Plurality Now: New Futures

You know me here as Segolene Py, presenting Caribbean and African artists in London and around the world, and reviewing art exhibition in London on my art blog Exhibition Crave (www.exhibitioncrave.com). This project saw the light 5 years ago and I am proud and glad to have built so many connections and knowledge. I have curated 2 exhibitions in the last 3 years that you might have seen. In 2020 at the Lewisham Arthouse, with "Nature Encapsulated" and in 2021 at the Bermondsey Project Space with "After Isolation" with the amazing support of the director Andrew Etherington. This year I come back with a more ambitious and personal project, taking with me 7 London-based artists, exploring the theme of multiplicity in identity for Black and Asian immigrants of first to third generations. This project is a personal one. Being of mixed heritage, I connect deeply with the subject of identity and the constant search to make sense out of it. The conception of this exhibition has been 2 years of hard thinking to bring to light and gathering the courage to do it. I want to touch not only the Black community but at large all people of colour who found themselves in-between cultures, countries, peoples, with a feeling of displacement or this deep feeling of not belonging. I wish to open dialogue on this subject and be able to find an answer, if not a path towards it. I wish not to forget the past but acknowledge it, accept it, and go forward with it. To make this happen, I have started a Crowdfunder to be able to pay all artists and participants fairly, as well as for the organisations of talks and workshops, and the rental of the space. Looking to hire the 198 Gallery in Herne Hill (London, UK) OR Copeland Gallery in Peckham (London, UK) for a period of two weeks, respectively in September OR October, this project aims to give voice to first to third generations of Black and Asian immigrants and celebrate plurality in diaspora identity through art, talks and workshops, by showcasing visual artists and building partnerships with collaborators. If you wish to support the project, please donate at the link below where you will be able to read more information about who's involved. If you cannot donate, I would love you to share this link with people you would find have an interest in the subject and event. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pluralitynow Thank you for reading and your time spent on this post. All fund raised will go towards the goal of the event and the next iteration of this exhibition series.