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Annual Windrush Day Lecture: Why Women’s Stories Matter.

In 2020, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage established the Annual Windrush Day Lecture to address the ongoing need for deep reflection and contextualisation against the backdrop of significant

Leicester Caribbean Carnival at 40: Commemorating Culture, Resistance and Joy

By Pawlet Brookes, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage In 2025, Leicester Caribbean Carnival celebrates an extraordinary milestone—forty years of cultural expression, creativity, and community celebration.  More than a

Black Dance Uncovered: Redefining Movement Vocabulary through Summer Education

By Pawlet Brookes, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage Black Dance Uncovered: Summer School, hosted by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage in July, offers a landmark intervention

AIM Conference 2024 – Black Country Living Museum

Heritage: At the heart of the community Thursday 13 – Friday 14 June 2024   Pawlet Brookes MBE, Lauren Eaton, Tasmin Evans and Hafsa Hirsi from Serendipity Institute for Black

Refusing Silence: Black, female-owned publications and why we must support them

Tasmin Evans “Without diversification, the mainstream press will rot.” (Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Quoted in White, 2021) On 31 March 2023, after almost a decade in publication, gal-dem closed its doors.  Its

Artists Announced for 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark

On International Women’s Day in March 2023, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage launched an exciting new project, 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark, celebrating the stories