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ENB x Akademi present Aamad Aamad was a collaborative dance work choreographed by English National Ballet Associate Artist, Kirsten Ho, and Akademi Associate Artist, Parbati Chaudhury, and performed by students from Mulberry School for Girls and St Angela’s Ursuline School. Inside Out: Public Art, Nature and Mental Wellbeing Inside Out: Public Art, Nature and Mental Wellbeing is a three-day public programme that bring together academics, artists, arts practitioners and mental health specialists in an engaging range of activities, tours and discussions. Community Callout Apply to be part of a community group, working with The Line to help shape three new public art installations in Newham. Destination London A new commission by Anne Hardy at London City Airport Artwise x IQL: Lothar Götz and Troika  Two commissions for International Quarter London Visible / Invisible A substantive collaboration between The Line, the National Portrait Gallery and London College of Fashion to explore themes of identity and representation in the digital and public realms. Nature and Heritage on The Line Images from leading museums and archives reveal the hidden history and nature of East London's waterways Rana Begum: No. 1104 Catching Colour A collaboration between Rana Begum, English National Ballet and London Film School for London City Island Conversation in Colour A collaboration between Paul Huxley RA and Holly Rowan Hesson at arebyte gallery, curated by Royal Society of Sculptors

Visible / Invisible

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Visible / Invisible brings together The Line, the National Portrait Gallery and London College of Fashion in a substantive collaboration to explore themes of identity and representation in the digital and public realms. The project has evolved through participatory image-making, critical thinking and experimentation to inspire secondary school students to consider creative careers and to build young people’s skills and employability. This project has sought to tackle the inequality of opportunity within the arts in East London for local young people through school workshops, skills training and paid work.

This first phase of the project is supported by Freelands Foundation and Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund and has includes artist-led workshops which took the Gallery’s photography collection as a starting point for dialogue and engagement with Year 9 students from four secondary schools within the Olympic boroughs. London College of Fashion Student Ambassadors supported these creative education opportunities and shared their experiences and insights with participating students.

This phase also featured The Line’s inaugural Youth Guides programme. Young people were recruited and offered pre-application training on CV and personal statement writing, followed by one-to-one feedback. Once selected, sixteen young people undertook paid training prior to working as guides, where they engaged the public in conversation about works of art on The Line, provided information and shared their ideas.

Visible / Invisible is a three-year programme initiated by The Line to work towards a co-commissioned artwork for the public realm. Through exploring issues of identity and representation, this project will highlight how now – more than ever – we need to find new ways to see each other.

Supported by Freelands Foundation and Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, funded by Westfield Stratford City and delivered by Foundation for Future London. 

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WATCH: Visible / Invisible 2022-2023

WATCH: Visible / Invisible 2021

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