18 August 2022

A new UK-wide charitable art education project is inviting the public to explore the UK’s relationship with the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans, its impact on UK society; and how we can take action to make racial justice a reality. The World Reimagined has launched 10 sculpture trails across 7 UK cities that will be free and open to the public until 31 October 2022. 

View the Liverpool trail, which includes the Everyman globe here.
See our daily opening hours are here.

More than 100 artists have created Globe designs responding to themes ranging from Mother Africa and The Reality of Being Enslaved to Still We Rise and Expanding Soul with an enormous range of experiences and creative styles. Their unique designs have been applied to a sculpture shape devised by renowned artist Yinka Shonibare CBE, who also gave the project its name.  

Supported by Official Presenting Partner Sky, The World Reimagined trails are the invitation for people, families, businesses, and communities to talk together about how we understand our history; how our past shapes our future; and how we can act for social change.

Michelle Gayle, co-founder of The World Reimagined, said:
“We know that the greatest force for progress and justice is people coming together in understanding, in conversation and in action. That is what we have seen so far in the artists, activists, schools, community groups, businesses and councils who have made The World Reimagined possible.

And these thought-provoking, challenging and inspiring works of art that are now transforming the streets of our host cities invite us to understand it is not ‘Black history’ - it’s all of our history. And all of us have a role to play in the work of making racial justice a reality. So we hope you will explore the trails and join the conversation”

The Globe at the Everyman is by The Caribbean Centre Community Group, Liverpool:
"Our young people took a look at all the themes and we had In-depth discussions about them. The young people had a wide knowledge of the subjects and the themes. They decided that they wanted to incorporate all the themes into their designs. They discussed how ‘Echoes of the Past ’have left legacies that paved the way for us today. How the Uprising of the enslaved was a crucial moment in history that triggered many more movements in civil and huma rights. We discussed the abolition of the trade, and what that meant for the future of Black communities. The children wrote poetry addressing these issues, some of which is featured on the globe. We talked about pivotal role models in today’s society who echo leaders of the past, and we featured them on our globe, including Maria O’Reilly. The young people were particularly interested in showing that there is hope in a future world reimagined; there can be unity, equal rights and everyone could live in abundance. They used flowers, hearts and colour to capture the hope of tomorrow whilst using darker colours to depict some of the struggles Black people have faced over the last five hundred years. They were literal with some of their art, while other parts are more abstract and profound. On the whole, we are totally blown away by the work these young people have created and the conversations they led."

A full list of partners and supporters can be found here theworldreimagined.org/partners.

With more than 2m trail visitors; 200+ schools; 75+ community organisations, The World Reimagined will be one of the largest art education projects for racial justice the UK has ever seen. The coming together of art, education, activism and community will make for a unique moment as we examine our shared history  and help us to better understand what it means to be British.

www.theworldreimagined.org