In this video case study on our 2012 South London Black Music Archive exhibition, we hear from artist Barby Asante, Emily Druiff, Trustee and Founder of Peckham Platform and members of the local community about the importance of involving young people in art projects that investigate where they live and the cultural impact of previous generations within a specific environment.
Rye Lane Reconnected Panel Discussion: Meera Shakti Osborne x Tyreis Holder
Peckham Platform hosted a panel discussion on March 20, 2024, celebrating the “Rye Lane Reconnected” project. The event featured artists Meera Shakti Osborne and Tyreis Holder, who discussed their work reconnecting Peckham’s Rye Lane with its community through collaborative art.
Artist Talk: Kimathi Donkor, ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’
Artist Kimathi Donkor, Lindsay Johns and Emily Druiff discuss the development of Kimathi’s exhibition ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’
Resource: Bookbed autodidacts reading collection
To accompany the exhibition Bookbed, artist Ruth Beale has complied a small collection of books by or about autodidacts and self-education, and books selected to aid the autodidact.