{"id":66156,"date":"2025-05-22T09:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=66156"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:31:31","slug":"migration-matters-festival-returns-for-its-10th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/migration-matters-festival-returns-for-its-10th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Migration Matters&#8217; festival returns for its 10th year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk\/programme\">Migration Matters<\/a> Festival in Sheffield will allow migrants and refugees to celebrate their culture and heritage creatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival, set up by the charity &#8216;Arts on the Run&#8217;, will take place from run from the 21st to 28th of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One participant in the festival expressed that it &#8216;is a really important part of Sheffield culture because Sheffield was the first city of sanctuary.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:gf3jvas3g4gi5zz6h3dbq3rp\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ln3yngibfc2n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreif4d27shkqkd3q7iorzsilz7qnvorruygejkzrzy7nooen2ajpptq\"><p lang=\"en\">This is not a drill\u2026Yup, it\u2019s here. And we\u2019re gassed to officially drop the phenomenal first lineup for 2025, the big one, our \ud83c\udf1fTENTH-ANNIVERSARY\ud83c\udf1f #Sheffield festival celebrating sanctuary.<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:gf3jvas3g4gi5zz6h3dbq3rp?ref_src=embed\">Migration Matters Festival  (@migmatfest.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:gf3jvas3g4gi5zz6h3dbq3rp\/post\/3ln3yngibfc2n?ref_src=embed\">2025-04-18T16:02:55.816Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The talent on display will vary between dance, film, music, art, poetry, and creative writing workshops, which are due to run throughout the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst those featuring their creativity is multi-award winning illustrator and performer Madeleina Kay, from London. Her art exhibition, \u2018Kaleidentity\u2019, explores the identity of ten migrants she met on a tour of Europe in 2019, which was funded by the \u2018Democracy Needs Imagination\u2019 grant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cA lot of the narratives in the media kind of demonise migrants and I really wanted to just celebrate their identities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kay\u2019s oil paintings and lino cut prints depict the individual identities of the migrants she met, and she says that the project was \u2018an act of love\u2019 to them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"66144\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/65aa91d2c6334b26b3210daaaaa3e938-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66144\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Madeleina Kay and participant Lora Krasteva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" data-id=\"66145\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ba691fe51ec8cda66838476147d56098-1024x735.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ba691fe51ec8cda66838476147d56098-980x703.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ba691fe51ec8cda66838476147d56098-480x344.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Madeleina with her painting of Lora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kay describes herself as being in a \u2018facilitating role\u2019 to the migrants who she has based her exhibition on, describing it as a \u2018co-creation\u2019 between her and them. She says the participants influenced the artistic choices she made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of her participants, Marcelo, said: \u201cI think it\u2019s more than just an art project and a piece of research, it\u2019s a cosmic gift.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kay now wishes to publish a book detailing the migrants\u2019 lives and experiences alongside her artwork.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other events include a performance by the \u2018One World Choir\u2019, a choir set up for asylum seekers in Sheffield, and a community lunch at <a href=\"https:\/\/ammiskitchensheffield.org\/\">Ammi\u2019s Kitchen<\/a>, where you can try authentic food cooked by local migrant women.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Events will take place across various locations, including The Moor, Common Ground Community Centre, The Art House and Soft Ground, and The Crucible theatre, where comedians such as Fatiha El-Ghorri and Esther Manito are set to perform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield&#8217;s annual &#8216;Migration Matters&#8217; 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