'Without Migration' - a Fixers Project
26th February - 16th March 2014
Pop into the café for a coffee, tea, a bite to eat and scan the walls for some aesthetic and cerebral stimulation with our next exhibition titled 'Without Migration'. Please note, the exhibition opens at the end of February. Check café opening times for exhibition hours.
18 year old Rugile Zoryte has been supported by Fixers, a movement of young people between 16-25, tackling issues they feel strongly about to make a difference to others. Rugile’s Fixers project is a poster campaign which highlights the positive aspects of multiculturalism. Rugile's own project challenges the endless myths many people in the UK have of immigrants, by presenting some true facts that aims to change their views and assumptions. Rugile wants to make people aware that the majority of immigrants come here for the right reasons and when they are here, they add richness to our society. Rugile hopes this approach will help towards creating community cohesion and lead to less prejudice.
The posters explain for example that, 'Without migration there would be no fish and chips' or 'Without migration there would be no cups of tea' as the travelling British fell in love with and brought back with them fried fish from Portugal and Spain, tea from Asia and even chips from Belgium or France (that debate is still running). Migration is described as 'making us strong, diverse and unique'. The posters underscore the direct link between migration and foods that are recognised as playing a part in the current British identity, as well as with well-loved international personalities that the British have adopted, such as Mo Farah and Freddie Mercury.