As the inaugural guest curators of Skin Deep’s first editorial season, RESOLVE Collective wanted to use this space to big up the extraordinary work of local community support structures by making visible, audible, and tangible the ordinary moments that underpin them.
Three Sheffield artists visualise a living oral archive gathered by community centre SADACCA
A Sheffield African Caribbean association is recording stories from the community it has served since the 1950s. We asked three Sheffield-based artists to create original artworks responding to this oral archive. Art by Grace Lee, Ashley Holmes and Tomekah George.
A love letter to an iconic Camden youth centre, and the caregivers who have held the space over generations
While hundreds of youth centres in the UK have been shuttered in the last decade, the doors to Coram’s Fields remain open. This is an ode to the centre and its staff, written by people who are grateful to have passed through. Illustrations by Tamara-Jade Kaz.
The YARD that MAIA built: Growing an ecosystem of support for artists in Birmingham
At YARD, a prototype artist-led hotel, MAIA is using food, family and physical space to meet the practical and economic needs of artists in the city.
Skin Deep meets playwright Aleshea Harris to talk ‘Is God Is’ and limitlessness
Aleshea Harris’ award-winning play ‘Is God Is’ explores structures of neglect, inheritance, and two women’s capacity for revenge.
The Return of Babymother: A Celebration of Harlesden’s Reggae Roots
Widely considered to be the first Black British musical, Babymother follows Anita (Anjela Lauren Smith), who has an ambition to become a local Dancehall star. Courtney Yusuf meets Julian Henriques and Parminder Vir, director and producer, to retrace the film’s steps, over 20 years after its release.
From Palestine to South Korea: lessons in anti-imperialism
Fighting for Palestinian liberation is not just a matter of empathy. Solidarity with the cause is vital to the survival of all those living in the long shadow of global empire.
On finding joy and honouring spirit: Skin Deep Meets playwright Yasmin Joseph
In her writing, Yasmin Joseph emphasises collective responsibility and collective power. Nkenna Akunna chats to the J’Ouvert writer about collaborators, the call of Carnival, and the spirits of Black women pioneers who came before.
Skin Deep Meets babirye bukilwa, writer of ‘…cake’ at Theatre Peckham
‘…cake’ is the second instalment in a trilogy of psychological dramas written by babirye bukilwa. J N Benjamin chats to the writer about generational abundance, the traps of visibility, and what our own words can teach us.
Skin Deep Meets ‘seven methods of killing kylie jenner’ director Milli Bhatia
After two years, ‘seven methods of killing kylie jenner’ is back on stage. Naomi Obeng chats to director Milli Bhatia about the play’s exploration of friendship, the internet, and the lucrative appropriation of Blackness.