Having founded our sister organisation specifically for BIPOC photographers and artists in the Midlands in February 2020. We were very fortunate to have 3 additional bursaries added to the 2 which were granted by the Arts Council. These have come by way of generosity from organisations across the Midlands like Kalaphool, Birmingham University & New Art Exchange. And so we got our first project underway called the Digital Diaspora : COVID-19 Midlands. Along with our 5 bursary recipients and 9 participants from our 9 week ReFramed workshop attendees, we began to document the disproportionate effects of the disease on BIPOC communities which feature themes of loneliness, isolation, faith, loss of income, lockdown upon them during these strange times. The outcome after mentoring by ReFramed is a fantastically curated 75 page book (arranged by our director Sebah Chaudhry) Its out any day now here’s a few double pages to show you a sneak peak of some of their brilliant work.
