blink - 2007 - 2011
a creative social enterprise supporting established artists> emerging artists>university art students  - a space for exhibition and experimental practice
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seasons art courses - 2018 - 2025
public art classes for all

seasons art courses - public art classes for all
my interest in relational and socially engaged art led me to deliver public art classes alongside my own art practice and university teaching. Our classes have grown from 14 to 75 people over the years, most of whom return for each course.
we walk with each other through all sorts of challenges - students have called our collective space an ‘art family’ a ‘safe space’ a ‘home from home’.
view classes here https://www.facebook.com/therapyforsoul/

blink - a creative social enterprise supporting established artists > emerging artists > university art students
We were awarded funding of £10,000 from UK Big Lottery and selected as their case study for community art events. ‍

i was co-founder, creative director and artist at blink, a social enterprise run with friends and colleagues Bobbi Meddings and nicky connor. blink was housed in a 2-story shop in Coventry city centre and conceived a programme of cross-disciplinary art events, including: exhibitions; art residencies; as a testing space for art projects. Our shopping arcade location aimed to attract new art audiences to a variety of artistic contexts by facilitating engagement with the passing public.
An archive and inside look at blink can be found here testing communication
view blink blog here https://blinkcreative.wordpress.com/

blink worked with established and emerging artists, and postgraduates from Coventry University. blink also collaborated with Education for Conservation, an organization ‘connecting people and nature through art and technology’ [view education for conservation here]. Together we designed and delivered an intergenerational picnic arts event that addressed issues of social isolation and promotion of community interaction.

300 people attended the event at Ryton Organic Gardens over 3 days.
‍our audience joined the event as part of a scripted story that created the day's framework. The story was a re-working of Alice in wonderland, performed by actors from Heartbreak Productions who interpreted our scripts with inventive performances [view heartbreak productions here]. 


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