Archive Year Category : 1985

1st Latin American Arts Exhibition Catalogue and Invitation

The Arts Today - Some Basic Issues Concerning Quality and Equality: Discussion Paper

Westbourne Gallery Invitations and Coupon

David A Bailey - Appropriation and Control Exhibition Catalogue

Artrage Magazine: Guyanese Focus - Autumn Issue No.9/10

Newton Brown: Carnival Photography 1974-84 Exhibition Catalogue

Celebration and Demonstration Exhibition Poster

GLC Paul Robeson Souvenir Book: Copy presented to Parminder Vir by Paul Robeson Jr, May 1985

Salim Arif, letter to Parminder Vir and Julian Henriques

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, Press Cuttings

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition: Evaluation Report

History of Black Artists in Britain Research Paper

The Black Triangle by Armet Francis, Launch invitation, Royal Festival Hall

Nepal Rediscovered Court Life 1846-1951, Exhibition Catalogue

Craftwork Exhibition Catalogue, The Black- Art Gallery

Aubrey Williams: The Olmec-Maya and Now Exhibition Catalogue

Bombay Our City, a film by Anand Patwardhan, a Pamphlet

Anti-Racist Film Programme For School And Community Evaluation Report and Press Reviews

BFI - Note from BFI Ethnic Film & TV Adviser, Jim Pines, 13th September 1985

BFI - Strategy and Criteria Following Abolition of GLC, Barrie Ellis-Jones, September 1985

BFI - Policies and Priorities for Development: Consultative Document, Barrie Ellis-Jones, June 1985

BFI - Abolition Estimates prepared by Barri Ellis-Jones, August 1985 and shared with GLC Film Working Group

BFI Conference 1985: Fantasy Factory Video Response to BFI's Policies and Priorities for Development - A Consultative Document.

BFI Conference 1985: Agenda

BFI Conference 1985: Video Screening Programme

BFI Conference 1985: Regional Consultative Committee

BFI Conference 1985: BFI Summer School Information Sheet

BFI Conference 1985: Report On Training

BFI Conference 1985: Does Subsidised Cinema Have a Future?

BFI Conference 1985: Independent Film and Video Makers Association Response to BFI's Policies and Priorities for Development - A Consultative Document.

The Women’s Film and Video Bulletin, interview with Parminder Vir and June Givanni

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Film Festival Symposium Publication Press Release

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Struggle for Black and Third World Cinema Symposium Publication

Artrage Magazine: Caribbean Focus - Spring Issue No.12

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Advisors Meeting Notes

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Companies Commissioned by November 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Project Update 11th December 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Project Update 26th November 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Progress Report 31 October 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Progress Report to Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee 16 October 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Black Music Fair Information Pack Final Draft

Artrage Inter-Cultural Arts Magazine: Winter Issue No.11. Articles about the Race Equality Unit, Black Arts Initiatives 1985

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Black Artists White Institutions Conference 4 November 1985 Welcome Letter from Parminder Vir

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Black Artists White Institutions Conference 4 November 1985 Handwritten Briefing Notes and Typed Talking Points by Parminder Vir

National Campaign For The Arts Brochure: A Programme for the Arts, published 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Ethnic Arts Grants - Priority Ratings 1985-86

Anti-Racist Year 1984: London Against Racism in the Arts Use of Council Facilities and Premises South Bank Concert Halls Report

GLC Arts and Recreation: Grant Applications 1985-86 List of Organisations Applications Received and Registered

GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit: Policy Report Local Authorities and Penal Establishment - A Race Dimension.

GLC Race Equality Unit: North London Community Group Meeting, July 1985 Agenda. Parminder Vir's handwritten notes.

