Farzana Art Party Hero!
We're very proud to announce that our very own Farzana Khan (coordinator extraordinaire) has been immortalized as an "Art Party Hero" nail wrap! Farzana (herself still within the 16-25 age group of Shake! participants) has been listed among the likes of bell hooks, Augusto Boal and Suzanne...
We welcome Nuwave pictures
Shake! 2013 Nuwave pictures is a production company that offers viewers an innovative and exciting cinematic experience through short films, feature films, documentaries and television programs. Behind Nuwave pictures are Patrice Etienne and Dershe Samaria. Dershe took part in last year's Shake!...
Hip Hop Psychology
UK Hip Hop & Grime Culture promoting community and personal developmentShake! is always questioning the role of art forms and their differences in creative expression and building the capacity for change, so we are very excited to hear about this project: Hip Hop...
Zena’s Thoughts on the Three R’s- Remembering, Re-imagining, Reparations
This will be my fourth time as a Shake! facilitator and the third time as core team intensive 5-day course deviser.Shake! 1: The pilot "Arts Race and Power" course honoured the lives of aspiring architect and London youth Stephen Lawrence, and the eco-activist and Nigerian Ogoni Tribesman...
Paula on the 3 R’s Re-imagining, Remembering, Reparations
Shake! intensive at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre My name is Paula, I joined Shake! as a volunteer last August, and I have recently become part of the Shake! core team. Most of my work is around art and social change, be it as an artist, activist, or cultural manager. I am also, at the...
When Students Are The Teachers – Shakers are the Facilitators: Power Sharing
"Education as Freedom. Through dialogue, the teacher-of-the-students and the students-of-the-teacher (terminology) ceases to exist and a new term emerges: teacher-student with students-teachers... The students — no longer docile listeners — are now critical...