Being Human Festival
Exhibition extended till 24th November! This exhibition is part of the national UK “Being Human” festival of the humanities (7-16 Nov) which aims to demonstrate the value of humanities research to society. This year’s festival theme is “Landmarks”. In our exhibition, we celebrate the birth of our young facilitators, a generation born after 1994, as the landmark event that signifies hope for building a new future. Please see our downloadable resources to learn more.
METRONOME, 8 Crown Ln, Morden, SM4 5BL
7–16 November 2024, Free Entry
Arts for Resilience
The Exhibition
The exhibition is organised into four sections:
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Resilience and Connections
Artwork from the Nkwihoreze artists inspired by the themes and findings from the project
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Connecting conntinents through art
Young artists in Merton connect with the project by drawing portraits from baby photos of our Nkwihoreze facilitators and reflecting on the themes of trauma and resilience
02
Photography by Fernando Mugisha
See our young facilitators in action while delivering workshops to children and young people
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Interactive features
We invite exhibition visitors to contribute their own thoughts and reflections by adding a leaf to our resilience tree or writing a postcard to our young facilitators in Rwanda
The image featured on this page uses the metaphor of a tree to represent the unity and resilience of family, where each branch and root symbolizes family members, both living and passed. It captures the mutual support across generations—parents uplifting children and children, in turn, nurturing their parents. Created by the Nkwihoreze team and painted by Sandra, it celebrates the enduring power of family connections.