Beneath The Surface

The Black Heritage season at the V&A is now on and runs between now and the end of November.

Illustration by Noma Bar


Interesting events to look out for:

Saturday 28 November

-Design and construct a miniature front room inspired by the artist and curator Michael McMillan’s West Indian Front Room.


Sunday 29 November

– Afro Hair: A Talk and Workshop with Sandra Gittens, Course Director of Programmes, Further Education at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts.

– The History of Carnival, dir. Clarence Thompson OBE, 2008, (U)
Take a journey across time and space to the days of slavery, African Kings and Queens, playing Mas and the essence of Carnival in modern-day Britain amidst the making and beating of the steel pan.

For full list of events click