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STORM KITCHEN TALK #1 A weekly conversation seri

STORM KITCHEN TALK #1

A weekly conversation series Storm Kitchen Talks will discuss climate, colonisation, food, land, deep time and radical futures from the Mon & Brec.

Talk 1: Canals, Countryside & Colonialism -- Wednesday 7th October, 5-6.30pm, via Zoom

* link in bio to book *

Beginning our journey in Brecon, at the northern end of the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal, we’ll be diving beneath the surface to explore lived experience, hidden narratives, missing links and the raw materials and goods that connected the waterway to a global network of trade and empire.

Speakers: Historian & educator Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz; Professor of Postcolonial Literature, University of Leicester and founder Colonial Countryside project Dr. Corinne Fowler; poet Marvin Thompson.

With responses from Labour and Co-op Councillor & Climate Campaigner Sakina Sheikh.

Hinterlands Wales is supported by @celfcymruarts & @canalrivertrust

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Bydd ein cyfres o sgyrsiau wythnosol Sgyrsiau Cegin y Storm yn trafod hinsawdd, coloneiddio, bwyd, tir, amser dwfn, a dyfodol radical ar gyfer camlas Brycheiniog a Sir Fynwy.

Sgwrs 1: Camlesi, Cefn Gwlad a Choloneiddio; Mercher 7 Hydref 5-6.30yp via Zoom

* gweler y link in bio am archebwch *

Gan ddechrau'n siwrne yn Aberhonddu, tua gogledd camlas Mynwy a Brycheiniog, byddwn yn treiddio dan yr wyneb i archwilio profiad byw, naratifau cudd, cysylltiadau coll a'r deunydd a nwyddau crai a gysylltodd y ddyfrffordd â rhwydwaith rhyngwladol o fasnach ac ymerodraeth.

Siaradwyr: Hanesydd ac addysgwr Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz; Athro Llenyddiaeth Ôl-goloneiddio, Prifysgol Caerlŷr a sefydlydd prosiect Cefn Gwlad Goloneiddiol Dr. Corinne Fowler; bardd Marvin Thompson.

Gydag ymatebion oddi wrth yr ymgyrchydd hinsawdd a’r Cynghorydd Llafur a Chydweithredol - Sakina Sheikh.

** AHOI! WHAT GROWS HERE? / STORM KITCHEN RESIDENC

** AHOI! WHAT GROWS HERE? / STORM KITCHEN RESIDENCIES **

The second season of 'Ahoi! What Grows Here?', an Autumn programme exploring climate, colonisation, food, land, slowness, deep time and radical futures, extends our previous activity at Pontymoile Basin, Pontypool; and sets sail along the length of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. In addition to the lineup of talks and workshops, we'd like to introduce historian-in-residence Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz & artists-in-residence @beauwbeakhouse & Sadia Pineda Hameed, who will be responding and researching throughout the season.

Abu-Bakr, on his residency: "The canal was breathtaking from a historical perspective – to think how a huge labour force was employed to dig and line this channel for the sole purpose of transporting goods and services back and forth along this artificial line all the way from Newport to Brecon. My project is to see the role this area had in industrial Wales and its links to empire – how these resources and minerals were used or facilitated within the Americas and the continent of Africa: thus the missing links."

Beau & Sadia, on theirs: "We'll be using the time to draw out the abstracts; the edges and the willingly forgotten meanings of the area's waterway. As both spectre and spectator, we will be responding in text-art, moving image and research; and sharing this as the 'Voices-in-Residence' on Peak's social media platforms where you can follow our growing and changing relationship with the canal and rivers of the site."

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Mae ein hail dymor o 'Ahoi! Beth sy’n tyfu yma?', sef rhaglen hydref yn archwilio hinsawdd, coloneiddio, bwyd, tir, arafwch, amser dwfn a dyfodol radical, yn ymestyn ein gweithgarwch blaenorol ym Masn Pont-y-moel, Pont-y-pŵl; mae wedi ei osod ar hyd glannau Camlas Brycheiniog a Sir Fynwy. Yn ogystal â chyfres o sgyrsiau a gweithdai, hoffem hefyd gyflwyno ein haneswyr trigiannol Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz a’n hartistiaid trigiannol Beau W Beakhouse a Sadia Pineda Hameed, a fydd yn ymateb ac yn ymchwilio trwy gydol y tymor.

