PROJECTS
Current Projects
I am a portfolio artist and work on different freelance projects at the same time. I am currently…
Director of Long Stories Short CIC. I coordinate and run weekly writing workshops with Whittington Park Community Association.
A Creative Writing Facilitator. I run in person workshops for older adults with Immediate Theatre and young people with MK Lit Fest as well as various other organisations.
An Associate Artist at MK Gallery, working on Art and Us MK Gallery’s inclusive practice in the arts programme, designed with and for children aged 5+ with complex support needs and their families.
An Associate Artist on Kazzum Arts Creative Wellbeing Programme, in wich migrant young people are encouraged to share their experiences of living in the UK. Together we explore self-expression through games and discussion, develop friendships and English language skills and explore visual arts.
Past Projects
Facilitator on Entelechy Arts “What Will Survive of Us” project, facilitating workshops around making creative arts legacies at St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, London. (May to July 2024)
Project Officer (Manager) on InCommon’s Connect Programme, their flagship intergenerational programme connecting primary age children with their older neighbours in retirement homes. I project managed 6 different schemes across London, both looking after relationships and communications as well as facilitating workshops. (January 2023 to June 2023)
Lead Facilitator on London Bubble Theatre’s Tea Break Theatre Programme . Working collaboratively with older adults, we meet share stories, make theatre, dance, listen to music and much more. (September 2019 to August 2022)
Associate Artist with Project Phakama, working with dancer Ella Fleetwood on a project called “Constellations”, a movement and multi-art craft workshop offer for migrant women in the community. (September 2021 to September 2022)
Daniel Mariño and I produced a creative newsletter for under 5’s and their carers called ‘Playful Hands’. This was distributed via The Happy Baby Community and used in facilitating their mother / baby zoom groups throughout the pandemic. This culminated in the creation of an anthology. (September 2020-March 2022)