film Studies (B-Film)

B-Film is an interdisciplinary, international research centre at the University of Birmingham. It consists of a multi-disciplinary cohort of film scholars and collaborates with national and internatio… read more about Birmingham Centre for Film Studies (B-Film)

Birmingham

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A was the first museum in the world to establish a dedicated Research Department and it continues to be a core activity of the Museum today. It plays a leading role in binding together the f… read more about Victoria and Albert Museum

London

Partner Universities

University of the Arts London

University of York

Additional Partnerships

Plymouth College of Arts; 101 Social; Amnesty International; ArtReach; Autograph; b-side festival, Dorset; BAFTA; Ben & Jerry's; BLM Fest; Bosla Arts; Bristol Refugee Festival; British Future; British Red Cross; Choose Love; Climate Spring; coculture; Community Arts North West; Compass Collective; CREATE; Creative Scotland; Creative Kernow; Dartington Trust; Deadbeat Films; Deveron Arts; Dhaqan Collective; Doughty Street Chambers; Dover Arts Development; Eden Project; English PEN; Ettijahat; Firestation Artists' Studio; FLAMM; Footnote Press; Freedom From Torture; Frieze; GLA (Greater London Authority); Glastonbury Festival; GROW; Hawkwood College; IMiX; IOM (International Organisation for Migration); Lewisham Council; London Library; May Project Gardens; Metropolitan Housing Association; Migrant Help; Migration Museum; Moomin Characters; Mozilla Festival; Musicians' Union; Museum of the Home; National Education Union; Netflix; Origins Untold; Radical Ecology; Riot Communications; Refugee Action; Refugee Council; Scottish Refugee Council; Show and Tell Productions; Shubbak Festival; Soho Theatre; Solidarity With Refugees; Southbank Centre; St. Augustine's; STAR (Student Action for Refugees); Sudafest; TekstLab; Turner Contemporary; UNHCR; Welsh Refugee Council