HOME from HOME is a free art programme for refugees and asylum seekers at Tate Liverpool 

 

 

Curator and Project Leader - Adi Lerer

 

The programme developed to connect local migrant communities to each other and the city-wide cultural offer, using Tate’s art collection as tool for knowledge exchange and as a way of study together. It is a skills development programme that aims to help migrants to establish themselves in the city region.

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The programme considers the role of the gallery as a social connecter in it's local context.

 

During the Home from Home programme, participants explore Tate’s international collection and exhibitions. They identified artworks that resonates with them. They then research an artwork (in the broadest sense) from their country of origin that they feel can entre into dialogue with the artwork they had chosen from Tate’s collection.

 

Through creative activities and integral ESOL exercises, (English for Speakers of Other Languages), the group  interpret artworks; gaining confidence to speak fluently about their selected piece, and offering personal insights which often connect to their experiences. Field trips, including Tate Liverpool and Liverpool Biennial exhibitions, introduced them to the cultural life of the city.

 

At the end of the Home from Home programme a celebratory event took place, with participants acting as guides and delivering a public talk on their chosen artwork; one from the Tate collection and another from their country of origin.

 

The Home from Home programme also includes a mentoring scheme, to support the professional development of participants who are practising artists. The mentoring scheme connects mentees with local artist groups and has shown early success in equipping participants with transferrable skills and letting them grow into Liverpool’s creative community.