Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Art & Writing Hearth at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Communal poem from the Art & Writing Hearth at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants, London, curated by Artists and Writers in Residence Sita Brahmachari, Jane Ray and Ros Asquith.
This is the key that unlocks the door to my future,
My dreams and desires, my heart, my life
This key will be for my access,
To open my mind, expand my brain...
It is the key to my imagination
This key means success
This is the key to my personal story,
The key that unlocks my diary
My small history
The key that leads me on my way
To my family, to my spirit, to begin my journey.
This key is for my own door, my rented car, the car I need
for my journey
This is the key to writing my first book,
The key to my cupboard
To lock things away and keep them safe
The key to my past and
A way back to the future
This door leads to the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
To my classroom. It is a doorway in to school -
To new friendships,
A quiet place
It is a doorway to go in to, and come out from.
A doorway to the sounds of voices learning to live again
Speaking, painting, drawing, writing, dancing, healing
A doorway to and from people’s stories that should be told.
This is a doorway to strength of mind.
One key… many doors.
Keep this key safe – you, yourself may need it one day.
This is the key that unlocks the door to my future,
My dreams and desires, my heart, my life
This key will be for my access,
To open my mind, expand my brain...
It is the key to my imagination
This key means success
This is the key to my personal story,
The key that unlocks my diary
My small history
The key that leads me on my way
To my family, to my spirit, to begin my journey.
This key is for my own door, my rented car, the car I need
for my journey
This is the key to writing my first book,
The key to my cupboard
To lock things away and keep them safe
The key to my past and
A way back to the future
This door leads to the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
To my classroom. It is a doorway in to school -
To new friendships,
A quiet place
It is a doorway to go in to, and come out from.
A doorway to the sounds of voices learning to live again
Speaking, painting, drawing, writing, dancing, healing
A doorway to and from people’s stories that should be told.
This is a doorway to strength of mind.
One key… many doors.
Keep this key safe – you, yourself may need it one day.
The Art & Writing Hearth at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants, run by Writers and Artists in Residence Sita Brahmachari, Jane Ray and Ros Asquith, has been integral to the centre’s wellbeing services for over a decade. The work from this weekly drop in class with a core of regular members has been exhibited in libraries at Amnesty International and in an exhibition for the UN, Voices on The Wind. Since the Global Pandemic we have moved the class from the creative room at the centre to online. The group is invited to respond to art inspirations by drawing, conversation or writing in the session. These patchwork pieces of creativity are shared and formed together into a communal poem. The writing and art of the group is then published on the website as an inspiration for the whole community. We hope to have more opportunities to exhibit and come together to celebrate the work in person in the future. https://islingtoncentre.co.uk/art-and-writing-class-may-july-2022/
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