Above: Banners created by participants during a workshop at South London Gallery (2019). The young people worked in small groups to design and make a banner for a cause that they cared about.
I have been facilitating creative workshops since 2015. I have worked with a broad range of people of all ages and abilities. There are a number of creative sessions that I lead regularly, including; banner making, rotoscoped animation, and zine making. I also deliver reflective, discussion-based, and experimental sessions for artists and designers, such as; practice mapping and ideas generation. I design accompanying resources, including; illustrated worksheets, decks of cards, and craft packs.
These sessions have often been part of longer term, collaborative, co-produced and participant-led projects. Examples include; The slabs whistle; a song under my wheels, KARST & Take A Park (2022); Banners for Nelson’s Festival of Culture (2022); Planting Flags for Breezes Free, Eastside Projects (2019); and Adam Speaks (With New Mouths), The National Trust (2017).
Above (L to R): A poetry workshop with Writing West Midlands (2017); ‘consequences’ drawings from a costume making workshop with secondary school students (2017); a drawing and mapping workshop with young skateboarders (2022).
Above (L to R): A cooking based workshop with At The Library (2024); a grief-related quilting workshop at Paradise Works (2024); a textile workshop with Bloc Projects (2024).
I have been invited to lead workshops for various arts organisations and universities, including; At The Library, Liverpool; Platt Hall, Manchester; York Zine Fest; The Royal Academy, London; In-Situ, Pendle; Bloc Projects, Sheffield; KARST, Plymouth; Historic England; The Holden Gallery, Manchester; Wigan STEAM; Studio KIND., Braunton; Spike Island, Bristol; The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington; Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK); East Bristol Contemporary; Eastside Projects, Birmingham; STEAMhouse, Birmingham; The NewBridge Project, Gateshead; The Bluecoat, Liverpool; South London Gallery; Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge; The National Trust; and Turf Projects, Croydon.