Capital of Cycling 
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 June ’18
The fifth annual Refugee Week art exhibition is at Capital of Cycling, Hall Ings, Bradford BD1 5SD. My Dream? has been organised by Bradford City of Sanctuary.
It is a mixed media exhibition – with paintings, textile art, photography, collages and poems – by individual artists and groups. Exhibitors are of all ages. Some of the work is from schools, including St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College, where Year 10 students have worked independently, to produce work on the theme of My Dream? Work by refugees and asylum seekers, from groups across the area, including Shine West Bowling, the Anchor Drop-in Project and the Millside Centre / Horton Housing is shown in a range of collaborative pieces.
Deborah Mullins is exhibiting Reflections on Palestine in textile art. Refugee postcards by Sara Abbasi, tells the stories of refugees, one postcard at a time. Refugees in Brussels and London were given a camera to take pictures of their lives in Europe over the course of a week.
The exhibition is open:
- Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 June: 11-00am to 5-00pm
- Friday 22 June: 11-00am to 6-30pm
- Saturday 23 June: 11-00am to 6-00pm
Capital of Cycling is a coalition of charities and community groups who aim to increase cycling for well-being, social and environmental change in Bradford. A bike can be a particularly empowering tool for a refugee or asylum seeker. We’ve started the Cycling to Sanctuary and Riding with Refugees projects, enabling refugees to gain access to bikes and be empowered to ride and maintain them. Dave Robison, of Capital of Cycling says “Over the last two years we have been developing a large community cycling hub based in central Bradford, and are thrilled to be able to use the space for this wonderful exhibition.”
On Friday 22 June, between 4-30 and 6-30pm, visitors can wander between the My Dream? exhibition and the World Wide Women of Bradford exhibition, at Of the People, 23 Bank Street, Bradford BD1 1PU, to meet the artists at Of the People and have some cake.
For more information:
- My Dream? exhibition: Mary Blacka, Bradford City of Sanctuary, on schools@bradford.cityofsanctuary.org
- Worldwide Women of Bradford exhibition: Deborah Collett, Artworks Creative Communities on deborah@artworkscreative.org.uk
- Capital of Cycling, Hall Ings, BD1 5SD
