@jazzgrantstudio x @vam_east
“This display is an expression of my Jamaican heritage and Hackney’s rich culture and history” – @jazzgrantstudio
Created during her 2025 research residency in collaboration with @hackneycouncil and @love.hackney , the display celebrates Caribbean heritage, identity and creativity from objects within the V&A collection.
Her new vivid collage, To Travel This Ship, pulls from imagery of Caribbean flora, archival photographs of the Windrush Generation and references to London’s contemporary landscape to create a bridge between the past and present generations of east London’s Jamaican community.
The collage is reimagined as a mural for @hackneylibraries in 2026, as part of the 2025 Hackney Council’s Windrush Amplified Art Grant.
photo @creativetingsbychanelle
@jazzgrantstudio Windrush Amplified Art Grant x V&A in Hackney Central Library
Jazz was commissioned to create an artwork that celebrates the Windrush Generation in response to the 4 day residency where she studied inspiring objects from the V&A East Storehouse.
It was later decided it would make a great mural in the newly refurbished Hackney Central Library which reopens on 2nd Feb.
Opening event on 26th Feb
@hackneylibraries@love.hackney@vam_east@visioncurate
