The Black History Month group will be developing a symposium with Firstsite during Black History Month, alongside the activities of collecting Oral Histories and working with materials from the National Archives of the Arts Council collection to explore the black experience within Essex and the creative expressions that have come out of this. On including the exhibition in our Black History Month program, we hope to highlight the representation of black artists and communities, to greater encourage more people to view art for more than what it is, but also for who it is as well.