I aim to connect and nurture curious citizens, confident in their heritage, rooted in their communities, through developing and delivering creative participatory film, arts and heritage projects.
With over 20 years of professional and voluntary experience embedded in a broad range of community settings, I am committed to working strategically and creatively across sectors and within diverse teams to bring about positive social change.
Keen to place equity, representation and empowerment at the heart of my practice, both strategically and through in-person delivery, I have invested time in my own professional development to develop my responsive practice, using appropriate tools and approaches to shape creative engagement.
Since 2022 I have stepped away from freelance work and have applied my practice to place communities at the heart of major heritage projects – initially at Moseley Road Baths as part of their NLHF funded ‘Diving In’ programme and now at Birmingham Botanical Gardens as part of their NLHF funded ‘Growing Our Green Heritage’ programme. I am currently designing and delivering an ambitious Engagement Programme at the Gardens alongside a £19m capital project. This will connect communities with this unique green space and global living collection of plants.
Always keen to develop my participatory practice and leadership, I am an alumni of the Gulbenkian Foundation and Arts Council England supported Creative Communities Fellowship – hosted by National Art Strategies based in the USA and Derby Museums in the UK.
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