Anti-Racist Year 1984: London Against Racism in the Arts Use of Council Facilities and Premises Other Than South Bank Concert Halls Report

GLC Arts and Recreation: Arts Grants Mini-Budget Bid - Summary of Bids. Note from John Buston to Parminder for review and comments on Ethnic Arts, September 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Murals Project Nagatives Photographs of the Opening of the Mural by Shanti Panchal and his assistant Dushka Ahmed in East End London, September 1985

Greater London Arts Annual Report and Accounts 1984 - 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Statement in Support of the Resignation of Three Arts Officers from Greater London Arts Due to Institutional Racism dated 15th November 1985

Migrant Action Group: Letter from Migrants, Immigrants and Refugees (MIR), 26th March 1985

GLC Race Equality Unit: Black Arts Future Policies and Priorities Report 27th March 1985 Arts and Recreation Committee and Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee by Parminder Vir

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Amendment to Decision Sheet issued on 1 April 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 1 May 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 13 February 1985

GLC Race Equality Unit: GLC Back Arts Policy from 1981-86 Report by Parminder Vir, Head of Race Equality Unit, on Achievements of Grant Aid Programme, Race Equality Programme and Black Arts Initiatives produced for the Black Artists White Institutions Conference held on 4 November 1985.

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 22 May 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 26 June 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 17 July 1985. Wilf Walker and Shaan Tandon were nominated to serve as Advisory Members on the Arts and Recreation Committee. Lubaina Himid resigned from the Sub-Committee

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 16 October 1985. Patricia Hilaire and Shakila Mann Appointed Advisory Members to the Sub-Committee. Rekha Prashar resigned from the Sub-Committee.

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 6 November 1985. Yvonne Brewster Appointed Advisory Member

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 27 November 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 18 December 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Discussions held between the Chair of Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee and Advisory Members to the Sub-Committee on 1 May 1985

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Director of Community Services: Letter from Director to Parminder Vir on Race Equality Programme, 16 December 1985

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Director of Community Services: Letter from Director to Parminder Vir on Race Equality Programme 9 December 1985

GLC Paul Robeson Memorial Concert 7th May 1985 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall: Programme Catalogue

Greater London Arts Association (GLAA) Membership of Community Arts Panel

Letter of Appreciation from Director General of Greater London Council to Parminder Vir, February 1985

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition: Evaluation Report by Parminder Vir. Copy to Junior Douglas, 11th November 1985, for a meeting to discuss the report

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition, Concert and Films at the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall in April/May 1985: Report for funding to Arts and Recreation, 25th January 1985

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition Catalogue: GLC Race Equality Unit presents an exhibition on the life and works of Paul Robeson (1898-1976), at the Royal Festival Hall, 24 April to 16 May 1985

From Generation to Generation (The Installation), The Black Art-Gallery

Focus on Mauritius Seychelles and Indian Ocean Exhibition Catalogue

Aubrey Williams: The Olmec-Maya and Now Press Release

Interview with Parminder Vir and June Givanni on Anti-Racist Film Programme

New Horizons, An Exhibition of Arts, Catalogue, Royal Festival Hall

Visual Aid for Band Aid launch invitation, Royal Academy of Arts

GLC Race Equality Unit: Black Film Sector - Which Way Forward Conference May 1985, photograph of participants

UN Decade for Women: International Women’s Film Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 1985: Article by Parminder Vir and Article Published

UN Decade for Women: A Time of Our Lives - A Season of Women's Films on Channel 4 to mark the end of UN Decade for Women 1985

UN Decade for Women: Women of Southern Africa, Struggles and Achivements. The Decade for Women Diary July 85/86 order form.

National Film Theatre - Cuba Si! 25 Years of Cuban Cinema: Programme Notes

National Film Theatre - A Passion of Joan of Arc, Programme Notes

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Progress Report

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Publicity Progress Report

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Letter of Appointment from Parminder Vir, Head of the Race Equality Unit, to June Givanni as Programme Coordinator

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Securing Funding for the Programme 3 July 1985.

