HOME and Community Arts North West will be hosting this meeting of the Arts and Migration Group at HOME in October, chaired by Mustafa Alachkar. The Arts and Migration Group is a network of artists, freelancers, facilitators, and producers who have lived experience of migration. The group typically meets twice per year and hosts a celebration event during Horizons Festival annually.
Mustafa Alachkar is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist working in the NHS. Born in Syria, and came to the UK in 2005, Mustafa is one of the coordinators of Celebrating Syria Festival, the first festival of Syrian arts and culture to be organised in the UK by Rethink Rebuild Society, the organisation of the Syrian people in Manchester.
Meetings of the Arts and Migration group typically include discussion on local priorities and work by artists from a refugee background, festival programming for Horizons Festival (which takes place in June at HOME for Refugee Week) and a social event to meet and share opportunities and support with others in the network.
Catering is provided for attendees and an agenda is sent out in advance. New members are welcome to join the network meetings and socials and can subscribe to the email group.
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