Whitworth Art Gallery. The content of the project posed questions about women’s identity within social and cultural constructs. I facilitated the women over a period of six months, through workshops and photography. The group explored identity through gender, fantasy, aging, scarring and celebrities. Whitworth Gallery contacted The Pankhurst Centre with information about ‘Relocation’ a project [...]
I worked with Manchester Rape Crisis and Women’s Aid initially to facilitate women who have experienced domestic abuse and rape. A sad fact that emerged is most women are harmed by someone they know and often in their own home. I began the project with a question – a technique I often employ and offered [...]
2008 marked two important anniversaries in the history of women’s suffrage; 1918 saw the introduction of limited suffrage (90th anniversary) and 1928 saw the introduction of full voting rights for women (80th anniversary). Manchester City Council was keen to recognise these important anniversaries as part of its ongoing work to promote gender equality and women’s [...]
As artist in Residence at the Pankhurst Centre, Manchester, I worked over a 5 month period, with a culturally diverse, intergenerational women’s group. I began by asking: “Who Are You?” © “When you put your head on your pillow do you become someone else?” © Each participant was given a pillow to work with and [...]
Arts Manager for the ‘Engaging Newbold Arts programme’ by Guinness Trust Housing Charity (Newbold, Rochdale) and Rochdale SRB programme, My role was to develop and implement a community involved programme that was intergenerational and multicultural. In response to this I introduced a team of artists and arts companies, including Glass Eye Productions and Spearfish, who [...]
A sports and arts skateboard project based on Urban art forms, with young people. Workshop sessions over a 3 month period offered the young people an opportunity to design their own unique “Mug-shot” (the term for the design on the underside of a skateboard). When the project was complete I had expected the group to [...]
Young people explored oral history traditions and beliefs: focusing on a Native. American tribe who believed humans had originally emerged from shells. Their fascination with this idea developed into a large scale installation exhibited at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, during Black History Month. The group created and recorded their own stories: heard as a [...]
I was commissioned to work with 5 primary schools for the Partington Summer Festival. We explored the logo for Partington Regeneration programme as the starting point because the children were familiar with it from local advertisements, hoardings and newsletters. Our designs explored ideas around housing, accessibility, sports and environment. The final colourful and bold designs [...]
Celebrating the local community, I was commissioned to work with family groups to design a unique portrait that would enhance their environment and mark the Millennium. Through a series of workshops we developed the idea of a permanent Mosaic, for an external wall in the community, portraying young people from local families: to reflect growth, [...]
Commission: to develop children’s drawings into a cartoonesque mural for their recreation area. Engaging the families and children in the process and creating a lively bold design for positive impact on their quality of life. Scale 20ft x 7ft 6.09 m x 2.13m