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Ikon Gallery

Join Ikon for a very special late-night opening, which will see the gallery lit up from inside and out, with free activities for all ages. To coincide with the final weekend of Ikon’s current exhibition, Friends in Love and War, they are hosting a day of creative workshops and a candle-lit, ceremonial ‘clipping’ of the Ikon, led by Birmingham-based Czech artist, Tereza Bušková. 

Taking inspiration from both Czech and British folklore, workshops will include making bread sculptures and ceremonial lanterns which will then light up Oozells Square, as visitors join a procession to encircle Ikon Gallery.  Reviving a centuries-old tradition, ‘clipping’ means to form a human chain around a sacred building or place. Tereza Bušková’s 2016 Clipping the Church performance brought Birmingham communities together to join hands around the Erdington church and community centre. 

Warming refreshments will be served outside Yorks Cafe, including traditional Czech recipes.