Crossings: community and refuge showcase event
Crossings: community and refuge showcase event
October 28, 2022
The showcase event of the British Museum Spotlight Loan’s Crossings: community and refuge featured talks from Issam Kourbaj, artist behind Dark Water, Burning Worlds, and Dr Jill Cook of the British Museum, curator of the Crossings tour.
The Rev. Dr Gordon Giles introduced Issam Kourbaj and Dr Jill Cook discussing the story behind the exhibition and its reflection of the refugee and migrant crises.
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Issam Kourbaj
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Dr Jill Cook
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We are immensely thankful for Issam and Jill for a thought-provoking evening and for all the contributors and staff behind Crossings: community and refuge at Rochester Cathedral.
Hundreds of events and services are conducted every year at the Cathedral as they have for centuries.