Following a short display during the Cambridge Festival, this is a final opportunity to see Finding Home, an exhibition showcasing art created with refugee and asylum seeking women and children in Cambridge.
Hosted at Anglia Ruskin University’s Ruskin Gallery, the exhibition offers a window into the cultures and creative voices of women who have sought safety in Cambridge. Through painting, drawing, textile work, and craft, the works speak to joy and hope, as much as resilience and memory, and are the result of workshops run by Oblique Arts, with the support of Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign, Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre, and Cambridge City Council.
The exhibition director is Dr Adriana Sandu, a Senior Lecturer at ARU and trustee of Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign, who has worked closely with the women and children who created the work on display. “This exhibition is a celebration of women’s talent, courage, and the power of community,” she says.
A visiting local artist commented: “The ARU exhibition is very moving and also inspiring. Through vast hardship beyond our full comprehension, these women are not home in the full sense. Their search for home is ongoing.”
The exhibition runs from 14th to 30th April at ARU’s Ruskin Gallery, 9am-5pm. Free entry.
