The Power of Making Together

Join artist and educator Aram Han Sifuentes at the Working Class Movement Library, Salford, for a discussion on art, activism and the power of making as a form of civic engagement. Reflecting on her Protest Banner Lending Library and socially engaged practice, Aram will explore how craft, collaboration and community can challenge systems of power and reimagine belonging. Before the talk, there will be an opportunity for attendees to explore the library's collection and latest exhibition, .

The day extends Creatives Now's programme of arts for social change, connecting local communities through creativity, dialogue and making.

Aram Han Sifuentes is a social practice and fibre artist, writer and educator whose work draws on her experience as an immigrant and child of garment workers in the U.S. Based in Chicago, where she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she centres immigrant and disenfranchised communities in her practice. Through participatory, collaborative projects, she explores race, labour, citizenship and belonging, reimagining civic systems to confront social and racial injustices while creating safe, playful spaces for skill-sharing and amplifying individual voices within collective action.

Creatives Now: A youth-led arts collective based in Bolton, Creatives Now empowers 12–18 year-olds to take the creative lead in local cultural life. Through workshops, residencies and public-facing projects, young people collaborate with professional artists to explore identity, visibility and community.

Itenary:

From 2pm: Explore the Library’s remarkable collections on labour, protest and working-class history.

3–4pm: The Power of Making Together — an in-conversation with artist Aram Han Sifuentes on art, activism and reimagining belonging.

At Salford Museum & Art Gallery

4.30–7.30pm: Making Together: Banners for Change — a hands-on workshop inspired by Aram’s Protest Banner Lending Library, where you’ll create banners expressing what you stand for.

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