Join a discussion around redistributing power to communities to affect positive change in the arts and cultural sector.
Explore how we can support communities through participatory funding and decision-making models with panel members from Allyene&, Cripplegate Foundation, Grand Plan Fund the Barbican Communities Team.
We'll be launching the evaluation report developed through the ‘Storytelling’ methodology inspired by Arts at the Old Fire Station, and sharing learnings and challenges from our four-year grant programme - the Imagine Fund. The report has been managed and produced by Chris Hayes (Live Project Solutions) in collaboration with our Communities Team and participants across our CIL Neighbourhood Fund-funded Creative Communities programme.
Following the panel and the sharing of the evaluation report, there will be a chance for attendees to network and share resources.
Access
If you have any access requirements you would like to discuss before your visit, please email [email protected] or call 020 7101 1188 (Mon - Sun 10am-4pm).
A quiet space will be available by the koi pond for you to reflect and digest the day
We have the following resources available on request during the event:
- Ear defenders
- Magnifying sheets
- Fidget toys
- A Dog Bowl for thirsty guide dogs
- Comfort Contego transmitters and receivers available upon request for use during our talks, tours and workshops for dDeaf visitors.
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Speakers
Suzanne Alleyne
Suzanne Alleyne’s passion and talents lie in exploring society’s big questions and creating solutions to develop a more sustainable, equitable and resilient society. As a consultant and researcher, she created the groundbreaking project Neurology of PowerTM, an iterative research project that asks where power resides in the brain and body.
This work informs the practice of Alleyne&, the strategic consultancy and research incubator Suzanne founded in 2023. Suzanne has 30 years of experience with a diverse client, collaborator and partnership roster including Wellcome Trust, Nike, Channel4, Swatch, Barclaycard and Brixton House.
Siddharth Khajuria
Siddharth is an arts producer, curator, and artist. He develops cultural projects that emerge from unlikely communities of people, exploring a question they share an interest in. Underpinning most of his work is an interest in the way we attempt to organise and resist the natural chaos of the world.
He’s a co-founder of Grand Plan, a charity awarding £1,000 grants to artists of colour. He used to work at the Barbican, where he developed a new programme for the arts centre’s public spaces, and co-led a hybrid strategy and programming team. He has also been the Director of Science Gallery London, a part of King’s College London.
Sarah Benioff
Sarah is the Chief Executive of Cripplegate Foundation, a 500-year-old grant-making trust, and Islington Giving, a coalition of local and national funders, residents, businesses, and voluntary organisations focused on poverty and inequality.
Prior to this, Sarah worked at the National Lottery Community Fund as England Director and was a Director in the Civil Service for many years, holding senior positions focused on community engagement, participation and policy. Sarah started her career in front-line community development work and was formerly the Chief Executive of the Community Development Foundation, a non-departmental public body and charity.
Divya Satwani
Divya is a Producer in the Communities Team at the Barbican, Somatic Coach and Facilitator whose work is rooted in decolonial practice, social justice and prioritising the voices of marginalised people. Divya has been working on the Imagine Fund since its pilot in 2020/2021. The foundation of her practice involves deep relationship-building with communities to explore power, access, sustainability, radical joy, and body-mind connection.
Divya is passionate about working collaboratively in a human-centred way, and has produced work across various art forms, events, festivals, and cultural programmes.
Conservatory
Location
The Barbican Conservatory is located on Level 3, if you’re coming from inside the main Barbican building.
From the Barbican highwalks, follow signs to the ‘Barbican Centre’. Walking from Barbican tube station, you’ll see a steps with ‘Art Gallery’ above them, these will lead you up to the Sculpture Court where you'll see a sign for the Conservatory.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Access
The Conservatory is on the gallery floor (level 3), reached via the main lifts. Access Automatic glass doors (120cm wide) lead outside from the gallery floor and continue down a ramp (1:12). The Conservatory is on your right, entered through double doors (135cm wide). The Sculpture Court is on your left, up three steps or via a ramp.
Mobility
Limited access for wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility due to steps in some areas.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome.
For more access information, please visit our Accessibility section.
