ArtsandRefugees: History, Impact and Future Belinda Kidd, Samina Zahir and Sabra Khan Hybrid Arts Council England, London The Baring Foundation The Paul Hamlyn Foundation 2008 Hybrid Studio 1/105, Greenhouse, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA Telephone: 0121 270 6389 Mobile: 07946 579 655 Email:
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[email protected] www.artscouncil.org.uk The Baring Foundation 60 London Wall, London EC2M 5TQ Telephone: 020 7767 1348 Email:
[email protected] www.baringfoundation.org.uk The Paul Hamlyn Foundation 18 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA Telephone: 020 7227 3500 Email:
[email protected] www.phf.org.uk ISBN 978-1-906172-02-2 Designed and printed by: Luminous Frog www.luminousfrog.co.uk (4259) Foreword This report was commissioned by the Baring Foundation, Arts Council England, London and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation – three funding bodies with a shared interest in an area of arts practice we have called, for short, ‘the arts and refugees’. All of us have been making grants to support arts activity by and with refugees and asylum seekers for several years. As the field has grown in size and diversity, we have become increasingly conscious of the value of recording and analysing what has been happening. To this end, in spring 2007, following an open bidding process, we contracted Belinda Kidd, Samina Zahir and Sabra Khan, of Hybrid, to undertake the work. Their brief was to trace the history of the arts and refugees in the UK over the past 20 years, to identify trends in practice and funding, to report on the outcomes of this activity and to make recommendations for its future support.