Make It in DepthMake It in Depth: Xavi ArtXavier Laurent Leopold, known artistically as Xavi Art, is a self-taught contemporary...
Make It in DepthMake It in Depth: Karen McLeanKaren McLean’s multidisciplinary practice is informed by her experience of growing up...
Make It in DepthMake It in Depth: Poetic Unity on Judas and the Black MessiahFor the UK release of Judas and the Black Messiah, We Are...
News·1 min read·0Brixton Blog & Bugle Summer Art Show 2021The Brixton Blog & Bugle Summer Art Show is on! It’s been touch and go but you can still enjoy the best of Brixton...
News·1 min read·0On These StreetsIn April 1981, the streets of Brixton became the heart of an Uprising. 40 years later, these streets have much to tell us, with...
News·6 min read·0Making Space for Art, Making Space for PeopleGemma Dean from Creative Land Trust explores our changing places “Previously bustling tourist hotspots have been emptied of people, high streets without customers, shops...
Make It in Depth·17 min read·1Make It in Depth: I.A.M. Dipesh PandyaDipesh Pandya is an artist whose practice draws on research and reflections on sensory and auto-ethnography, ethnopoetics, ritual, linguistics; and complexities in navigating contact...
Make It in Depth·1 min read·7Passing the torch: An intergenerational conversation about the legacy of the Brixton Uprising.Throughout the April issue of Make It in Brixton, we explored the history that leads up to April 1981, the legacy of that weekend...
Meet the Maker·5 min read·0Bringing a book to life: Voices of Our People.To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the 1981 Brixton Uprising the Independent Film Trust released a limited edition book with a difference. With the...
10Brixton Diaries·1 min read·7Brixton Diaries: draw the lineGaby Harrison is a freelance illustrator, commission artist, and owner of a small, Brixton-based creative business, draw the line. In 2020, Gaby launched a project to celebrate the many local businesses which had been forced to close due to the first COVID-19 lockdown. By capturing these businesses on paper, and sharing the illustrations online, Gaby hoped to reconnect Brixton locals with the venues they had been forced to abandon, and...
10Brixton Diaries·1 min read·7Brixton Diaries: draw the lineGaby Harrison is a freelance illustrator, commission artist, and owner of a small, Brixton-based creative business, draw the line. In 2020, Gaby launched a project to celebrate the many local businesses which had been forced to close due to the first COVID-19 lockdown. By capturing these businesses on paper, and...
Advice·5 min read·0What do you do and why should I care?Why your value proposition needs to be the heart of your business. UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMERS AND YOU’LL MAKE SENSE OF YOUR BUSINESS As a...
Advice·1 min read·0Let’s Talk: HyperlocalAs part of Make It In Brixton’s ‘Lets Talk’ Series we were joined by Tim Gledstone to talk all things hyperlocal. Tim Gledstone is...
Advice·1 min read·1Self – employment Income Support Scheme: 4th Government GrantFor all those self -employed readers it might be helpful to know that the UK Government has announced its Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)...
