Workshop
Q42 – LGBTQ+ Project for Young People
I am currently working with 42nd Street as a Digital Artist on Q42, a LGBTQ+ digital project for 13-18 year olds across Greater Manchester. We are working with leading artists and movers and shakers from the creative media sector to co-design and produce a new digital platform to connect and build an innovative online network. Q42 will be created by LGBTQ+ young people for LGBTQ+ young people, to develop online and offline friendships, explore and develop creative ideas and to challenge any isolation and loneliness felt within our community. →
Tearing Stuff Apart
A participatory arts project in collaboration with artist Àgata Alcañiz we worked with a range of scientists to →
Visioning Day for Writers
Myself and Sarah Hymas led a visioning day on Morecambe Bay in February 2015, drawing on the expanse of →
Residencies and Workshops
I have worked as a writer and artist with a range of organisations such as B Arts, Northern Ballet Theatre, Lets Go, The Arvon Foundation and Contact (young people’s theatre) and with a range of participants, from those with little experience of the arts and creative writing, to those aspiring to become writers and artists. My projects and residencies include a diverse range of groups, including women’s groups, Asian and youth groups. →
Grow a word workshop
An installation and drop-in workshop for Manchester Mega Mela.
The installation was inspired by the Bengali poet Tagore and used haiku grown in cress to explore impermanence and the poetic form. →