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Our friends @artesmundi are running held space Art

Spotted: Lion St., Abergavenny. 📷 Melissa Appl

Spotted: Lion St., Abergavenny.
📷 Melissa Appleton
28,000 signatures and counting...please sign for the benefit of young people in Wales.

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#peak #peakcymru #youngpeople #communities #wales

*Link to full statement in both Welsh and English

*Link to full statement in both Welsh and English in bio*

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Actions continued:

• Explore the history of the sites and landscapes in which we work, and their direct or indirect links to empire, colonial exploitation, slavery and slave ownership through our artistic programmes, creating safe, inclusive and inspiring contexts to have these conversations. Timescale: Autumn 2020 onwards

• Create annual Peak research residencies for Black and minoritised artists, activists and creative practitioners focusing on issues of climate and land justice, rurality, Welsh identity and language. Timescale: pilot Autumn 2020; open call 2021

• Create an anti-racist code of conduct to be agreed with all our partners, collaborators, staff, board and volunteers before undertaking projects that addresses Peak’s anti-racist work and its commitment to equalities, with a clear protocol for complaints and concerns to be raised and dealt with anonymously. Timescale: Peak’s AGM – October 2020

• Develop networks, create partnerships and shape our recruitment processes to actively encourage applications from Black and minoritised practitioners for employed staff roles (currently 3 people; 1 on a temporary contract), and for open call artist opportunities. Our target is for at least 20% of our employed and freelance team to be Black practitioners and practitioners of colour. Timescale: first recruitment open calls in Spring/Summer 2021

• Offer free access and use of Peak’s studio, facilities and site to individuals and groups with protected characteristics. Timescale: 2021 or as soon as our building reopens

Thanks to Site Gallery, Sheffield for their #BlackLivesMatter statement which has influenced this action plan.

Please feel free to get in touch to discuss any of this via DM or email: info@peak.cymru

– The Peak team: Justine Wheatley, Melissa Appleton and Rachel Dunlop, Crickhowell, 27th July 2020

*Link to full statement of both Welsh and English

*Link to full statement of both Welsh and English in bio*

Post 3/4

We will:

• Implement a programme of active anti-racist learning, for staff, trustees, volunteers and freelance practitioners. Our target is a minimum of one externally led training event per year organised by Peak, a budget for our young people’s group sPeak to design their own programme of anti-racist learning, an undertaking by staff and trustees to personal anti-racist education and a commitment to work alongside peers, colleagues, networks and partner organisations. Timescale: immediate

• Place Black artists and artists from minoritised communities at the centre of our programming with a minimum of 30% of programming across all strands being undertaken by artists of colour. This is a commitment to increasing the scale of our work – to collaborate with more artists and creative practitioners with a greater diversity of lived experiences. We will report on this annually via our public channels as well as direct reporting to funders. Timescale: immediate

• Increase the representation of Black practitioners and practitioners from minoritised communities on our board. Our target is to appoint a minimum of two new board members by our AGM in 2021 (representing 25% of Peak’s board membership). We will be mindful of the timing of new appointments so that representation is ongoing and we will offer peer and mentor support to new members. Timescale: November 2021

• Create a permanent library based at our studio in Crickhowell as part of our future capital project, focusing on the intersection of race, climate and rurality. Timescale: ongoing throughout 2021/22

• Hold regular open-access conversations in collaboration with peer organisations and partners, listening and learning in order to support long-term and real change across Wales and implement change across our activities. Timescale: immediate

(second half of actions in last post)

The Old School, Brecon Road, Crickhowell, Powys NP8 1DG
Yr Hen Ysgol, Ffordd Aberhonddu, Crughwyel, Powys NP8 1DG
+44(0)1873 811579 · info@peak.cymru · www.peak.cymru

Peak is the working name of Peak - Art in the Black Mountains Ltd / Peak fel enw i Peak - Art in the Black Mountains Ltd
Registered charity No. / Rhif elusen gofrestredig 1011599
Company Limited by Guarantee / Cwmni Cyfyngedig drwy Warant 2692770