DalstonArts150 – Hackney Citizen

Kollier din-Bangura interview: ‘society is not ready for a black guy to be in a gallery or to own a gallery’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 June 2018 at 16:34

“What we’re looking at is retention of what exists”: Kollier din-Bangura outside 16 Dalston Lane earlier this year

We met with the sculptor and longstanding Dalston cultural entrepreneur, for a discussion covering black enterprise, gentrification and the loss of creative communities

Celebration to mark 150 years of the arts in Dalston kicks off this weekend

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 May 2018 at 16:07

The area’s long association with creatives began in 1868 with the building of the Reeves and Sons factory