{"id":1558,"date":"2023-03-14T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/?page_id=1558"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:38:25","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1558\" class=\"elementor elementor-1558\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48277027 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48277027\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1104f879\" data-id=\"1104f879\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25868320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25868320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:rttpg\/tpg-grid-layout {\"uniqueId\":\"753a28\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:rttpg\/tpg-grid-hover-layout {\"uniqueId\":\"44619e\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:rttpg\/tpg-list-layout {\"uniqueId\":\"629894\"} \/-->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40853dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40853dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b7a19e\" data-id=\"6b7a19e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1823e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1823e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f67dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f67dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><u>My New Creatives Traineeship<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-399a379 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"399a379\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc5d969\" data-id=\"bc5d969\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b53111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b53111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc55b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fc55b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347ea0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"347ea0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a4d80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17a4d80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>The Welland Festival and Ogden Water Residency <\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f6cd4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f6cd4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Posted on <b>3rd<\/b>\u00a0<b>February\u00a02025<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3afec82 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"3afec82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Taking place on October 30th 2024, I supported Everybody Arts with their stall alongside one of the artists in residence, Sally Barker. Everybody Arts were showcasing the \u2018<\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everybodyarts.org.uk\/boxes-of-wellbeing\">Boxes of Wellbeing<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">\u2019. The 8 different boxes contain creative wellbeing activities that can be taken out by people and community groups in Calderdale and include specialist materials and resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival was an opportunity for me to connect and hear more about the wonderful local projects, community groups and artists involved in the arts and wellbeing sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting Sally Barker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everybodyarts.org.uk\/ogden-water\"><em>Ogden Water Reserve Residency<\/em> <\/a>(Culturedale\u2019s artist residency), I volunteered to help with a workshop hosting local community groups like the St Augustine&#8217;s Centre. Sally had spent her residency at Ogden Water investigating our relationship with nature, the natural environment and creating beautiful pieces in response.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c1ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"32c1ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bc1f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bc1f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Delving into Genocide<\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33db06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f33db06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Posted on <strong>28th<\/strong>\u00a0<b>January 2025<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daca27e elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"daca27e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_scroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4872-768x984.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4872\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4871-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4871\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4874-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4874\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52f1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b52f1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">What is Genocide?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/genocide-prevention\/definition\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Nations (UN) defines genocide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide\u2019s Article II. It includes two main parts:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mental element<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the &#8220;intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such&#8221;; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A physical element<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which includes the following five acts, enumerated exhaustively:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Killing members of the group<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UN goes on to share the several layers involved in determining a genocide. For example, \u201ca proven intent on the part of perpetrators to physically destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group\u201d and \u201cvictims of genocide are deliberately targeted (one of the four groups protected under the convention = national, ethnical, racial or religious) as a group and not as individuals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>The underpinnings of what constitutes a genocide (and what does not) can appear ambiguous and questionable from the juxstoposing UN Member States viewpoints and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).\u00a0 This poses many questions around what happens if a genocide is met by the definitions as agreed by UN Member States and how does the ICJ uphold responsible parties for genocide, alongside those who aid those committing genocide?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ad6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"09ad6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa4b19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2aa4b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Artist AduAmani's Micro-residency <\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1086c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1086c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Posted on <b>17th January 2025<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49091ab elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"49091ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4860-768x1034.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4860\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4863-768x974.