Behind the Scenes: Projects
Behind the scenes on three of my recent projects, plus win an EXCLUSIVE mentoring opportunity!
Join me in coastal Cambois, rural Otterburn and an island cut off by the tide, as I share some of the work that goes on behind the scenes to produce inspirational creative projects with communities.
Plus, be in with a chance to win an exclusive online mentoring opportunity - read on to find out more…
A new day, a new (outdoor) office
Working in a rural landscape fulfils a life-long ambition. And to work where I live, in the arts, is something else!
Find out more about projects I’m developing with creatives and communities across Northumberland’s remote North.
First, take a look back at a show I recently curated in the South East of the county, overlooking the sea…
What happens when you combine a Miners Institute, art and community?
Cambois Art Show 2024!
I curated the show at The Tute, a former Miners’ Institute overlooking the North Sea in the tucked-away village of Cambois, this summer. The hall was transformed into an exhibition packed with contemporary local artists and a nod to the many layers of the building’s history.
150 visitors and 20 artists over 2 days.
We even repurposed the old boxing bag hanger!
Sneak peak in the video below…
Behind the scenes PLUS win an exclusive mentoring opportunity!
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Behind the scenes PLUS win an exclusive mentoring opportunity! 〰️
From one coastal community to another
It’s not often that tides, times and tasks align to mean I can work, cut off from the rest of the world, on an island that’s not (quite) an island!
So, I jumped at the chance to work with our schools partner and meet residents on Northumberland’s very own tidal island; Lindisfarne.
Together with the creative team for November Club’s newest project - more on that soon! - we started conversations with one of Holy Island’s few life-long residents to explore connections with seals, whistling and climbing rocks, as well as plan a series of creative writing days for children at the local school.
Exploring North Northumberland’s role in the global textile trade
Watch this space for a new immersive theatre show with November Club planned for June 2025, commissioned by Otterburn Mill and funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund!
I’m working with November Club, a team of creatives and communities in Otterburn to co-create a new production and transport audiences through spaces usually closed to the public.
We’ll also be celebrating the restoration of England’s last set of field tenter frames; previously used for drying cloth from the mill (pictured above).
Join my newsletter to see behind the scenes at Otterburn Mill and watch the transformation unfold!
WIN an EXCLUSIVE mentoring session!
Win an hour’s online mentoring to shape your:
Arts and co-creation project
DYCP grant application
Drawings or prints
I’m offering 3 people a one hour online mentoring session each in Autumn 2024, exclusively for newsletter subscribers!
We’ll reflect on your ideas, plans and goals together. Bring your thoughts for a new project to your latest grant application, sketches for new work or business ambitions for your creative practice.
I bring 15 years experience and UK networks as an Artist and Creative Producer, including as current DYCP grant recipient from Arts Council England, 9 years as Creative Producer in two Creative People and Places programmes and a self-employed Artist selling prints, initiating projects and training with the Royal Drawing School.
Open to newsletter subscribers ONLY
JOIN MY NEWSLETTER - by 31 August 2024 - to be in with a chance to WIN!
See Terms and Conditions below.
Terms & Conditions:
Only open to newsletter subscribers signed up by 31 August 2024
Newsletter subscribers will be entered into a prize draw, taking place in the first week of September. First three names (with associated email addresses) drawn will each win a 1 hour online mentoring session with me.
Winners will be contacted by 7 September via email address submitted when signing up for my newsletter. Winners are kindly asked to confirm via email by 15 September that they wish to take up the opportunity. If you do not hear from me by 30th September 2024, please assume you were not successful on this occasion.
The opportunity is for online mentoring only. Mentoring to be undertaken via video call (zoom) at a time mutually agreed between each mentee and myself. Mentoring must take place between 15 September and 30 November 2024. No time can be carried forward beyond 30 November 2024.
The total amount of time per person is 1 hour. On this occasion, I cannot offer pre- or post-session correspondence (e.g. email, phone or text). I will set up the video call, including emailing you the log in details ahead of the session. Mentees are asked to bring all relevant information (narrative/budgets/timeline/images of artwork) and questions that they want to discuss to the session. I cannot read information before or after the session, or provide feedback outside of the online mentoring session. Whenever possible within the session, I will provide signposting to relevant information/opportunities.
Thank you.