Pride Hub Newham

2pm - 4pm, Queer Home with Maya Bhardwaj (she/they)

(1 of 4 sessions interconnected sessions)
The first session would be a brainstorm and collective drawing activity on building queer community and home and the barriers that exist.

Who's this for? All ages, particularly queer folks, people experiencing housing instability, migrants, etc.

Maya Bhardwaj (she/they) is a queer South Asian diasporic community organiser, musician, artist and facilitator. Their work centres on building the power of communities pushed to the margins through social movements and cultural activism. Maya also works as a trainer and strategic consultant, and conducts research on activist burnout at SOAS – University of London.​

2pm - 4pm, Paper banner making: Transforming waste into stories with Pá.ú.lú

A creative, fun, hands-on workshop where participants transform everyday packaging and reclaimed materials into colourful decorative banners inspired by Brazilian popular traditions. Each participant is encouraged to create a unique banner that reflects their own interests, memories, culture, family or imagination. Through collage, construction and assemblage techniques, discarded materials are transformed into meaningful artworks.

Who's this for? Everyone (18+)!

Pá.ú.lú is a Brazilian-born visual artist based in the UK whose practice explores identity, memory and cultural heritage through assemblage, paper art and interactive publications inspired by popular traditions.