FINAL 2020 CULTURE FUND WINNERS REVEALED

Final 2020 Culture Fund winners revealed A further 18 brilliant projects have been chosen by a community panel to receive cash from the third round of Brent 2020’s Culture Fund

The 2020 Culture Fund offers grants of up to £3,000 for individuals and up to £10,000 for groups in Brent, to enable local people to lead their own cultural projects as part of Brent’s year as London Borough of Culture.

Deaf Rave Live stage performances and special guest appearances reflecting Brent’s cultural diversity and platforming deaf talent and culture for deaf, disabled and hearing audiences. Enjoy music and dance through a unique sensory experience.

Ealing Road Mela A colourful, kaleidoscopic outdoor festival of music and dance, celebrating Europe’s oldest Asian settlement with a combination of established and emerging local artists plus a stage for newly commissioned work. Delivered by the Brent Indian Association.

Brent Seasons: The Library Tour In a creative collaboration with the Brent Library Service, Upswing will deliver live and immersive circus performances for families across six of the borough’s public libraries, exploring the theme of the natural world and the challenge of environmental change within Brent.

Bring Your Own Bars Poetry (BYOB) A series of spoken word poetry events celebrating and promoting North West London talent. Irish Dance in 2020 Cara-Gael Irish Dance School will promote access to and experience of traditional Irish dance for all members of the community through group lessons across the borough.

Commedia Dell’Brent An intergenerational participatory drama project, from the Dende Collective, using the Italian comical artform of Commedia dell’Arte to tell satirical stories related to life in the borough, culminating in performances.

Diversity Comedy Festival A showcase of comedy performances highlighting Brent’s diversity. Presented by Entertainments.

Dance with the Nation Masterclasses in contemporary, hip-hop, Afrohouse and Bajan folk dance from Brent dance company Fubunation, emphasising community engagement across all skill levels.

Raggamuffin: Educational Theatre Programme A new play written by Benjamin Zephaniah, inspired by the Windrush generation – their stories, lives and impact on Brent will be presented by GREACH! Creative Outreach Company.

Brent Animated Celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the borough, Inanimatoz will deliver bespoke animation workshops where participants can learn the principles of creative storytelling, set design and practical handmade techniques to create their own short lm, to be screened at a special curated exhibition, featuring the props, sets and characters from the final films.

The Brent Iconic Public Dance Outdoor performance specialists Jeanefer JeanCharles & Associates will lead a bespoke, experiential mass movement event allowing children from every Brent school – and their friends and family – to participate in a public dance.

Oliver Sacks: Made in Mapesbury A celebration of the world famous, best-selling writer and neurologist, Oliver Sacks, at events with actors, authors, friends, family members, musicians and key figures form Sacks’ life.

South Asian Creatives (SAC) Moeed Majeed will lead a series a series of events aimed at informing, inspiring and engaging young people through panel discussions and in-conversation evenings, featuring trailblazing creative industry figures from the south Asian community.

Follow the Leader A portrait and crowd scene photography project, by Orlando Gill, celebrating the cultural richness and ethnic openness of the borough. The photographs will be collated in a photo-book and gifted to libraries, schools, youth clubs and the Brent Museum and Archives.

The Reggae Celebration Choir The Reggae Choir will bring together a diverse range of Brent community members: local choirs, elder groups, primary and secondary school children to create a mass choir celebrating the legacy of Harlesden label Jet Star Records.

FASHIONING OUR HISTORY COMMEDIA DELL’BRENT

THE REGGAE CELEBRATION CHOIR

BRENT ANIMATED

Grown Up in Brent: 100 years of Youth Culture Share your photographs, notes and stories to help tell the borough’s youth culture story, and be part of an exhibition at Brent Civic Centre.

Fashioning Our History A fine art fashion piece comprising pattern blocks, illustrated by students and community participants, drawing on local knowledge and emotions to explore diversity in fashion. Assembled into a historicallyinspired dress, the final piece will be publicly displayed.

Shubeen Culture “Shubeens” were first held in London streets in the 1960s, having initially started in Jamaica a decade earlier. We Are Parable will celebrate this unique element of Brent’s cultural heritage through sound systems, film and discussion.