Journeys Festival International Manchester Launch

Name: Journeys Festival International Manchester Launch
Start: 2018-10-04T17:30:00
End: 2018-10-04T19:00:00
Location: The Whitworth

Creative Tourist Last Updated 2 October 2018

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Journeys Festival International Manchester Launch Event (#JourneysMcr)

The Whitworth, Manchester

4 October 2018

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Join Journeys Festival to celebrate the launch of the third city-wide edition in Manchester. They’ve partnered with University of Manchester Department of History on a new 3-year project ‘Reckoning with Refugeedom’. Find out more about how this project will develop. The event will also give you a first opportunity to see a newly commissioned installation by artist Matilda Glen, ‘Crossing Borders’.

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