Community Arts Sub-Committee: Community Arts Organisations Grants Application List 1985/86

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Ethnic Arts Organisations Application List 1985/86

Arts and Recreation Committee: Mainstream Arts Organisations Grants Application List of Applicants 1985/86

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Black Artists White Institutions Conference 4 November 1985, List of Acceptances, Speakers and Contributors

GLC Equal Opportunities Code of Practice 1985 Booklet

GLC Arts and Recreation Committee: Final Allocation of Grants to Major Cultural and Sports Bodies 1984-85 Report

GLC Arts and Recreation Committee: Grants Budget and Priorities for 1985/86 Report

GLC Race Equality Unit: Memo from Parminder Vir to John Buston, Thursday 12th September, with amendments to the Ethnic Arts Grants list for additional funding

GLC Race Equality Unit: Memo from Parminder Vir for Race Equality Unit Budget, March 1985

Arts Council: Ethnic Arts Development Proposal by Anthony Everitt, 10th December 1985

Black Artists White Institutions Conference and Arts Council: Letter to Peter Pitt from Luke Rittner, 11th December 1985

Black Artists White Institutions Conference and Arts Council: Letter from Anthony Everitt to Parminder Vir calling for a meeting with Conference speakers, 31st December 1985

GLC Race Equality Unit Tragets 1985/86 Report to Arts and Recreation Committee, Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee from Head of Race Equality Unit, Parminder Vir dated 29th April 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Murals Project Colour Photographs of the Opening of the Mural by Chila Burman and Keith Piper, September 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Murals Project Photographs of the Opening of the Mural by Lubaina Himid and Simone Alexander October 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Murals Project Photographs of Mural by Gavin Jantjes and Tam Joseph opened September 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Murals Project Photographs of the Opening of Mural by Shanti Panchal and Dushka Ahmed September 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers: London Borough of Hackney Funding to Arts Groups 1984/85 Report

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Minutes of meeting held on 13 October 1985 at Tower Hamlets. REU represented.

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter from Karen Woodley, Arts Administrator of the next meeting of the group on 27 November 1985 in Haringey Arts Council, hosted by Lola Young and Manjo Ambasno. Enclosed letter from Margo Ladell, Black Arts in the City of London, Barbican Centre

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter from Nick Axarlis to John Hole, Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Office

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Minutes of Meeting held 28th November 1985 and Notice of Meeting on 17 December 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Report on Harringey Council's Black Arts Development Fund, Guidelines for Funding and Policy documents, 1985.

Migrant Action Group: Migrants, Immigrants and Refugees Conference Coming Together for Equal Rights held on 6th and 7th October 1984 Report

National Film and Television School (NFTS) Women’s Group: Women In Film - Students, Teachers and Filmmakers by Cherry Potter Gandy, published in CILECT REVIEW June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Experience Arts Programme Draft Proposal July 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Experience Arts Programme Progress Report Revised Expenditure 31 October 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Experience Arts Programme Progress Report Revised Expenditure 11 November 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Anti-Racist Film Programme Draft Evaluation Report, May 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Anti-Racist Outreach Workers Programme Report, June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Artists and Employment - Black Music Roadshow Draft Proposal June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Artists White Institutions Conference Proposal July 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Arts Trust Discussion Paper September 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Dance Circuit Discussion Paper September 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Special Meeting 23 August 1985 to discuss GLC Abolition- Implications for REU Staff

Race Equality Unit Management: REU Staff Directory 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: 1985/86 Race Equality Unit Targets and Staff Leads.

Race Equality Unit Management: Writers Competition Discussion Paper, July 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Anti-Racist Mural Project 1985 Booklet with Artists' Biographies. GLC Anti-Racist Mural Project 1985

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: Summary of Decision Taken at Meeting Held on 27 March 1985.

