Uyghur Art Exhibition & Music Party     June 18th 2005

Uyghur Art Exhibition & Music Party

June 18th (Saturday) 2005, 2pm-10pm

Address: THE Hub, 123 Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4PZ

Getting THE hub: Tube- Canning Town Station > to the Jubilee Line, Silverlink and DLR. Bus- viaA3 and A102

The Uyghur Art exhibition will display three Uyghur artists’ paintings. Merwayit Hapiz – a prominent Uyghur woman artist based in Germany. Akbar Mijit - a deceased Uyghur artist formerly resident in London. Umarjan Karimov – a refugee Uyghur artist from Kyrgyzstan, now living in London, and president of the Uyghur Association UK. A Uyghur Music Group associated with the Uyghur Association UK will perform Uyghur music and dance. We offer free food & drinks for all guests.

We would like remind you about the following day’s event when the Uyghur Association UK will take part in the London 2005 Sanctuary Festival on the Thames South Bank for the first time. The Uyghur Music Group will perform from 2:00 pm to 2:45pm on 19th June (Sunday). We have invited professional Uyghur musicians from Holland to perform at the festival, alongside amateur refugee musicians resident in the UK. Please come and enjoy a sunny Sunday watching our performance. The event takes place at: Coin Street Festival, Oxo Tower Wharf, Thames South Bank. London SE 1 9PH.

Event organizer: Aziz Isa

Contact e_mail: uyghuraziz@yahoo.com