Cultural Events & Activities
I have demonstrable experience in the production and design of socially engaged cultural events that work towards creating a more conscious and connected society.
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Below are some of the projects I have worked on.
Pop-In Community Arts Festival
I directed and produced The Pop-In Community Arts Festival for two consecutive years. This event began in 2018 as a collaboration between the Camberwell-based charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, St George’s Pop-In (SGPI), and the grassroots community space, Peckham Levels. It was created in response to the increasing closures of day centres in the London borough of Southwark.
The main aim of the festival was to create an engaging and diverse programme, which was co-produced with SGPI members where people with learning disabilities could choose from a variety of workshops and events that promoted creativity and wellbeing in a safe and positive public space. Doing this could offer attendees opportunities to meet and socialise with diverse groups of people, thus working towards reducing loneliness, isolation and stigma.
Badges for Climate Change
As part of the Summer of Creativity 2019 at Peckham Levels, I designed and facilitated a participatory art project where attendees were encouraged to discuss and make badges or other ephemera around the theme of climate change.
This coincided with The Climate Change Protests, also known as the Global Week for Future – a series of international strikes and protests to demand action be taken to address climate change.
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