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We're delighted to reveal that the two artists selected for Lab X are... James Gallego Olivo and Nawarat ‘Nammon’ Welployngam! James is a movement practitioner and dancer based in London, who currently lectures at the London Contemporary Dance School. His work and research are heavily influenced by Hip Hop, which he blends with contemporary references and improvisation. Nawarat ‘Nammon’ Welployngam is the founder of Community Lab in Nang Loeng, Bangkok. With a passion for social change and cultural preservation, she has dedicated her life to empowering her community through art and collective action. As an artist, Nammon's work explores themes of identity, community, and the urban landscape, often using mixed media and public installations to provoke dialogue and inspire change. Lab X is a pilot artistic residency and cultural exchange between Thailand and the UK, hosted in collaboration with Bangkok 1899 / Creative Migration and supported by the British Council's Connections Through Culture programme.     "We’re proud to be supporting Lab X, a new artistic collaboration between the United Kingdom and Thailand, through our Connections Through Culture grant programme. Lab X demonstrates the power of artistic exchange, opening doors to new and exciting opportunities for Thai and UK artists. This new collaboration is supporting diversity in our arts sector through mentorship, artistic dialogues and cross-sector support. We're proud to be supporting this project which is aiming to tackle some of the challenges faced by artists working internationally -- from shifting environments and the on-going effects of COVID-19." - Danny Whitehead, Country Director at the British Council in Thailand Find out more about Lab X here: https://lnkd.in/e735TXQZ #LabX #ArtsadminLab #ArtistOpportunities

'As we cleared cigarette butts and sunk our hands into the wet, barren, gritty soil, we were surprised to find it teeming with life. Fleshy earthworms writhed urgently between our fingers, astonished by the light - amongst them we planted euphorbia, sedum, heuchera, hart’s tongue fern and a wildflower strip – all chosen to maximise diversity and provide habitat and nectar supply to pollinators.' Read artist, writer and human ecologist Zoë Laureen Palmer's reflections on her year-long residency in the Artsadmin Canteen: https://lnkd.in/eWwcsFia Thank you to everyone who participated in biome: experiments in radical kinship over the last year! Toynbee Hall Aldgate Connect BID #biomeartsadmin #toynbeestudios #climatejustice

Cultural Exchange Rate opens today at Galway International Arts Festival! Immerse yourself in Tania El Khoury's family memoirs of life in a border village and explore the sounds, images, textures and traces of more than a century of border crossings Tania's interactive live art project is on show at the University of Galway until Sunday 28 July, as part of a brilliant programme of theatre, music, visual arts, opera, street spectacle, dance, discussion and comedy: https://lnkd.in/euGEGbD8 ⏰ Various times 📸 Photo by Judith Buss, Spielart 2019 #Galway #GalwayArt #GalwayInternationalArtsFestival #LiveArt #ImmersiveArts #TaniaElKhoury

The final weekend. I've loved this residency. Great to get to know Zoe and her approach to exploring the possibilities of our connections with the planet; with each other. Thank you for holding space and asking us to consider the impact. Loved my experience from sound bath to biome ballroom to a permanent new garden and all the chats in between. The pine tea is delicious.

11am-4pm, this Saturday 13th July celebrating a year of beautiful interactions around biodiversity and building connections with our locality and the more than human world it's been such a joy to work with artist zoe laureen palmer on this. come along for wholesome, refreshing, restful practice: there'll be conversation, creativity, botanical hand cream making, tea, snacks and planting 🌱🌾 📍Toynbee Studios, Aldgate

"Using art as a means of understanding the world and exploring the possibilities for imagination during a time of intense difficulty" A whole year ago, Zoë Laureen Palmer held a workshop called What Shall We Grow Here to open her year-long residency in the Artsadmin Canteen - biome: experiments in radical kinship This Saturday 13 July marks the end of her residency. Book your free ticket and join us for biome: closing celebration from 11am-4pm: https://lnkd.in/eKVc8hBN Zoë will lead Saturday’s plant-focused activities in Mallon Gardens, which has been completely transformed by our local community since last July! There will be tea tastings, planting and opportunities to work with botanical herbs, clay and seeds, and we’ll end the day with a ‘future seeds’ closing ritual #biome #ToynbeeStudios #EastLondon #Aldgate #Spitalfields #TowerHamlets

Cultural Exchange Rate is heading to Galway International Arts Festival next week! Tania El Khoury’s interactive live art project incorporates recorded interviews with Tania’s late grandmother, oral histories collected in her village in Akkar, the discovery of lost relatives in Mexico City, and the family’s attempt to secure dual citizenship. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/euGEGbD8 🕰 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm, 5pm, 6:30pm, 8pm and 9:30pm 📅 Tues 16 - Sun 28 July 📍 University of Galway, Ireland ♿️ For accessibility requests, please contact the Prior Performing Arts Center at least one week in advance of an event date by emailing Shannon LoCascio at [email protected] 📸 Photo by Tania El Khoury #Galway #GalwayArt #GalwayInternationalArtsFestival #LiveArt #ImmersiveArts #TaniaElKhoury

biome: closing celebration is taking place this Saturday 13 July! Zoë Laureen Palmer's year-long residency in the Artsadmin Canteen, biome: experiments in radical kinship, is drawing to a close. Join us to celebrate with a free-flowing day of plant-centered activities in Mallon Gardens: https://lnkd.in/eW7H-r7h There will be tea tastings, planting, opportunities to work with botanical herbs, seeds and clay. We’ll also look around  the community-powered transformation of the green spaces in Mallon Gardens and share reflections on the residency. We hope to see you there!  ⏰ 11-4pm   📅 Saturday 13 July  📍 Mallon Gardens, outside Toynbee Studios  ️♿There will be a wheelchair accessible area at this workshop    📸 Photo by Flannery Miller  #ToynbeeStudios #Aldgate #Spitalfields #Whitechapel #TowerHamlets #EastLondon #CommunityEvents Aldgate Connect BID

As part of Trans Pride Hastings, Home Live Art is programming Tink Flaherty’s Benched on 25 July! 🏳️⚧️ Book your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/e5nYryFQ As part of Knotty, a festival of performance for the adventurous, Tink took their bench down to Hastings and St Leonards earlier this June to have a natter with passers-by. These exchanges are explored and interwoven into Tink’s ever-evolving performances.  It's through this unique style of transgentle storytelling that Tink demonstrates the radical and transformative power of offering undivided attention. At once raw and impulsive, confrontational and gentle, Benched confronts intersecting issues of class, gender, neurodivergence and marginalisation, expanding performance tropes and challenging compulsory neuro normativity. Don’t miss it!  ⏰7:30-8.30pm  📅 Thursday 25 July  💰 £10-15  📍 The Stables, Hastings  ♿️ To book seats for wheelchair users and carers please contact the Box Office on 01424423221 or via email on [email protected] #TransPride #Benched #TinkFlaherty #HomeLiveArts #Hastings #PerformanceArt #QueerTheatre

This will be my last Morning Producers at Artsadmin 💗 Join us for a coffee and a gossip at Alba Caffè in Toynbee Studios next Wednesday ☕️