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What they say about us. Playing the Race Card Project and Exhibition in the press.
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Playing The Race Card, Lauren Lisk, Dame Alice Owen's School
Playing the Race Card was an exhibition which took place for just over two weeks, from October to November, in Hastings, East Sussex. The exhibition sought to amplify the voices of Black artists across the UK, who were asked to respond to the derogatory term ‘playing the race card.’ The exhibition was not just a celebration of diversity, but also a calling card for change.
October 2022
Sussex exhibition challenges 'you're playing the race card' phrase as part of black history month
Black artists are displaying powerful and varied images to challenge the phrase 'you're playing the race card'
The exhibition at the Greenhalf Studio in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex is designed to challenge the dismissive response.
Race or Racist Card?
A St Leonards exhibition prompted Kent Barker to consider what progress race relations have made in Britain over the past half century.
Flipping the Card
A St Leonards exhibition prompted Kent Barker to consider what progress race relations have made in Britain over the past half century.
‘Playing the Race Card’
The biggest exhibition of Black artists on the south coast opens this Friday, 21 October and promises to spark debate and challenge racism. Opening during Black History Month, Playing the Race Card, features the work of 25 Black artists responding to their perceptions or experiences relating to the intentionally undermining term ‘playing the race card’. HOT’s Erica Smith looks forward to an empowering show.
Playing the Race Card, what does it mean to us in 2020?
The ‘Playing the Race Card’ project is to give BAME artists in the locality an opportunity to showcase their art and be in with the chance of winning an amazing cash prize of £500. There will also be online youth art workshops on Sunday 29 November. Nichelle Kelleher explains more about the ‘Playing the Race Card’ competition.