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Dig Where You Stand


  • Sheffield Cathedral Church Street Sheffield S1 1HA (map)

A new and ground-breaking exhibition sheds light on South Yorkshire’s hidden racial history. 

Commissioned and curated by Dig Where You Stand, artworks will be displayed around Sheffield from Saturday 20th July to Sunday 18th August 2024.

Fourteen artists of colour, all based in South Yorkshire, have explored local archives and produced dynamic new work to reveal the unknown history of people of colour in the region, as part of a project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Just as histories are written across a city, this multi venue exhibition will display artworks across a range of highly visible public spaces. Make your way around Sheffield city centre and be moved by a stirring mixture of painting, poetry, puppetry, soundscapes, film, textiles, and live performance.

For more information about the exhibition including profiles about the artists and exhibition venues visit the the Dig Where You Stand website.

Earlier Event: 18 July
Rhythm Time
Later Event: 20 July
Ode to Joy