BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11634@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T000000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134014Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/savera-uk-duality-of-vessels/ SUMMARY:St George's Hall: Savera UK: Duality of Vessels DESCRIPTION:Savera UK launches community art exhibition: “Duality Vessels : Voices of Strength” \nThe exhibition at St George’s Hall will run f rom Tuesday 10th March until Monday 30th April 2026.\nSavera UK\, a leadin g charity established in Merseyside to help people affected by ‘honour ’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices\, is launching a community art exhibition at St George’s Hall in March.\n\nDuality Vessels: Voices of Strength will be located in the Stable Gallery’s Café 1854 Space and w ill feature artworks created by women from the Liverpool City Region that address the issues of HBA and harmful practices\, which include forced mar riage\, conversion ‘therapy’ and spiritual abuse.\n\nThrough creative expression in mediums including collage\, photography and sculpture\, the exhibition brings visibility to abuse that is often kept hidden by silence and control\, exploring identity\, resilience\, culture and lived experie nce.\n\nFollowing a private launch event for the artists\, their guests an d supporters of Savera UK\, the exhibition will be open to the public from Tuesday 10th March until Monday 30th April 2026.\n\nThere will also be a series of workshops connected to themes in the exhibition\, including a co ffee morning delivered in partnership with RASA Merseyside on Wednesday 18 th March (10am - 12pm)\, an immersive sound bath (women only event) on Wed nesday 8th April (10am - 12pm)\, and a HBA and harmful practices workshop led by Savera UK on Thursday 16th April (10am - 12pm). These sessions are free\, but donations are welcome. Places are limited so booking is require d.\n\nA selection of pieces from the first phase of the community art proj ect\, which was funded by the Community Foundation for Merseyside\, were p reviewed at Savera UK’s “March to End HBA &\; Festival of Culture ” last summer [September 2025].\n\nLed by facilitator Amina Bihi\, the project involved a variety of activities\, including mask-making\, collage workshops\, stop-motion animation\, photography\, and portrait series. Th ese activities allowed participants to explore themes related to culture\, identity\, and understanding and/or experiences of HBA\, while developing their artistic skills and practising mindfulness.\n\nIn the last year alo ne Savera UK has helped 339 clients and received almost 700 calls to its n ational helpline and submissions to its online referral forms. As well as seeing a 51% increase in referrals for forced marriage and 33% increase fo r FGM\, it also noted a much more significant increase in less well-recogn ised harmful practices. These include spiritual abuse\, where referrals do ubled\, referrals relating to sexuality and gender (125% increase) and for ced servitude\, referrals for which increased by 433%.\n\nIf you think you or someone you know is at risk of or experiencing HBA or harmful practice s\, you can contact our national helpline 0800 107 0726 (10am – 4pm\, we ekdays excluding bank holidays). If you are at immediate risk\, please rin g 999.\n\nFor more information about Savera UK\, visit: www.saverauk.co.u k\n\nFor all Savera UK events\, visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sav era-uk-113801969251 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2026/02/Masks-created-as-part-of-first-phase-of-Savera-UK-community-art- exhibition.jpeg CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:St George's Hall\, St George's Place\, Liverpool\, L1 1JJ\, Liverp ool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.40778;-2.980478 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St George's Place\, Liverpo ol\, L1 1JJ\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Geo rge's Hall:geo:53.40778,-2.980478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR