Funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in 2025, the University of Derby, in partnership with the Derby Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association (DBHCA), presents Connecting Solidarities, a co-created exhibition with the DBHCA and Artcore marking 30 years since the war in Bosnia and the genocide in Srebrenica. The exhibition also compliments Remembering Srebrenica’s theme for 2026, We Are Here.

The University of Derby team led by Project Lead, Associate Professor, Dr Larissa Allwork and co-investigators, Dr Giulia Levi and Professor Alessio D’Angelo have worked in partnership with the DBHCA to curate an exhibition which explores how the DBHCA has developed from a support initiative for the Derby Bosnia and Herzegovinian community into a vital refugee support organisation, fostering networks of care, solidarity, and cultural connection across Derby and Derbyshire.

Connecting Solidarities brings together oral histories of community members, personal objects of memory, and photographs and documents from the Association’s archives and the personal collection of Ferid Kevrić, DBHCA founder and manager of the DBHCA until 2022. These materials are presented alongside newly commissioned participatory maps of the DBHCA’s networks and connections in Derby city created collaboratively by the research team with the community, with data visualisations by Dr Jakleen Al-Dalal’a. The exhibition also includes a co-produced textile artwork and a film by DBHCA member and contemporary artist Lejla Kevrić and poster designs by internationally renowned Bosnian graphic design collective Trio – Sarajevo.

Connecting Solidarities will be on show at Artcore, Osnabrück Square, Derby from 8 May – 22nd May 2026 (https://artcoreuk.com/all-events/connecting-solidarities-exhibition-launch/edate/2026-05-08/). Admission is free. The exhibition is part of an ongoing research project, that will include future public events and a pop-up touring version of the exhibition.