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4863\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4869-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4869\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52c4ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e52c4ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This programme empowers emerging artists to gain work experience and potentially link in with other creatives in similar or different fields. My areas of interest are curating, gallery management, installing exhibitions and working within a social justice lens alongside community groups to support their health and wellbeing (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">art therapy).\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/This programme empowers emerging artists to gain work experience and potentially link in with other creatives in similar or different fields. The areas which I am interested in are curating, gallery management, installing exhibitions and working within a social justice lens alongside community groups to support their health and wellbeing (art therapy).   Artist AduAmani was completing her micro-residency at the gallery in Everybody Arts. I had a wonderful opportunity to support AduAmani by installing some of her pieces for her new project, Ananse Ntentan. The kayayo women modelled the beautiful pieces which had been repurposed from rich, colourful, and sustainable African patterns. She explores stories of migration and Ghanian folklore through weaving stories of resilience.\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">AduAmani<\/a> was completing her micro-residency at the gallery in Everybody Arts. I had a wonderful opportunity to support AduAmani by installing some of her pieces for her new project, Ananse Ntentan. The kayayo women modelled the beautiful pieces that had been repurposed from rich, colourful, and sustainable African patterns. She explores stories of migration and Ghanian folklore through weaving stories of resilience.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0614e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b0614e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e5e157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e5e157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Introduction to New Creatives <\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b7757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06b7757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Posted on <strong>10th January 2025<\/strong><i style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1.125rem; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be905dc elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"be905dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4769-768x631.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4769\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4765-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4765\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4766-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4766\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c964b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66c964b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salaam and welcome to my first blog post series of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My New Creatives Traineeship.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will be documenting my work, processes and reflections from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everybodyarts.org.uk\/new-creatives\">New Creatives Traineeship<\/a> at Everybody Arts, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halifax<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first week began in October 2024 where I set out my intentions for my project and allowed myself the chance to slowly ease into the space, familiarise myself with the team and realise my initial ideas. To begin with I was quite nervous in starting this project and allowing myself the freedom to take on this exciting role. Previously, I have not given myself the time and space to hone in on my arts practice and skill set, and this worked out as a tempting way to challenge myself creatively and mentally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two central ideas spoke to me on both a personal and professional level. The first idea was to explore British Muslim identities and work alongside the Muslim community based in Calderdale, linking in with Ramadan 2025. However, as the current genocide in Palestine and silent genocides across Sudan, Congo, Myanmar and Xinjiang take place, this amount of injustice and global suffering felt more urgent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can I do justice to the theme of genocide? We have seen the biggest, most documented genocide unfolding on our very screens in Palestine. I intend to use this opportunity to highlight the injustices committed upon the Palestinian people and consider the least documented or less spoken of, silent genocides unfolding in Sudan and other countries. To tie the countries together, I aim to explore subtexts such as the patterns of genocide, the psychological disposition of genocide on patriotism, colonialism and the profits of wars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When thinking about the mediums I want to work with, I consider textiles and drawing to be a big aspect of this. Textiles affirms my Bangladeshi roots and growing up in the world&#8217;s first industrial city, Manchester. This enables me to explore some practices from my personal identity whilst considering aspects of storytelling and weaving this into my practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A really important aspect of this traineeship is the mentoring I receive. In my first session, I shared some of my initial thoughts, exploring ideas on testing and the pressure felt on creating a final outcome. Previous New Creatives artists have created powerful, thought-provoking exhibitions and you can find out more about their work on the web link above. To know there was no expectation for me to exhibit, lifted some pressure off of me. Alternative ideas to an exhibition include displaying the artworks I create, having a discussion about them, a question and answer panel,\u00a0 trialling my ideas as workshops, posing several questions to test out the topics, and getting initial feedback responses.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My New Creatives Traineeship The Welland Festival and Ogden Water Residency Posted on 3rd\u00a0February\u00a02025 Previous Next The Welland Festival (based in Elland) is a celebration of wellbeing and the arts. Taking place on October 30th 2024, I supported Everybody Arts with their stall alongside one of the artists in residence, Sally Barker. Everybody Arts were &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/index.php\/blog\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blog<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"rabsarts@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/rabiabegum.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/rabsartsgmail-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"My New Creatives Traineeship The Welland Festival and Ogden Water Residency Posted on 3rd\u00a0February\u00a02025 Previous Next The Welland Festival (based in Elland) is a celebration of wellbeing and the arts. 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