Other Things

Here are some other things I do:

•  Facilitation: Facilitating writing workshops in a range of contexts: Oxford Poetry Library (workshops for beginners and improvers), Fusion Arts (workshops and mentoring for young people), The Porch (drop-ins for vulnerably housed people), Coastal Currents Festival and the Ashmolean Museum (general public). I have further expereince working with disadvantaged young people in access to higher education from my time as a UNIQ Summer School ambassador, and mentoring for Villiers Park Educational Trust.

•  Project co-ordination: I was the Marmalade Festival 2024 project co-ordinator, with 88 social change themed events happening over 4 days. I liased with the 88 local, national, and international session hosts and with the Old Fire Station's internal team to deliver a packed festival schedule. I also co-ordinated Acting Out, a mentoring scheme for 2020 drama school graduates, matching and introducing mentors and mentees.

•  Arts administration: I have a broad base in arts administration and events management from my time at Marmalade and on the 20/20 project (a programme of 20 residencies for artists of colour in 20 UK museums and galleries), with a particular knack for drafting, editing and proof-reading communications.

 

And some past projects:

•  Delights and Distractions: a weekly-ish newsletter I ran during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown to share the things giving me respite from the rest of the world. Now in hibernation but past issues available here.