During my Arts and Project Management MA I used collaborative stitch as a form of interview with citizens to inform my role as a creative practitioner. I also used this method to interview artists and facilitators to understand how they manage their time and define their roles within collaborative projects.Using my tool Connect More (pictured) the collaborative stitched artwork, “Between Me and You” includes the hands of 24 people their hopes, dreams, quiet confidences, learning and ideas. Connect More was developed with Dual Works and informed by my longstanding stitch practice working with community groups. The arts service business idea of one-to-one stitching within creative health won a Highly Commended award in this year’s Steamhouse Hatchery programme.
MA Shows 2024
The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]
