lost artform

Have been working with a poets group who have many identities, (Diverse, Scream Blue Murmur, Love Poetry, Hate Racism), and the experience has been amazing. Helping people with confidence, language skills, self-expression, cultural education and also developing a lost written artform.
Greatness is ahead for this group, and Beyond Skin are really excited about future projects.

As a verbal artform,
Homely Planet radio in time
will be involved somewhere down the line.
(see what i done there)

DF

jigsaw

A colleague of mine at a art workshop recently came out with 'one of those' inspiring phrases. So have to share with you all....
"Our lives are a mix of different cultures whether it is the food we eat, the traditions we follow or the people we are friends with. These cultural aspects slot together like pieces of a jigsaw to make up the larger picture of who we are".

You know frustrating it is when a piece is missing from a jigsaw.

DF

the journey

First post on the beyond skin blog, so what can i say.
January 2004 I set up the organisation to use the arts to help bridge an understanding between people from different cultures, with the main aim to address racism & sectarianism in Northern Ireland

Four years later as i write this, myself and those involved have been on an amazing journey that stills continues as always slighty out of our control.

Far to much to tell, but visit our websites, listen to our CDs, watch our videos and read our publications. This is not a unique magical tale of unity within the diversity, this is Northern Ireland.

DF