In the lead in to World Aids Day, Atelier evening opens with a special House Ball Scotland x Waverley Care partnership event highlighting our communities' histories of HIV activism, what it means to live with HIV today and what the future could hold.
This panel event features the screening of two short films produced by Waverley Care including See Me, See You, See Us and a new community leadership film resource.
Entry is free, ticketed for the panel.
We would love you to stay on for the Atelier fashion show programme; this requires a separate ticket, please book this at:
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/31505/atelier
A note on our venue partner:
This event is created from, by and for the communities we are rooted in, and takes up an offer of space and support from Tramway Glasgow.
In this we want to be transparent and acknowledge the dilemma of working with an established arts organisation not explicitly endorsing the cultural boycott of the Zionist genocidal state of Israel. Tramway sits under the umbrella of Glasgow Life, cultural arm of Glasgow City Council which has financial links to the Zionist state.
We affirm our support for the ongoing Palestinian liberation struggle, and for the interlinked struggles of all peoples occupied and oppressed including in Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Tigray, West Papua. We appreciate Tramway’s programme and building teams in engaging in this conversation with us, and their transparency on their limitations.
Weighing up the potential impact of withdrawing from this partnership, the scale of the infrastructure and the value of this space for our communities; together with our teams and artists we decided to move forward. We will take up this space not built for us, come together, openly discuss the struggles that these contradictions arise from - and what we, together, can continue to do in working towards liberation.
If you would like any further information please contact us at house.ball.scotland[at]gmail[dot]com