I’m speaking at this conference!
Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience 29-30 July 2019 at Newcastle University A timely conference investigating contemporary art commissioning within heritage sites. I’ll be speaking along the ...
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Shortlisted for Feminist Public Sculpture
I’m really chuffed to have been shortlisted for a major new commission in Leeds that seeks to redress the gender imbalance of public sculpture in the city. The project has been conceived by Rachel Reeves (MP ...
New publication
I’m delighted that ‘Consumption’ has been included in ‘Workhouse Food’ a new publication produced by Ripon Museum Trust. The publication also examines the food consumed in workhouses ...
An archive film celebration
A new film about Skip Play Repeat will form part of a this event at The Continental in Preston on 5 July. Walking In Other’s Footsteps is a free event from 6-8pm that includes rare archive film footage of ...
Teach old toys to speak!
Learn how to make an old fashioned top and whip and teach it to speak the voices of people who played on the streets of Preston 100 years ago. You’ll learn woodworking skills and how to code using 21st century ...
Come out to play!
If you live in the Porter Street area of Preston then I’d like to hear from you! I’m creating a new work that involves making and play that will bring to life the story of how people used to play on your streets ...
The Pouring of ‘Bridge’
For the last 12 months I’ve been working on a new work commissioned by Lidl and local councillors for Bramley and Stanningley in Leeds to celebrate Stanningley’s industrial past and the opening of the Belgrave ...
Walking In Other People’s Footsteps
A new year and a new project! I’m delighted to be working with Mirador Arts on ‘Walking In Other People’s Footsteps’. The project is a response to the Elizabeth Roberts Working Class Oral History Archive, one of the ...
The Making Of Consumption
I’m currently working with Ripon Museum’s Trust on a new commission for the Main Block – the original workhouse building which the trust have just acquired with the with the support of National Lottery Players via ...