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collaborations & cross arts projects
collaborations & cross arts projects
'The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which makes our group a safe place to express yourself.'
Prison writer
'The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which makes our group a safe place to express yourself.'
Prison writer
‘This group creates nothing less than creativity at its best. Flow writing helps us create newness, to reflect our surroundings present and past, to float new ideas’
‘This group creates nothing less than creativity at its best. Flow writing helps us create newness, to reflect our surroundings present and past, to float new ideas’
Prison writer
Prison writer
Writing for Well Being Projects, 2002 - 2020
Writing for Well Being Projects, 2002 - 2020
Location centred projects for people in the community with mental health challenges. Working inside psychiatric wards, bringing the outside in:
Location centred projects for people in the community with mental health challenges. Working inside psychiatric wards, bringing the outside in:
Riverlines,
Riverlines,
Creek and Coast,
Creek and Coast,
Flashback
Flashback
Estuary
Estuary
Woodland Walks
Woodland Walks
Woodland Walks 2019 – 2020
Woodland Walks 2019 – 2020
A collaboration with visual artist Liz Tate, funded by the East Wight Landscape Project and in partnership with the Healing Arts at St Marys Hospital. It celebrated the beauty of the woodland at Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, with people experiencing mental ill health living in the community and in hospital.
A collaboration with visual artist Liz Tate, funded by the East Wight Landscape Project and in partnership with the Healing Arts at St Marys Hospital. It celebrated the beauty of the woodland at Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, with people experiencing mental ill health living in the community and in hospital.
We set out to nurture creative response, a sense of wonder and greater awareness of the natural world. Together we made a map of the woodland with visual and verbal images to be displayed in St Marys Hospital psychiatric unit, as well as a book of our writings.
We set out to nurture creative response, a sense of wonder and greater awareness of the natural world. Together we made a map of the woodland with visual and verbal images to be displayed in St Marys Hospital psychiatric unit, as well as a book of our writings.
‘This course has given me confidence to believe I can be something and life will get better. It has re-awoken my creativity after nine years of gone-ness. I’ve been inspired to carry on and learn more about poetry and creative writing.’
‘This course has given me confidence to believe I can be something and life will get better. It has re-awoken my creativity after nine years of gone-ness. I’ve been inspired to carry on and learn more about poetry and creative writing.’
Ferry Tales 2016 –2017
Ferry Tales 2016 –2017
Ferry Tales, a community-based, Arts Council funded project, linked the Isle of Wight to mainland ports, through the inter-connection of verbal, aural and visual arts, in collaboration with poets Robyn Bolam and Lydia Fulleylove, musicians and a photographer. We worked with groups – from ferry travellers to the socially and physically isolated – to make songs, an exhibition, performance and a book of poems and prose, (All at Sea) exploring significant arrivals and departures in their lives.
Ferry Tales, a community-based, Arts Council funded project, linked the Isle of Wight to mainland ports, through the inter-connection of verbal, aural and visual arts, in collaboration with poets Robyn Bolam and Lydia Fulleylove, musicians and a photographer. We worked with groups – from ferry travellers to the socially and physically isolated – to make songs, an exhibition, performance and a book of poems and prose, (All at Sea) exploring significant arrivals and departures in their lives.
Estuary, 2012 - 2014
Estuary, 2012 - 2014
Co-led with artist Colin Riches, funded by Arts Council England and West Wight Landscape Project. This exciting combined arts project developed the professional practice of a writer and a visual artist, at the same time as involving young people and adults with little access to the arts in creative activities within a unique natural setting: the organically farmed estate which completely surrounds the tidal River Yar estuary on the west of the Isle of Wight.
Co-led with artist Colin Riches, funded by Arts Council England and West Wight Landscape Project. This exciting combined arts project developed the professional practice of a writer and a visual artist, at the same time as involving young people and adults with little access to the arts in creative activities within a unique natural setting: the organically farmed estate which completely surrounds the tidal River Yar estuary on the west of the Isle of Wight.
Projects in HMP Isle of Wight 2006 - 2026
Projects in HMP Isle of Wight 2006 - 2026
Shipshape, Wild Places and Estuary, 2006 - 2014
Shipshape, Wild Places and Estuary, 2006 - 2014
Arts Council Funded cross arts projects in collaboration with musicians, artists and dramatists, to develop the creative potential of prisoners within HMP Isle of Wight.
Arts Council Funded cross arts projects in collaboration with musicians, artists and dramatists, to develop the creative potential of prisoners within HMP Isle of Wight.
‘I can honestly say that the creative writing workshops have been the high points in the weeks, a shaft of sunlight and hope piercing the gloom. Weeks were measured by the number of days to the next workshop. As an aid to keeping my mind functioning, it was unsurpassable. The freedom to roam in a literary sense and the encouragement to do so kept my sanity intact.’
‘I can honestly say that the creative writing workshops have been the high points in the weeks, a shaft of sunlight and hope piercing the gloom. Weeks were measured by the number of days to the next workshop. As an aid to keeping my mind functioning, it was unsurpassable. The freedom to roam in a literary sense and the encouragement to do so kept my sanity intact.’
Prisoner
Prisoner
It was wonderful to be reminded of the seasons which pass largely unnoticed in this drab place, some ethereal connection with freedom.’
Prisoner
It was wonderful to be reminded of the seasons which pass largely unnoticed in this drab place, some ethereal connection with freedom.’
Prisoner
‘The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which helps to make our group a safe place to express yourself.’
‘The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which helps to make our group a safe place to express yourself.’
Rivers of Words, A Paradise of Libraries and Wish You Were Here, 2023 - 2026
Rivers of Words, A Paradise of Libraries and Wish You Were Here, 2023 - 2026
Writing workshops and project books: Creative Writing, HMP Isle of Wight.
Writing workshops and project books: Creative Writing, HMP Isle of Wight.
'The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which makes our group a safe place to express yourself.'
'The ability to see and appreciate the humanity in others is very precious. And it’s the shared respect which makes our group a safe place to express yourself.'
Prison writer
Prison writer
Location-inspired Cross-Arts Weekends for young people 1999 - 2011
Location-inspired Cross-Arts Weekends for young people 1999 - 2011
Funded by Arts Council England and in collaboration with other artists and writers including Philip and Zelie Gross, Jane Draycott, Mimi Khalvati and Nick Warburton, these weekends brought an opportunity not always easily available to young people living on the Isle of Wight.
Funded by Arts Council England and in collaboration with other artists and writers including Philip and Zelie Gross, Jane Draycott, Mimi Khalvati and Nick Warburton, these weekends brought an opportunity not always easily available to young people living on the Isle of Wight.
‘No Art Form is an Island’
‘No Art Form is an Island’
Please contact me if you’re interested in a project, workshop or feedback on your writing.
Please contact me if you’re interested in a project, workshop or feedback on your writing.
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