Every Tuesday I head to Hastings to Project Art Works where I am lead artist for Tuesday Accelerate Studios. I work in collaboration with a team of brilliant artists and neurodiverse makers. We had to respond very quickly to lockdown and think about how we can continue to support the vulnerable people we work with. This began with producing bespoke art boxes which them rippled thorough the whole organisation and boxes being made for all the different studio days which was fantastic to observe. For the Tuesday Accelerate group we have had a blended approach to how we have continued to work using telephone, post, email, hand deliveries and zoom workshops to stay in touch and continue to work c
It's been a while since I've added any news and of course a lot has happened since then. We have all gone into lockdown and summer plans for projects and residencies have been drastically altered. Then suddenly everything went online everything and I got really busy again. Art Lab (a series of weekly sessions for anyone aged 14-20 years experiencing social, emotional or mental health challenges) at De La Warr Pavilion (with Discovery College) continued via email and on zoom. You can read more about this project via the blog posts I write for De La Warr's blog here and here.
