We Are Still Here: New exhibition brings student voices From Gaza to Hailsham
A new art exhibition at Gallery North in Hailsham is bringing the voices of university students in Gaza to the heart of East Sussex, through a powerful combination of poetry, visual art and community response.
We Are Still Here: An Exhibition and Anthology of Resilience, Grief and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students opens on Saturday 14th February and runs until Saturday 21st March. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
The exhibition is based on We Are Still Here, a recently published anthology featuring writing by students from Gaza’s universities. Through poems, short stories, essays and personal testimonies, the students document their experiences of displacement, loss and survival, writing amid ongoing violence, starvation and blockade.
Alongside selected poems and visual material from the anthology, the exhibition will feature new work by Sussex artists who have created pieces in response to the students’ writing. These include paintings, music, textiles and mixed material works, offering creative interpretations of themes such as hope, grief, memory and resistance. There will also be an art installation from ArtBloc - a Brighton based mobile art exhibition of Art for Palestine featuring well known Palestinian artists.
The exhibition aims to create a space for reflection and solidarity, bringing together international student voices and the local creative community, and inviting visitors to engage with the realities of student life in Gaza through art and storytelling.
The exhibition is hosted by Gallery North, a not-for-profit gallery and arts centre located on Hailsham High Street, founded over twenty years ago. The gallery supports local schools, charities and creative groups, runs classes and workshops, and organises the annual Hailsham Arts Festival.