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Refugees showcase their artwork in new exhibition5 days agoShareSaveAlexandra BassinghamBBC News,resultado da lotofácil 1708 West of EnglandShareSaveMariamu ByaduniaArtists at the Kakuma Art Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, created the work which will be shown in SalisburyAn exhibition showcasing the art of refugees in Kenya in which they tell their "extraordinary" stories is opening in Wiltshire.Refugees created the work at the Kakuma Art Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, will be shown at Vanner Gallery in Salisbury.Tara Dominick, a fine artist from Devon, is involved with the group and said they had opened her eyes "to the extraordinary stories that refugees carry".The Power of One Painting exhibition opens on Sunday and continues on Monday.Hubert Senga & refugee artistsArtists living at the Kakuma camp are being offered support through the Kakuma Art ProjectThe Kakuma Art Project was inspired by a painting by Ms Dominick named Boat which showed refugees packed onto a boat at sea.It started a conversation between Ms Dominick and Hubert Senya at the camp and the art project was founded.Ms Dominick said it provides artists at the camp with education, visibility, and opportunity, which is supported by a series of workshops.She said it had been "profoundly moving" to see their experiences expressed through the visual medium of art "and to witness how healing it is for them to be truly seen and heard through their work".Kuachi GaiMs Dominick said getting to know the refugees and seeing their art work had opened her eyes to their "extraordinary stories"Kakuma camp is home to about 300,000 refugees from different African countries who "fled famine, persecution and conflict," Ms Dominick said."[So] the opportunity for them to be exhibited here in the UK at The Vanner Gallery is more than miraculous.""I would not have thought one painting could impact quite so many lives, not just the refugees but also the community of wonderful supporters here in the UK, who made a bespoke art gallery at the camp possible," she said.The whole process had supported the artists to become more confident which was "extremely heart-warming", she added.Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.More on this storyStarvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts'We live in fear' - forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven imageUN 'deeply concerned' Kenya returned Turkish refugeesRelated internet linksThe Kakuma Art ProjectRefugees and asylum seekersArtSalisbury
