Arts opportunities

Arts opportunities

* A small grants programme aimed at delivering activities for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Hackney is open until 19 August. Application form here. Questions, contact the Welcome Hackney team at [email protected]

* Applications are open for Black Cultural Archives' Youth Programme: a community of young people who meet fortnightly at the home of Black British history, and develop transferable skills for a career in the arts and heritage sector.

* the other side of hope magazine is looking for contributions in any language except English by refugee, asylum seeker, and immigrant poets. It pays £200 for each published poem. Guidelines for submissions (by 15 August) can be found here.

* This year’s Talawa Festival is running development workshops and link-ups for artists exploring story, movement, voice and dramaturgy. You’ll be able to meet fellow creatives and Talawa’s New York team.

* Call for photographs: disability and representation. Emerging photographers have a chance to win a £312 fee and an online exhibition. Contact Autograph for details.

* Wanted: dancers of Latinx backgrounds to participate in workshops and perform at Hoxton Hall, east London to tell the story of Latin America's Indigenous communities.Weekly evening workshops from September, Hoxton Hall performances 27 November to 1 December.

* The Arcola Theatre is recruiting participants to join its new community theatre group for adults who have experience of forced migration and being a refugee. No experience needed, just an interest to work with others in a creative way to explore performance, poetry and movement. Weekly free sessions every Monday evening. Facilitators speak in English, Arabic and French.

* The 15th Open City Documentary Festival in London next May invites entries: deadline: 13 December.

* London Film Festival is accepting submissions for UK shorts and features for LFF 2024 in October. Contact [email protected]

* Film Africa, 25 October - 3 November, will present film in London venues. Enter your film now.

* Are you a writer, director, producer or theatre-maker with a piece of new writing that you’d like to put in front of an audience? This is the place.

* Papatango has launched a digital playwriting course, with tips and insights from a host of top artists.

* Riverside Studios is offering a regular drop-in playwriting group: “Whether you’re working on a script and want creative inspiration, you're intrigued by the idea of writing a play, or simply want a creative outlet, these monthly meetups are informal, fun and open to everyone.”

* Artists’ alert: London is to get a memorial to slave trade victims, at West India Quay in Docklands. “It is vital that our public spaces reflect the heritage of our great city - in all its diversity and complexity,” said Mayor Sadiq Khan. City Hall will allocate £500,000 and other contributions will be sought. A public consultation will be followed by a competition for the artist. Unveiling is scheduled for 2026.

* Citizens of the World, a choir that grew out of the Calais “Jungle” and now has 50 members from 30 countries, says it welcomes new members (and bookings!). It rehearses in Blackheath in south-east London on Wednesday evenings. Details on the website

Thanks to volunteer Daniel Nelson (editor of Eventslondon.org) for compiling this list.