Windrush: A Voyage through the Generations Exhibition – London

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Windrush: A Voyage through the Generations is a new photography exhibition by Jim Grover, the award-winning social documentary photographer behind the lens of Windrush: Portrait of a Generation, the acclaimed 2018 photo-story which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks.

Now, five years on, and to mark the 75th anniversary and this major milestone, this exhibition, is a moving new photo-story which explores how the generations which followed the Windrush Generation are living their lives in the UK today.

Uniquely, this work explores and invites conversations around the different ways of passing down traditions, the continuity of heritage and intergenerational exchange. It also continues the stories of some of the familiar faces who featured in Grover’s previous Windrush exhibition; the first generation of men and women from the Caribbean who played a crucial role in the creation of a multicultural Britain.

The set of 70 colour photographs, which include nine themed photo stories, shine a light on both individuals, groups and organisations in south London, who together are doing so much to preserve their distinctive Caribbean heritage and traditions for current and future generations.

The exhibition fittingly ends with a display featuring a collage of 75 photos from the youngest generations - under 16s who have been invited to contribute a photograph of an artefact which is important to their families Caribbean ‘story’.

Windrush: A Voyage through the Generations will be on display for three months from June 1 until September 2, 2023, overlapping with ‘Windrush Day’ on 22 June, at the Clapham Library, situated in the heart of south London where so many of Jim’s subjects, who he has formed close bonds with over the years, still live.

Join Brighton Book Festival for a multi-day extravaganza, celebrating the contributions of Caribbean communities to Britain. Events will include two family festivals, a poetry workshop for young people and an evening of celebrations to mark Windrush Day on 22nd June. Enjoy crafting with Afrori Books, creating poems with our poet on the sofa, a read-a-long with Patrice Lawrence, hair education and writing workshops along with lunch and goody bags for all.

Attend our poetry workshop where you can develop your writing with Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane and AFLO. the Poet. Create a piece together on the theme of Windrush Day, hear their tips and tricks and receive feedback on writing and performance.

Come along to our 75th Anniversary Windrush Celebrations on the evening of June 22nd to hear from authors Louise Hare, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Colin Grant, Rosanna Amaka and Windrush voices across generations as they share their experiences, inspiration

Central to our celebrations on June 22nd researcher and cultural producer Pauline Rutter is creating an arts installation that evokes the stories and experiences of people from the Windrush era. Artists, organisers and communicators who arrived in Britain after 1945, will feature within a large-scale collage at the CCA Gallery Brighton. This installation will include archival video footage and history panels developed with the support of London and Brighton based archives. The work will conjure the spirit of community building and the essence of the individual activities of some of the first folk, particularly women, to arrive in Britain between World War two and the 1960s. It places them in conversation with each other and invites reflection on their stories and the experiences of the many others who arrived all those decades ago and whose lives continue to lift us up.

For tickets and the full line up, take a look here: Windrush 75th Anniversary Celebration Tickets, Thu 22 Jun 2023 at 19:30 | Eventbrite and follow brightonbookfestival.co.uk

A Windrush Grant Funded Project