‘Jewel Heritage’ exhibition to celebrate the dual heritage experience
Connexions Nottinghamshire will be hosting a ‘Jewel Heritage’ exhibition at Nottingham City Library during black history month to celebrate the lives and experiences of local dual heritage young people.
As the fastest growing ethnic group in Nottingham, the purpose of the exhibition is to celebrate diversity and explore issues related to dual heritage/mixed race (in particular African Caribbean/White).
The exhibition, which will be launched on Tuesday October 21 2008 at Nottingham library on Angel Row, will tell the dual heritage story through words, images, art and film. It will particularly focus on the experience of dual heritage people in Nottingham.
Deana Goode, Connexions Nottinghamshire’s dual heritage specialist Personal Adviser, conceived the project. Deana has spent the last few months working with dual heritage young people to present a display of what it means to be dual heritage in Nottingham.
19- year old Josh, pictured, has been working as part of the ‘Jewel Heritage’ Exhibition planning team. As well as planning, Josh has also been promoting the launch event on local radio.
The exhibition will include: young people’s interpretation of what it means to be dual heritage in Nottingham City, local dual heritage role models and famous role models past and present, presented in a timeline.
Project Manager, Deana Goode, says: “My role is about engaging dual heritage young people and helping them progress into education, employment and training. I wanted to get some of these young people involved in looking at their experiences and at what shapes them as individuals.
“Together we arrived at the idea to hold an exhibition where young people could look at the issues and their positive and negative experiences of being dual heritage. It’s been a really positive experience, with a lot of encouraging responses about how culturally rich it is to belong to two or more cultures, ‘the best of both worlds’ say many of our participants.
“We hope that the exhibition works to encourage others to reflect on their cultural histories and aspire to be the very best they can be.”
The launch event will run from 2pm to 5pm on October 21, and the exhibition will run at the library until November 13th.
