Repurpose and Release: Matchbox Design and Letter Writing Workshop

Fire is transformation and writing is release. Feelings can be repurposed and fragments can be arranged to form wholeness.

In the first half of this workshop, we will be repurposing text and images to design matchboxes.

In the second half, you’re invited to write an ‘Unsent Letter’ which you may keep or burn safely at home with your matchsticks (provided at the end of the session to take home for safety).

There are no mistakes in collaging or letter writing. It’s about following your feelings; cut, glue, arrange, reflect, write and release.

This event is for East, South and South East Asian LGBTQ+ people.

About the facilitator

Angelina Duke Alexander is a Tamil artist, writer and transformative justice advocate.

Her digital collage was recently featured at the Migration Museum’s ‘Inside, Outside and All In Between’ exhibition.

She is deeply passionate about the illumination of underrepresented realities; LGBTQIA+ joy, migrant liberation and disability visibility.

Angelina is a member of ANBU UK’s team and has a background in archaeology and psychology. Leading with a survivor-centred approach and trauma-informed care, she seeks to create a safer, gentler, more equitable world through educative and creative connection.

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