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Venue for Hire at S.i.A
February 2022Sunshine International Arts’ (S.i.A) is a local charity who runs a local community arts centre in Loughborough Junction, Brixton, South London. We have affordable community spaces for hire and regularly host community group events, workshops and meetings. We offer two Studio 3 and 4 is our self-catered arch space located in a quiet alley shared […]
Continue ReadingGangajal “Holy Water” 2001 Created for South Connection Mas Band
August 2020Gangajal “Holy Water” We, the people from deep within, brought with us the vision of life, different ritual, different life styles. Our Roots. from beginning to the end, Creating Life, circling, spiraling to the never ending place We Call The Unknown. We the water people worship and live by her The River from sunrise to […]
Continue ReadingTime Out: We feathered up for Notting Hill Carnival with the mas-making pros
September 2016We feathered up for Notting Hill Carnival with the mas-making pros Read article here: https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/we-feathered-up-for-notting-hill-carnival-with-the-mas-making-pros-082516
Continue ReadingThe Irish Examiner: Feathers, sequins and colour: Meet the team behind some of Notting Hill Carnival’s craziest costumes
September 2016Read Full article here: https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/real-life/feathers-sequins-and-colour-meet-the-team-behind-some-of-notting-hill-carnivals-craziest-costumes-417940.html
Continue ReadingBrixton Blog: Brixton centre launches campaign
June 2016Published on Brixton Blog, 14th June The carnival company and arts charity Sunshine International Arts has launched a crowdfunding campaign to take 35 local disadvantaged children to Notting Hill Carnival. The charity says it sees the carnival as an opportunity to inspire children: to express themselves, to engage with craft and to be the centre of […]
Continue ReadingBrixton Blog: Brixton-made costume displayed at British Library exhibition
November 2015We were recently interviewed by the lovely people at BrixtonBlog.com. Here’s the full story – or you can read it on their website here. Written by Ruth Waters on November 4, 2015 A major exhibition, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song, opened earlier this month at the British Library, celebrating West African culture and literature. Alongside […]
Continue ReadingThe Guardian: From Timbuktu to Trinidad – British Library launches dazzling West Africa show
October 2015Ray’s work has recently been shown on The Guardian website – you can read the article below, or view it on The Guardian here. With a saddlebag Qur’an, a slave-ship manual and Fela Kuti, the new exhibition takes a thrilling journey through a thousand years of West African history – and it’s full of surprises […]
Continue ReadingSoca News: Sunshine in the Rain
September 2015SOCANEWS recently visited us, and here’s an article they wrote about the experience: This was not summer. Just walking the short distance from the mas camp to our red double-decker was enough to get us soaked and chilled to the bone. Not another umbrella carnival, surely? The title of Greta Mendez’s new film came to […]
Continue ReadingBrixton Blog: Loughborough Junction’s cafe with a crafty difference
April 2014Take a look at what the Brixton Blog has to say about us… Arts Editor, Ruth Waters, went to meet the man behind a new hybrid arts/cafe space, Ray Mahabir, for a nice cup of tea. Situated just opposite Loughborough Junction Railway station at 209A Coldharbour Lane, C.A.F.E (Carnival Arts Food Empowerment) is tucked underneath one of the […]
Continue ReadingIn the press
April 2014Take a look at some of the stories about us from across the web: Various stories from the Loughborough Junction blog Read more here: https://loughboroughjunction.wordpress.com/tag/sunshine-international-arts/ Brixton Buzz helped us celebrate the 1st birthday of our arts community Read more here: https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/ai1ec_event/1st-birthday-of-sunshine-international-arts-community-c-a-f-e/?instance_id=62920 Our meetup was a great success! See it here: https://www.meetup.com/handmade-CAFE-SW9/members/56979932/
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