The Rural Black History Project

Hello everyone, Well, it’s finally happening, next week our exhibition opens, displaying all our work over these last few months. We’ve created three incredible short films, done some fantastic community workshops and collated some remarkable research that is all now being prepared to be shared with visitors to our exhibition. All our work will be displayed at the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester from Monday 25th - Saturday 30th October 9am-5pm (Tues 10am-5pm). As someone who has supported us from day one, we would also love to invite you to our Guest & Press event at the exhibition, on Thursday 28th, 3-5pm. Here there’ll be a chance to meet the creatives involved in making the project, gain further insight into the research and the work, and watch the films as a collective whilst collectively celebrating our shared history. If you’re interested in attending this event then drop us an email at [email protected] , letting us know approximately how many of you will be attending. It is a free, non ticketed event, but we’d like to get an idea of numbers as we’re also trying to arrange some drinks and such for the event (if that isn’t an incentive to come and celebrate, I don’t know what is). Our supporters are spread across the country, and so for anyone who isn’t able to make it, we’ll also be holding an Instagram live during the event, giving you your own personal tour of the work. The time of this is TBC, but follow us @theRBHP on all social media platforms to keep in the loop on this. A big thank you to all of you for making this possible. Every single act of support has enabled us to bring this idea to life in a way we never could have imagined. We hope you’re able to join us so that we can share that gratitude in person. Thank you. We look forward to welcoming you to the exhibition! Warm wishes, Flora Emily

Hello everyone! I hope you've all had fantastic summers. The production period on our short films is well underway, we've put together a fantastic team of creatives, are booking schools into our workshops and much more. As part of this we're on the look out for three Black identifying performers local to the West Country, to perform in our short films, shooting w/c 20th Sep. We're looking for 1 male playing age 40-50, 1 female playing age 40-50, and 1 male playing age 20-30. The Fee £150 + expenses, and the deadline for applications is midnight 12th September. If you think this is you or you know someone who you think will be interested, get them to head to http://www.theruralblackhistoryproject.co.uk/blog/call-out-for-performers to find out more, or email [email protected] Thanks and I look forward to giving you a more detailed update and introducing you to the team next week! Warm wishes, Flora Emily

Wow, this week we made our crowdfunding target! A huge thank you to everyone for your phenomenal support - we wouldn't be able to go ahead without the support of every single one of you. You're the best. You may have already received an email from Go Cardless or Paypal, depending on how you pledged about how your donation will be taken. Go Cardless users rest assured that, despite it being set up as direct debit, it will be a one time charge. Donations should be taken on or around the 10th August (this coming Tuesday). We'll be hitting the ground running now, in order to get production going on our films, confirm our workshop bookings, and get everything prepared for our exhibition at the end of October! We'll keep you updated with how things are going via Spacehive's project page, as well as on our website and social media pages too. First up though, we'll be looking to recruit an amazing team of local creative freelancers, so if you're a Writer, Filmmaker, Performer or Facilitator, watch this space early next week for more information.... For now though, a MASSIVE THANK YOU once again. Have a lovely weekend! warmest wishes, Flora Emily