Community Arts & Tutoring
Since 2007, I've had the privilege of working as a freelance artist on many projects throughout Yorkshire. I've delivered group-based work across multiple art disciplines including textiles, painting (acrylic, watercolour etc), sculpture and story-based activities. I love celebrating and encouraging creativity in others. I have experience working with people from many backgrounds and ages including older persons groups, refugees, vulnerable people, young adults and children. ​​​​​
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Tutoring
Since 2025 I've started offering 1-1 tutoring - with people of all ages and ability. I have a DBS and training in safeguarding, first aid and epilepsy awareness. I can travel within Leeds or work online. If this is something you are interested in and would like to discuss a free consultation, please get in touch.
Pyramid (2010 - present)
Pyramid is a Leeds based arts organisation and charity that supports learning disabled and/or Autistic artists. Their goal is to help people to discover the arts, and develop their talents as artists. They disrupt the social and institutional barriers that prevent their artists from being recognised, supported and celebrated.
The breadth of my roles at Pyramid include artist facilitator (groups and 1:1 support), core worker and delivering training. Through these roles I have experience coordinating volunteers, managing budgets and funding, and working creatively with adults of all abilities including PMLD. Pyramid has allowed me to work across many art forms including textiles, sculpture, light installation, storytelling, puppetry and exploring scale. Some of these projects have been installed as part of exhibition working at locations such as Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills and Salts Mill.
Working with Pyramids older persons group to explore portraiture and self portraiture through photography, painting and collage.
Working with Pyramids older persons group to create 3D miniature spaces reflecting their favourite places.
Working with Pyramids older persons group to explore portraiture and self portraiture through photography, painting and collage.
If Walls Could Talk (2024-2025)
I am a supporting artist in 'If Walls Could Talk' which explores art and augmented reality in partnership with Harewood House. Under the lead of Dr Louise Atkinson, we're working to co-create contemporary responses to the historic Chinese wallpaper with Chinese-speaking and wider Asian diaspora communities in Leeds. Exploring collage, digital photography, 3D scanning and augmented reality in collaborative creative workshops, we're using art to express and celebrate the evolving identities within our community.
Funded by Arts Council England, Leeds Cultural Investment Programme and the Wallpaper History Society
Leeds2023 (2022)
‘My World, My City, My Neighbourhood’ was a project in collaboration with Burley Lodge Centre in 2022 (for Year of Culture 2023). As artist practitioner I was working with local Muslim women, home schooling groups and Burley residents. Our aim was to explore culture - locally and more broadly - using textiles to share this knowledge. We made visits around the local area to encourage exploration of neighbourhoods and used different sewing techniques to find out what people loved about LS6. A large textile map was worked on collaboratively which led to a collective celebration and fair for local artists to sell their work do henna and sell food.
HOPS (2022)
Hawksworth Older People's Support Services (or HOPS) is a Leeds based supportive service dedicated to providing a range of activities and social opportunities for older adults. I applied for funding from Area Committee Wellbeing Fund and successfully financed the project. As an Intergenerational Project Co-ordinator for 'HIP (Hawksworth Intergenerational Project)’, my role included matching and facilitating creative sessions to bring older members of the community together with children. As well as the creative sessions, a film was created to document this and can be watched here.
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Leeds Playhouse (2021)
'Reasons to be Hopeful' was an intergenerational project by Leeds Playhouse that connected 100 people (aged 16 – 25 and from 50 – 92) with 10 artists for 10 weeks between February and May of 2021 – to support people through the 3rd Lockdown. We explored a range of medium and techniques, culminating with a vinyl installation on the exterior of the Playhouse.
​Other organisations I have delivered workshops for include Leeds City Council, Playful Leeds, Swarthmore Education Centre, Basis, Breeze, South Asian Arts​, Leeds Community Foundation,​​ Kala Sangam, Feel Good Factor, Kentmere Community Centre, LS14 Trust, Shantona, Hamara, Rainbow Junktion, Burley Lodge Centre, Meanwood Community Centre, Artworks and primary schools including St Oswald's, St Edmunds Children’s Centre.