Our support is helping iniva share over three decades worth of its pioneering work in decolonising art history. Housed in the Stuart Hall Library in London, the archive captures the organisation’s vital role as changemakers, sharing Black and Global Majority heritage. It includes materials from influential figures such as Dame Sonia Boyce, Matthew Krishanu and Rosa-Johan Uddoh alongside records of vital historic exhibitions.
The project will share the archive through opportunities that bring communities, artists and educators together across Westminster, Lambeth and Southwark and beyond. Co-created workshops, events, oral history interviews, podcasts and new digital resources will enable people of all ages to get involved. These activities explore identity, belonging and cultural memory while contributing new perspectives and lived memories to the archive.
Sepake Angiama, Artistic Director of iniva, said: “Living Legacies transforms iniva's archive into a vibrant space where Global Majority histories are actively brought to life across generations and within our communities. The programme champions collaboration, care and radical imagination to ensure these narratives – which are often marginalised, erased or overlooked – are not just preserved, but become a site of possibility where people can find their own stories and experiences reflected.”
A major exhibition programme running from 2027 to 2030 will showcase the archive in partnership with leading cultural institutions. New traineeships, volunteer opportunities and a heritage apprenticeship support skills development and broaden diversity within the heritage sector.
Living Legacies will ensure that the stories and creative contributions of Black and Global Majority artists are preserved, shared and reimagined for future generations.
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