Get Creative! and make a poster inspired by the artwork of historical resistance pamphlets, posters, and album covers from Chile. Hosted at Snug space in Hyde Park Book Club from 4.30-9pm. 2023 marks 50 years since the overthrow of the democratically elected President Salvador Allende in Chile. This session forms Read more…
Our main, month-long exhibition at the University of Leeds. Exhibition dates: 18 April - 18 May 2023. Opening Launch 5-8 pm on 18 April. Curated from Latin American political poster and pamphlet archives, with a particular focus on Chilean resistance to authoritarianism after a coup d'état in 1973. This is Read more…
Join us at the Leeds Art Gallery for a day of poster-making! We will be looking at a range of political artworks from the 70s and 80s to draw inspiration and create our own. Just turn up and drop in - all welcome
Join us at the Leeds Art Gallery for a second day of poster-making! We will be looking at a range of political artworks from the 70s and 80s to draw inspiration and create our own. The workshop is family friendly and we will provide colouring-in sheets for children.
During the final week of our exhibition, we invite chilean exile CARLOS ARREDONDO to share his experiences as a musician, a refugee, an activist, an archivist and a member of the exile generation of 1973. Carlos Arendondo first came to Britain as part of the 1973 exile from Chile, where Read more…
This workshop will be facilitated by Tatiana Hernandez and Jimena Pardo both second generation Chileans living in the UK. We invite the Chilean community in Leeds to join us for a textile workshop at Leeds University to reflect on 50 years of solidarity and resistance. Using our stories as a Read more…
Films at Heart’s Food and Film celebrate CHILE Food 6.30pm Introduction 7.15pm Film 7.30pm Come and join the celebration with delicious food from the Assembly Bar + Kitchen and the brilliant Chilean film NO Dir Pablo Larrain/1 hr 52 mins/Certificate 15/Subtitles/2012 Oscar nominated true story about the advertising executives who Read more…
ONLINE ZOOM MEETING Over a thousand political detention centers existed in Chile during the dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990). Music was commonly present in these places, where thousands were tortured, disappeared, and executed. This presentation focuses on the digital platform Cantos Cautivos (Captive Songs), led and edited by Read more…