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One Roof: homeless arts festival

December 01 2023

The latest iteration of Art Homeless International’s One Fest, now renamed One Roof, takes place in January 2024. An update from Old Diorama Arts Centre’s Claire Rivers

Towards the end of 2023, the team at Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC) was compiling the second annual creation festival for artists with experience of homelessness, now renamed One Roof.

In January 2023, ODAC welcomed more than 200 visitors to the One Festival of Homeless Arts, to enjoy a range of artistic workshops, including wire sculpting, mudlarking, mask making and more. We received great feedback from attendees of that festival, some calling it “a wonderful holiday” and promising to return for the next one. We’re holding them to that, and hope to see as many repeat visitors as possible, along with – fingers crossed! – plenty of new faces as well.

We are programming one jam-packed week of workshops and classes, plus an open studio space for a second week for artists to spend time on their independent work. We’re hoping to expand the range of the workshops available, and to promote sales of any newly created work the artists wish to sell, with all proceeds going directly to them. 

In addition to enjoying a week or more of outstanding creative company, we are zeroing in on what we can learn during One Roof 2024. The dedicated arts and homelessness team at ODAC are looking forward to discussions with festival attendees regarding sessions that they might like to attend on a regular basis. Our ideal situation would be to establish a year-round programme of diverse art workshops, co-created with One Roof attendees, incorporating dance, wellness, live arts, music and storytelling, alongside the visual art that put the festival on the map.

One Roof isn’t just about the creation of work – it’s about the community we can create together.

  • One Roof runs from Monday 8 January 2024 and ODAC will publish the completed schedule as soon as possible. Visit the website for updates: olddiorama.com
  • For more information, including volunteer opportunities and how you can start signing up for workshops, please email OneRoof@olddiorama.com or call 0207 383 0727.

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