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THIS IS HERE, THIS IS HOME. Awarded by The Leap and in conjunction with BD:is LiT Festival 2023 With permissions from Bradford council and Cliffe Castle Park & Museums As part of Bradfords light festival BD:is LiT, The Leap, who are a community-driven organisation in Keighley commissioned a group of local artists to create projects
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THE CARETAKERS Commissioned by the Arts Council in collaboration with Liminal Creative Louise Cole from Liminal Creative came to me late last year (December 2022) with an idea that she’d been brewing for years, a street performance which illustrated the experience of memory loss from the perspective of a person with Dementia, and the people
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THE PEOPLE’S PANTRY – Boston Way Community Centre Pantry & Community Space Commissioned by LeftCoast Starting in July 2023, the build for The People’s Pantry at Boston Way Community Centre in Blackpool commenced! We finished the space in September, and now it provides a multi-functional space to grow, socialise, prepare and store produce which is
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WX (Wakefield Exchange) MURAL ARTWORK Commission for Wakefield Council With the brief to provide a 2D digital image as a representative of the artists work, I decided to create a new artwork which incorporated my current practice and captured it digitally. The artwork was then to be displayed on the exterior hoarding of WX, the
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TOGETHER, Under The Sun Commissioned by Rotherham Museums Film created by Andrew Carroll at 1979films This project was motivated to incorporate under represented community groups in Rotherham to be a part of an on site art installation taking place at Keppel’s Column. Commissioned by Rotherham Museums, the inspiration for this project followed from Emma’s fascination
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PINT OF SCIENCE – Creative Reactions Opening Night @ The Carousel in Nottingham As part of the arts collective Aperture AVA, Carl Cole and Emma were part of the opening night for the Pint of Science Festival in Nottingham. Pint of Science is a national festival taking place at pubs across 40 cities in the
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KHL & WICKES OPEN DAY – Jeff Brazier’s visit to KHL Workshop in Corby for Mind, the Mental Health Charity Organised by Corby Community Arts & Wickes KHL Workshop have received 2 grants from Wickes Community Programme whilst developing the workshop in Corby. The first was received to stock up the wood workshop with new
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SONIC WHISPERS – Bibliobeats Festival Workshops at Barnsley Libraries Commission by Barnsley Council Taking place at The Lightbox in Barnsley centre and at Hoyland Library in May 2023, Sonic Whispers was part of Bibliobeats music festival in Barnsley and explored the creative possibilities of music through the mind of someone with Synesthesia. Ran by Emma
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BRIAN’S MEMORIAL BENCH CORBY COMMUNITY ARTS Artist Commission Working with and commissioned by Corby Community Arts at KHL Community Workshop, a series of workshops were created over the weekends of April 2023 to collaborate with community members of Corby to create an outdoor space and memorial bench for Brian Dunn, one of the workshop founders
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Neuro Windows Commission by Wild Rumpus Commissioned for Hinterlands Film Festival in Skipton, Neuro Windows was created in response to a series of soundscapes taken by local residents during day to day activities in the town centre. Featuring soundscapes such as babbling rivers, bustling high streets, medieval live action role playing and birdsong, i chose
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KHL WOODWORK INDUCTIONS Workshop Facilitator Working with KHL Community Workshop, these sessions were built around creating a basic skill platform for the people of Corby interested in utilising the practical elements of KHL Workshop. Starting with an overview of basic tools used in woodwork, the sessions continued with participants using these tools to practice measuring,
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Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOPS Based in a cottage deep within the woodlands of Fermynwoods, this residency was directed towards providing creative workshops for high school students working towards their Bronze and Silver Arts Award. The first week involved taking the students out into the woodland to explore how faces and characters could
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CONNECTIONS PUBLIC ART COMMISSION As part of Salford Quays light night in 2022, I worked in collaboration with artist Gemma Wood to create Connections, a community project and light installation made for the festival, Lightwaves and GLOW. We ran a group of engagement sessions in the Blue Peter Garden at Salford Quays and RHS Bridgewater
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DARK SKIES, WILD SEAS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Taking place at YHA Lands End in Penzance, Dark Skies, Wild Seas was a group residency exploring the surrounding area’s ancient sites and coastal walks. Ran by Mayes Creative, it gave a chance to develop our practice For me, this was the perfect opportunity to apply my fascination
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Sculpture Building and Casting KHL, Corby Community Workshops ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Commissioned by the arts organisation Made with Many, this residency included utilising the fantastic workshop space and facilities recently built in Corby, Northamptonshire. Participants could come in for as little or as long as they wanted to feel inspired, make drawings of their ideas,
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SIRENS Emerging from the earth and forming the configuration of the Pleiades (The 7 Sisters) constellation, Sirens invites you to walk amongst the circle of stones and experience the transcendental voices of Amies Freedom Choir. Moving through the stones, your close presence is echoed by a melodious response, flowing your encounter onto another… and another
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MAKE IT HAPPEN RESIDENCY/COURSE
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Haus A Rest – Issue 27 ‘The Tiny Issue’ FEATURED ARTIST “People have a real love of looking at small worlds – something inside them is innately attracted to that ‘miniature’ realm.” ~ John Lasseter As part of the 27th issue of the Haus a rest’s zine ‘All Things Tiny’, I exhibited one of my
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ALLIED WATERS Commission for Sowerby Bridge High Street Heritage Action Zone Working with Sowerby Bridge and its local community, I created this sculpture based on the interaction between local towns and their access to the network of canals and Rivers along the Calder in West Yorkshire. Using a map of the Calder as a start
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ALLIED WATERS PUBLIC ARTWORK COMMISSION Commissioned for the series of events taking place in Sowerby Bridge over the Jubilee celebrations weekend by High Street Heritage, this sculpture was a response to the brief ‘Future Heritages’. As a response to the waterways and canal infrastructures that wind through the towns of West Yorkshire, the form was
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