Black Cube, a new pop up gallery will showcase artists and performers from all over the world.

It is being run by arts organisation Love and Etiquette and will feature a host of workshops, artist demonstrations, exhibitions and film showings all aimed at encouraging cross cultural conversations.

Based in an empty shop on 51 King William Street, Blackburn it will feature work covering an ambitious variety of disciplines from spoken word poetry to Arabic calligraphy, illustration to pho¬tography.

The first artist to kick off the seven week long pop-up, is poet and spoken word artist Wajid Hussain. His work examines self-identity, ethnicity and how communities see themselves.

Wajid’s exhibition opens on Saturday, December 13 and runs from 2-4pm. In addition he will give host ‘An evening with Wajid Hussain’ from 5-7pm. Other artists include Latvian born Maryam Golubeva whose artworks of intricate paper cuttings explore the bond between East and West.

The intention says Rizwan Iqbal, Creative Director of Love & Etiquette, a not for profit arts organisation, is to encourage cross cultural conversations and in particular encourage people from Asian communities to participate.

“One of our main objectives is to give more young Asian and Black artists opportunities to explore potential careers in this area or just to find out about opportunities in the arts as a way to express themselves,” he said.

Black Cube will also work to challenge opinions and create discussion.

It includes the showing of the award winning documentary The Pakistani Four by Shehzad Hameed Ahma that considers perceptions around Pakistani women.

The film follows four women whose disparate paths in life as a sous-chef, weightlifter, saber fencer and stand-up comic all have one thing in common, the lack of conformity with traditional stereotypes.

Black Cube will also feature the work of renowned photographer Peter Sanders whose images of Muslim women wearing flags as traditional dress sparked widespread debate.

Sanders’ early career saw him photograph the likes of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix before turning his lens on capturing Islamic faith and culture.

During the Black Cube pop up he will run a street photograph workshop as well as exhibiting his work.

For more information about Love and Etiquette visit www.loveetiquette.com @LOVETIQUETTE Black Cube runs until January 23 at 51 King William Street, Blackburn BB1 7HQ. Monday to Saturday from 11am to 7pm For a full list of events visit www.loveetiquette.com or contact us on 01282 686651 / admin@loveetiquette.com