THE impact of race relations law is to be explored in a new art project organised by the Westminster parliament and a library in Glasgow.
The artist Scarlett Crawford is to work with Glasgow Women's Library to create work with local people to mark the 1965, 1968 and 1976 Race Relations Acts.
The resulting art, called First Waves, will be exhibited in Glasgow Women’s Library later this year and then displayed in Parliament for an exhibition in 2019.
Afterwards, the Glasgow artworks will then be returned permanently.
Ms Crawford will be holding a series of workshops in Glasgow in May to "capture the voices of generations who have been directly impacted by the Race Relations Acts, but who may have had little opportunity to have their voices heard in Westminster."
In particular the library is looking for people who were living in the UK before and after the acts.
Ms Crawford, said: "Working in collaboration with local communities I hope to discover the unheard stories of those who were affected by the changes, to honour the contributions of those who led the way, and to inspire future generations of people from all backgrounds to engage with art and politics."
Dr Adele Patrick of Glasgow Women’s Library, said: "First Waves is a powerful project taking place as a raft of significant milestones in the steady progress towards equality are being marked across the UK.
"The marking of the Race Relations Act might seem like a landmark that passed with little public opposition, an Act that was long overdue.
"This project will focus on the profound impact on those affected by life inhibiting racist discrimination from the micro to the macro, since the Act was passed.
"We are thrilled to be working with Scarlett Crawford on this ground-breaking project."
Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central said: "Many of these stories will not have been heard before, and the project offers a unique and exciting opportunity to give people’s stories a voice through creative means.
"I am delighted that the project is being hosted by Glasgow Women’s Library.
"It is the only accredited museum dedicated to women’s history in the whole of the UK, and is a fantastic place filled with materials that celebrate the lives, histories and achievements of women, as well as information on the history of various campaigns to tackle inequality."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here