Part of: Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay, Platfoma festival

Sunday 5 October , 3 – 4:30pm | Peterborough Museum | Free | Open to artists, producers, creatives 

Do you explore themes of home, movement, or identity in your work?
Are you looking to connect with others on a similar path? 

 

As part of Platforma Festival 2025, we are inviting artists, producers, and creatives to a creative peer meet–up and sharing session led and hosted by artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan. 

 

This friendly and reflective session is for creatives working with themes such as migration, memory, and belonging – whether you’re early on in your practice or more established. Together, we’ll explore how peer mentoring can support artistic growth, spark new ideas, and foster meaningful connection. 

 

You’ll have the chance to: 

• Share your work in a supportive space 

• Connect with other artists working around similar themes 

• Reflect on your creative practice through conversation and collaboration 

 

Come along to share, reflect, and build creative solidarity, in the first of what we hope will be many gatherings. 

 

 Book your free peer sharing spot 

 

The address for the Museum is:  

Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF 

The what3words location is: vest.spaces.posed 

 

 

This meetup is part of the wider Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay project / exhibition, centred around a group exhibition at Broadway Gallery, Letchworth by four female artists with family history of migration (4 September – 18 October). The project is supported by Metal, Platforma Festival 2025, and Arts Council England. 

 

You can find more about the exhibition here: https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/leaving-were-the-ones-who-could-not-stay/   

 

About the facilitators:  

 

Olga and Idit are collaborators in a long-standing peer mentoring group at Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridge, as well as exhibiting artists in the exhibition, Leaving Were the Ones Who Could Not Stay at Broadway gallery in Letchworth (part of Platforma Festival 2025).

Olga Jürgenson

Olga Jürgenson was born in Siberia and raised in Estonia; she is currently based in Cambridge and works and exhibits internationally. Participant in significant group exhibitions globally, including 56th Venice Biennial, MANIFESTA 10, Liverpool, Moscow and Ural biennials, awarded numerous grants and awards from several European foundations. Olga produced and curated the National Pavilion of Mauritius at the 56th and 57th Venice Biennale. Her current artistic work involves rummaging through the archives of her ancestors and learning from their experiences in carpentry, crocheting, and surviving bloodthirsty dictators.
 

Idit Elia Nathan 

Idit Elia Nathan grew up in Jerusalem and is currently based in Cambridge. Her work is exhibited and held in collections in the UK and abroad. She is a conceptual artist whose work includes interactive installations, live events, games, audio-visual works, walks and artists’ books where play and audience participation operate as a productively provocative space to challenge accepted understandings. Using found objects, playing with optics, scale and perspective, her current projects document and investigates the challenging historical and cultural context we find ourselves in.   

 

 

About Platforma festival 

Co-produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with local artists and organisations, Platforma is a festival that takes place every two years in a different part of England. The aim is to present work by, with and about refugees to a wide audience, build capacity and share learning. Platforma 2025 will include more than 35 arts events across music, theatre, film exhibitions, and more.  

Platforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions, residencies, and public programmes, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. 

Partners: Counterpoints Arts, Landmark Theatres, Peterborough Cultural Alliance, Metal Peterborough, Peterborough Presents, Peterborough Museum, HELP Charity, and the Aziz Foundation 

Find out more about the Peterborough Platforma here.