On the 3rd September 2021, the Museum of London will be hosting an evening inspired by their exhibition Dub London: Bassline of a City.
The event will celebrate Black fashion, music and how fashion and music both connect to our personal heritage. The event will be hosted by Museum of London Curator Rianna Norbert-David.
Rianna, along with fellow Museum of London curator Dr Lucie Whitmore both wrote this article supporting the museum's acquisition of an ensemble from my graduate Windrush collection. You can read more about the acquisition here.
The event will also be led by lecturer and creative Omolara Obanishola, looking at Omolara’s recent research that explores the relationship between fashion, dress and Lovers rock (a British born reggae genre) and how it relates to Dub culture.
Dr Lucie Whitmore will be talking about some new fashion acquisitions the museum have added to their collections, including the work acquired from my graduate collection. Lucie will also discuss the role of acquiring new items for the Museum of London.
I'm also excited to share that I will be joining an amazing panel of contributors who will be sharing their work plus inviting the audience to participate and share their own memories and stories. Along with Omolara Obanishola, the panel will include playwright, artist, curator and educator Michael McMillan and Sistah Stella Headley from Rastafari Movement UK, co-founder of Sistah Outlets! Community Cultural Stores and Dub London contributor.
There will also be an opportunity to browse and purchase some items from the guest designers, and I will have a stall with a selection of products including greeting cards, stationery and pins! There will be a DJ set from DJ Papa Face of Dub Vendor Reggae Specialist, and a chance to enjoy delicious cocktails by Caribbean pop-up bar Rumblin.
This event is set to be a really exciting evening out, so if you're interested in attending, you can purchase tickets here.
Giveaway!
The Museum of London has kindly given me a pair of tickets for this event, Fashion, music and heritage: a celebration of Dub London, to giveaway! So you can win tickets for you and one friend to come down to the event on 3rd September 2021.
You can enter via Instagram or Twitter.
To enter using Instagram, simply leave a comment on the giveaway post below tagging who you will bring to the event with you if you win. Make sure you’re following @tiharasmith and be sure to check out @museumoflondon too!
To enter using Twitter, just retweet my giveaway tweet and make sure you're following @tiharasmith and check out @museumoflondon on Twitter too.
The winner will be chosen at random on the 28th August 2021.
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How to Enter:
Twitter
1. Follow @tiharasmith
2. Retweet giveaway tweet
Instagram
1. Follow @tiharasmith⠀
2. Comment on the giveaway post tagging who you will bring with you to the event if you win.
The winner will be chosen at random and will be contacted via Instagram or Twitter DM (so make sure your DMs are open). This giveaway is open to over 18s only. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Twitter. The giveaway will be closed at 23:59 (BST) on 27th August 2021. The winner will be announced either on my Instagram stories or via a tweet on Twitter (depending on where the winner entered the giveaway) and will be contacted by 28th August 2021. If there is no response from the first winner by 30th August 2021 (23:59 BST) they will forfeit their prize and another winner will be chosen at random and contacted. There is no transportation included for the prize so the winner will need to make their own way to the museum for the event. There is no cash alternative to the prize.