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: The Black Experience Arts Programme (24 February to 24 March 1986), Proposal by Parminder Vir, for a London-wide Black Arts Programme sets out Objectives, thematic structure, programme ideas, Artists, venues, operations and estimated budget for approval on 3 July 1985.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Report on Black Arts Provision December 1985

Staunch Poets and Players production of Two One Act Plays by Don Kinch: Coming Up For Air and Compound Images, directed by Don Kinch and Imru Bakari Caesar, 22 April to 1 June 1985. GLC Funded

The Ethnic Directory 85 Hammersmith and Fulham Council

Parminder Vir interview published Garavi Gujrat, 22nd June 1985

GLC Paul Robeson Exhibition: Invitation from The Rt. Hon, the Chairman of the Greater London Council, Mr Illtyd Harrington JP to the Opening of Paul Robeson Exhibition by The Rt. Hon Neil Kinnock, PC MP at the Royal Festival Hall, 24th April 1985

Saleem Arif, visual artist: Press cuttings, May 1985

Copy of Race Relations Act 1976: GLC Race Equality Unit

Private Eye: Parminder Vir's letter to the Editor, 20th March 1985

Paying for the Arts: The Political Economy of Art in 1985, a speech by Sir William Rees-Mogg, Chairman of the Arts Council on 11th March 1985, published in The Economist

Savarkar Centenary Celebration Committee, invitation to Commemorate Plaque in the name of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ( 1883-1966), Tuesday 28 May 1985

Black Music Roadshow: Invitation to the launch at County Hall 6th November 1985

Black Music Roadshow: List of Major Venues for Concerts

Black Music Roadshow: List of Local Venues for Concerts

Black Music Roadshow: Black Artists and Employment Report to Arts and Recreation Committee dated 15th July 1985 for funding.

Black Music Association: Grant-aid report dated December 1985 for artistic programme

Black Music Roadshow: Press Cuttings

Black Music Roadshow: Press Cuttings

Black Music Roadshow: Press Conference, County Hall with Wilf Walker, Parminder Vir, and seven trainees on 6th November 1985

Latin American Cultural Centre presents Los Jaivas in concert in a tribute to Violeta Parra, GLC Royal Festival Hall, 25 October 1985

Black Music Association Founding Conference, Shaw Theatre 14 July 1985 Publication

GLC Spring Festival on the South Bank from 26 to 27 May 1985

Capital Music Festival Fringe 85 presented by Capital Radio 194 & CapitalCard July 1985

Chingari: The Spark: A Celebration of Asian Popular Culture featuring The Music of Baluji Srivastav, Khalid Tyabji at Tara Arts Centre, March 1986

Camden United Theatre presents A Festival for Camden, 5 to 6 July 1985, featuring Theatro Technis Youth Theatre, Black Women's Poetry Workshop, Camden Women's Bus, Munirh, and The Brent Black Music Co-op

Ancestral Voices 3: Spirit Mediums, Storytellers and Shamans, 3rd Festival of Traditional Arts, produced and presented by the Arts Centre, Commonwealth Institute, 30 May to 15 June 1985 programme brochure

1 Step Beyond: A Season of Dance and Live Music from Britain, New York and Chicago at The Albany Empire, 22 May to 1 June 1985 featuring Joel Hall Dancers, Magnificent Force, London Youth Dance Theatre, History of Black Dance, Stuart Arnold & Paul Henry, Stars of Tomorrow

Black Dance Circuit: Report for Funding Approval to Arts and Recreation Committee, Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee, Staff and Finance and General Purpose Committee, 12 July 1985

Black Dance Circuit: Minutes of Advisory Committee of the Black Dance Circuit 21 October 1985 and 18 November 1985. Present: Parminder Vir, Paula Grant, Jones, Jayshree, Dennis and Anita

Black Dance Circuit: Report to Arts and Recreation Committee for Funding, 12 July 1985

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Special Souvenir Programme Produced by Dance Theatre Journal in Collaboration with Sadler's Wells Theatre on their 21st Anniversary Visit, 14-25 May 1985

Black Dance Circuit: Note from Anita Breeveld, Consultant, Black Dance Circuit, on behalf of Parminder Vir, Head of Race Equality Unit, to Anthony Phillips, General Manager, SBCH, 4 December 1985

