July 18th – August 13th
OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
– T.S Eliot
Of What We Have Found is an exhibition of work by members of Shoreditch Trust’s Stroke Survivors groups, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery Learning. Since 2023, the group has taken part in ongoing workshops exploring memory, presence, experimentation and what it means to consider who we are through the act of making. These works form a constellation of those experiences, voices, and personalities: a shared expression of what has been discovered, recovered, and reimagined.
Shoreditch Trust
Shoreditch Trust has been designing and delivering community-based programmes focused on civic engagement, health, and wellbeing for over 25 years. Their people-centred, peer-support approach ensures that services are tailored to the unique needs of those they support. They empower individuals and communities to lead, grow, and thrive, making a lasting impact on health and wellbeing. Their work is grounded in deep local knowledge, trusted relationships, and a shared commitment to building a more equitable society.
Their programmes support a wide range of people, including those living with long-term health conditions, isolated older adults, women facing multiple disadvantages during pregnancy and early parenthood, families, and vulnerable young people.
Collaboration is at the heart of their work. They partner with individuals, families, carers, and organisations like this creative partnership to help people sustain their health and wellbeing now and into the future.
Shoreditch Trust delivers the Stroke Project in Hackney and the City, which first started over 25 years ago.
Stroke survivors have been instrumental in planning the activities offered as part of their post-stroke community support service. Art in all its forms has been a recurring feature in supporting stroke group members to express their journey after stroke, communicate their identity, create meaning, and experience joy.
Some members were accomplished artists before their stroke; others had never engaged with a creative activity for fun or wellbeing before, culminating in this creative collaboration.
“This is really helping me cope with the loss of my son. I would never have imagined it would be beneficial for me. Creating artwork has really helped me, I am enjoying this a lot”
SAATCHI GALLERY LEARNING
With sincere thanks to all the members of Shoreditch Trust’s Stroke Survivors groups who contributed their voices, creativity, and courage to this exhibition:
Adu, Afua, Albert, Mandy, Anthony, Ardian, Asantewaa, Azakala, Boaz, Boswell, Bradley, Caesar, Canute, Charles, Christiana, Cloureen, Coral, David, Debbie, Dina, Dirk, Donald, Duku, Ebere, Edwin, Eileen, Ellwyn, Emeka, Emmanuel, Fatimah, Filipe, Geraldine, Gordon, Guy, Ingrid, John, Joseph, Kevin, Kingsford, Kwame, Lavern, Leo, Lilian, Lucia, Luis, Lukombo, Maggie, Mahesh, Maqbool, Marc, Marillyn, Mark, Marsha, Michael, Michele, Mohamed, Momaywa, Mui Mui, Nassor, Nazoma, Neemawatee, Noel, Noura, Odette, Oladunni, Olawale, Olayinka, Oran, Patricia, Patrick, Paul, Paulette, Philip, Princess, Rajwant, Rebecca, Rhoda, Robert, Rory, Sandra, Scott, Sharon, Simon, Stephen, Stiliyana, Terry, Theresa, Thomason, Tony, Tracy, Valerie, Victor, Walter, Witman, Yaw.