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Tapestry of Black Britons coming to the University of Sussex
By: Bud Johnston
Last updated: Wednesday, 7 January 2026
Tapestry of Black Britons
Tapestry further info
Alum Paula Paulo Ogun Hector will be giving a talk and Q&A on the making of the first tapestries, the diasporic ambitions, including archival images of AFRAS + early Black student groups at the university of Sussex.
Lecture attendees will be invited to submit ideas for input on a specific Black Atlantic Thinkers tapestry
Tapestry of Black Britons TOURING DIARY
2026
?9 Feb-23 May Crafts Study Centre Museum (Farnham)
'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations' featuring Althea McNish, Ladi Kwali et al
?Oct-Dec Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum (Scotland)
African Romans Tapestry + Frederick Douglass
?Oct Hastings Museum
WW2, Carnival + Folk + Romans artwork
?Nov-Jan Manchester Central Library
WW2 + Carnival tapestries with co-creation
2027
?Hove Museum of Creativity
?Sunny Bank Mills (Leeds)
Further TBA
To register your attendance please click here
Contact
media-arts-humanities@sussex.ac.uk
+44 (0)1273 678001