Race Equality Unit invitation to meet Dancer, Choreographer Joel Hall and his company, Joel Hall Dancers, for a reception at Royal Festival Hall, 22 November 1985

GLC Presents Waves Jazz Dance Company from Philadelphia, Shimon Braun, founder and choreographer at GLC Royal Festival Hall, 27 August to 7 September 1985

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance featuring Torso, The Models, Prestige and Cosmic Rockers at the Brixton Recreation Centre on 21 December 1985

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance Masterclasses: Five two-hour Masterclasses with Thomas Pinnock and Union Dance in venues across London, 7 to 16 December 1985

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance: Thomas Pinnock performance of African-Reggae Theatre and Dance (ART and Dance) supported by Naissance Dance Company at the Drill Hall Arts Centre, 6 and 7 December 1985

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance Programme Press Release 26 November 1985

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance Programme Leaflet, 6-21 December 1985

Black Dance Circuit: March Programme: Dance Fusions Draft Programme Notes, 11-23 March 1986

Black Dance Circuit: December Programme: Jazz Dance Programme Notes about Union Dance Company and IDJ at Tara Arts Centre, 14-15 December 1985

The Economist 2 February 1985 Article on Integrated Casting: All White on the Night mentions Feroza Syal, an actress, Clarke Peters, Derek Bond, Oriental Casting, Art Malik, Asian Theatre Co-operative

Asian Theatre Newsletter Produced by Tara Arts April 1985 Issue.

Temba The Black Theatre Company presents A major programme of plays and workshops, including Chameleon by Michael Ellis and All You Deserve by Debbie Horsfield, September 1985 to January 1986 Programme Leaflet

Temba The Black Theatre Company in Association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre presents Mama Decemba, a play by N.D. Moffatt, directed by Alby James on November 14 1985

The Tagoreans: Letter from Andrew Robinson dated 3 May 1985, with a copy of his review of The Empress and the Munshi by Farrukh Dhondy and Zia Mohyeddin published in The Listener, 1 November 1984

Tara Arts Group: This Story's Not For Telling, a show devised by Tara Arts in collaboration with Anuradha Kapur, Associate Professor, National School of Drama, New Delhi. Show on tour at the Tara Arts Centre, 30 September-5 October and at the Oval House, London, 16-20 October. Programme Booklet

Tara Arts Group: Tara Arts Centre, Contemporary Asian Arts Season, September to October 1985, Programme Brochure

Tara Arts Group: Anklets of Fire, a play adapted by Jatinder Verma and directed by Yogesh Bhatt

Tara Arts Group: Tara in Education Sepoy's Salt, Captain's Malt, a play by Rukhsana Ahmed, Leaflet

GLC Second Black Theatre Season: Press Review by Harwant Bains of Vigilantes, a play by Farrukh Dhondy, produced by Asian Co-operative Theatre, 22 February 1985

GLC Second Black Theatre Season: Colin Shearman on problems facing black plays and players, features Alby James, published in Stage 1985

GLC Second Black Theatre Season: Article by Naseem Khan on the emergence of Asian Theatre in Britain, published in New Statesman, 1 February 1985

The Staunch Poet and Players present Prophet Without Honour by Don Kinch. Copy of the Play

GLC Second Black Theatre Season: Asian Co-operative Theatre presents Vigilantes by Farrukh Dhondy at The Arts Theatre, from 6 February to 2 March 1985, Programme

Black Theatre Co-operative presents Nevis Mountain Dew, a play by Steve Carter, directed by Rufus Collins, Programme Notes, 25-29 October 1985

The Women's Playhouse Trust presents Spell 7 by Ntozake Shange at Donmar Warehouse Theatre, from 27 March to 4 May 1985

Riverside Studios Folder

Anti-Racist Film Programme Circuit March to April 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Agendas and Minutes of REU Staff Meetings from 19 April 1985 to 18 February 1986