Belonging
Exhibition, Events & Music | 8am-10pm, 27-31 October 2025
What does it mean to belong?
In our society, more individualistic and commercial than ever, belonging, both to a community and an identity, seems further away than ever.
This exhibition seeks to give a platform to those exploring this theme from a variety of angles, exploring the challenges faced by the Windrush generation, the isolation created by technology and the idea of art as an act of collaboration, among many others.
The University of Warwick’s rich diversity and status as a global centre for cultural learning enables a broad conversation on what we can do to create a new sense of belonging.
Events
Launch Event
7-9pm, 28th October 2025
Join us at the official launch of the Creatives Institute, featuring talks from artists, a variety of live music performances, and complimentary prosecco, all in the context of the incredible art at our Belonging exhibition in the atrium space of the Faculty of Arts Building.
Windrush Event
The Empire Windrush arrived in the UK in 1948, bringing with it an aspirational generation looking to build new lives in Britain. Through talks from Monica Brown and family, discover the story of her mother Iciline, who after 50 years as a UK citizen was forced to leave the UK due to the Home Office’s failure. Discover the impacts of this on families and the structural racism present within British society. Followed by a gospel choir performance, and accompanied by complimentary prosecco in the stunning atrium space of the Faculty of Arts Building.
7-9pm, 30th October 2025
Our Artists
An award-winning quilt artist, whose Windrush quilt series celebrates resilience, adaptation and identity, reflecting the lives and legacies of the Windrush Generation. Weaving together the struggles and triumphs of those who journeyed to the UK seeking new beginnings, each quilt tells a captivating story from each sitter.
Ispahani Mukah is a Cameroonian-born artist whose biro drawings transform an everyday pen into a tool of slowness, depth, and presence. His layered, rhythmic lines build drawings that vibrate with memory and connection. Working with a medium often overlooked, he reveals its expressive power, where mistakes become memory, repetition becomes breath, and the ordinary becomes sacred.
Building on a foundation of graphic design, Lemmon’s paintings exploit the possibilities and consequences of our increasing reliance on screens, imposing disruption by applying it to all manner of film footage found online, from films to TV, to news to influencer clips, in order to explore the shape-shifting qualities of the digital world, foregrounding its illusory qualities and their effect on our idea of truth and what lies beyond the screen.