On Saturday 29 July, the second workshop in relation to the project took place within Newcastle University. Four people participated in this workshop. Dr. Mark Jackson was there to welcome participants on behalf of the university and explained the project as an opportunity to give participants the space to express themselves through research and creativity. […]Read Post ›

On Saturday 27 May, the project’s first community workshop took place within the Robinson Library, Newcastle University. Eleven people participated in this workshop. From the beginning, participants were introduced to the project, the workshop aims and objectives. For this workshop, it was important for the group to be introduced to the Gertrude Bell archive with […]Read Post ›

It is difficult to believe that the first stage of our project is coming to an end in December. We are now in preparation for our final event in relation to this stage of the project. From Wednesday 7th December at Newcastle City Library, on Level 3, there will be an interactive display of our […]Read Post ›

Call for Writers/ Poets Presence A multi-media project in the North-East England funded by Arts Council England Coordinated by identity on tyne, Presence has developed out of a First World War project, Beyond the Western Front, which researched the contribution of Black, Asian and ethnic minorities in the First World War. Presence aims to involve […]Read Post ›

A multi-media art project coordinated by identity on tyne has successfully been awarded Arts Council Funding. Presence will be the creative element of the Beyond the Western Front research. Presence would involve seven commissions for BAME writers within the northern region of the UK, to utilise this primary research into the contribution of Black, Asian […]Read Post ›

Thank you for sending us your images and comments about the posters and placards found on the Tyne and Wear Metro. Please keep sending them in, we love to hear about your experiences and thoughts about this campaign. One week left to get out there and see the selection of words.

29 August to 25 September 2016 will see another part of this project coming to fruition. Within a selection of 12 metro stations and every carriage of the metro trains, there will be words reflecting the involvement and contribution of Black, Asian and ethnic minorities. The above image is the featured poster with poem commissioned […]Read Post ›

Part of this project has been to work with school children, exploring the primary research. We had the privilege of working with Mortimer Community College in South Shields with their year 7s over the last few months. Looking at the original newspaper articles about Yemeni seamen as well exploring creative responses from local writers to […]Read Post ›

We have secured the dates for the final Exhibtion of the project for 2016.  This will take place at the City Library in level 3. A prime place for everyone coming into the library to see the work that has been happening over the last two years. The dates are 5th Decemeber – 23 December […]Read Post ›

In March, we visited two schools in North Tyneside to talk about the Black and Asian involvement in the First World War. The children have been exploring war poetry and were very responsive to the local, regional involvement with the front-line as well as the home front. This was good practice for our summer workshops […]Read Post ›