Reflections & Essays

Writing

Thoughts on participatory arts, facilitation, social justice, and thirty years of creative practice with communities.

15 January 2024 1 min read

The Art of Facilitation

Reflections on facilitating meaningful creative processes in community settings. What does it mean to hold space for others to create?

Facilitation Practice Community

15 July 2020 1 min read

Examining my own position and responsibility as a white practitioner working with communities of colour and migrant communities.

Anti-racism Practice Reflection

10 March 2018 2 min read

Looking back on years of collaborative creation with young refugees and migrants, and the lasting impact of this transformative project.

Paper Project Migration Reflection

20 June 2016 2 min read

Exploring how we can make theatre spaces more welcoming and accessible to communities who have traditionally been excluded.

Theatre Hospitality Access

Downloadable guides and collaborative publications

A guide to applying ethical values in participatory arts with care experienced children and young people.

In collaboration with A New Direction

Exploring structural exclusion and pathways for refugee artists in the UK cultural sector.

University of Manchester Research Fellowship

Protecting photographs of children from generative AI risks in creative settings.

In collaboration with A New Direction

Reflections on radical arts education and how cultural education can foster hope and empower young people to imagine a more just future.

A New Direction's Leading with Purpose programme

Available for consultancy, training, facilitation, and creative projects.