Visit From Horn to Home Curated by Daily Dose of Blackness at The Black Arts Centre

Two original Solid State organizations are collaborating on this amazing Black History Month exhibition, From Horn to Home, a show that invites audiences to reflect on what home means.

“When people are displaced, the idea of ‘home’ becomes something internalized. No longer just a house or a country, Home becomes something stronger and stranger than an ordinary memory. Despite very often being made up of those common, everyday moments. Home is a collection of smells, prayers, sounds, feelings and flavours. This internalized Home lives within us, and many of us have had no choice but to bring our “home” with us through movement and migration. And when it’s time to return to that Home, we find it altered by time, by war, by survival.

Now, the Home we held so close to our hearts doesn’t exist anymore and we’re left feeling like a visitor in our own home.

With a focus on East Africa, in the exhibition “From Home to Horn” artists Manar Abbre, Tutu Elradi, Remas Elradi & Saliema Maki (DDB), Khadija Issa, Rahma Muktar and Stephen Waithaka Ng’ang’a express their internalized “home” through the mediums of poetry, language, photography and video work. As a viewer, you are invited to reflect on and connect with the Home within you, one that may have been forgotten.”

-DDB Media Coop

Don’t miss the upcoming programming!

Feb 21st: Tuning the Future: Black Identity Through Sound w/ Justen LeRoy & Della Orrey @ the Surrey Art Gallery 1-3PM

Feb 21st: Open Mic Poetry Night w/ Ivanna & Marlo 4-6PM

February 27th: Film Screening: Khartoum (2025) + Artist Talk w/ Filmmakers 6PM

February 28th: 5XFest x BAC Listening Room + Talk: Judi Singh (1980s Black & Punjabi Canadian Jazz Pioneer) 6-9PM. Feature in Surrey Leader

The Black Arts Centre

Unit #105 10305 City Parkway Surrey, BC

February 7th-28th

Ramadan Mubarak from Salam Central! From appetizing Iftars, engaging community discussions, and re-centering for the holy month through goal-setting, Salam Central’s events are the perfect way to stay connected across communities. Their first Iftar titled Different Roots Shared Table invites guests to come in cultural clothing and share Ramadan traditions across communities. Register for this and two more upcoming events this Ramadan.

Last Chance to Register for Black Futures Month Black-a-Thon Hosted by Ethos Lab

Ethos Lab’s annual Black-a-Thon is back for 2026!

A Celebration of Black History and the Competition of the year for Grades 8-12!

The Ethos Lab Black-A-Thon is a design jam and immersive experience that blends historical enlightenment with contemporary innovation. Over the course of the event participants will learn about a Black Inventor and hack their invention.

When: Friday, February 27, 2026

Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Where: Microsoft Vancouver Campus, 725 Granville St. Suite 700

Registration: Register as an individual or in teams

City in Colour’s Pathway to Diversity National Showcase Starts with Workshops this Month

Pathway to Diversity is a national art project marking 50 years since Canada’s 1976 Immigration Act, a turning point that recognized refugees and affirmed diversity and family reunification.

Through exhibitions and workshops across BC, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec, six artists will bring powerful stories of migration, identity and belonging to life. Artists include Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, Carolina Aguirre, Natalia Botero, Nasim Makaremi Nia, and Joni Cheung.

Register for More Than a Number: Portraits and Stories of Migrants

Co-facilitated by Natalia Botero and Fiorella Pinillos, More Than a Number is a four-hour art workshop honouring migrant experiences as part of City in Colour’s Pathway to Diversity national art project. Participants will create Polaroid portraits that reflect their identities, life journeys, and experiences of migration across generations. Through guided reflection, writing, and photographic intervention, participants explore what it means to live beyond statistics and economic labels, affirming that migration is not a number but a lived story. The workshop centers migrants as individuals who contribute, learn, and shape the societies they are part of. Participants will also have the opportunity to be included in Natalia Botero’s ongoing project, Reflections of Migration.

Date: Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 from 11:00am to 3:00pm

Location: Solid State Community Industries -  10326 Whalley Blvd, Surrey

Surrey Rainbow Project Continues to Host Vibrant Spaces for Surrey-based QTBIPOC Communities

Stay up to date with Surrey Rainbow Project’s programming below and by following them on Instagram.

Sexual Health & Safety Skills Workshop (Online) Feb 21 2-4:30pm PST, catered to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. REGISTER

SRP x MSU Van Zine Launch Party –Spring 2026. Surrey Rainbow Project is working on the second issue of their zine, Duh, Babe!, titled “Rainbows and Butterflies”. This issue is a collaboration with Migrant Students United to highlight stories and experiences of queer migrants. Check out Duh, Babe! Issue 1.

Cultural Drag Show – Spring 2026!

A vibrant showcase of drag, queer creativity, and community in Surrey coming up soon!

Weekly Sunday Community Gardening– SRP’s gardening meet-ups are a space to grow food, share meals, and hangout in a low-pressure space. Currently planting for the spring season! SRP Volunteer Form