SOCIAL ART

As an artist, I’m passionate about the power of creativity to transform people and communities.

It’s exactly why I work across many different areas help people grow through creativity and achieve real breakthroughs.

On a personal level, I love to teach people to draw and paint. It’s why I still run art classes in my neighbourhood that anyone can join, because I believe that anyone can learn to draw.

In my art sessions, I lead people on a journey to rediscover ways of seeing and capturing visual experience, using different materials and expressions.

On another level I use creativity to create better outcomes for people and communities by blending artistic practice with creative leadership.

From 2016-2018 I was the artist in residence on the Public Health England funded Well North programme capturing the changes that happened in the communities we worked in and using creative techniques to engage people. After the funded programme finished I continued to work with team as we transformed into a community interest company. Last year WNE became The 360 Degree Society which drives a movement of change to put people at the heart of placemaking and creating a culture which learns through doing. Together, we want to grow action-focused, entrepreneurial partnerships with people and organisations passionate about transforming the places which matter to them, raising the health and wealth outcomes for communities across the UK.