People who are familiar with Diana’s work know her as the creator of the fictional little old lady, Miss Smith, her alter ego, whose adventures have been the subject of her prints for nearly 30 years. Diana’s work also covers many other subjects, ranging from landscapes from her travels, portraits of her friends and abstract paintings. Her motto is “Creativity for survival!”
This duo of film makers are the 2 founding members of multi award-winning production company Deadbeat Films. They have spent the last decade innovating commercials, events, music videos, content and documentaries taking them all over the world on a huge variety of projects. In this talk they share their process and vision covering not only film making but also theatre, dance, photography, music and scriptwriting.
Painter, sculptor, muralist, Frank has taught and lectured in the past so his talk is very relaxed and confident. The audience immediately started asking questions as he moves through about 50 slides of the development of his painting work to his murals. His uses images of his past being brought to life in very modern colours and compositions, he evoking a nostalgia that he is now making accessible to a new generation.
Jim studied theatre design and illustration and worked as an illustrator for many years. His fascination with folklore and legend led him to work on three-dimensional pieces using papier-mâché and mixed media, recycled materials – anything from scrap wood to discarded plastic. In his talk he explained how he does it, (very practical useful information) and showed a selection of slides of all his work.
Dimitris, Lucy & James all hail from very different creative backgrounds but have come together to create a unique community project in the venue/hub they have created called the Art Bank, the building was a bank until 2018. In the talk they share slides of events and projects that they initiated that have brought the local community together through art including an event that happens in shop windows each year.
Lottie is a textile designer turned garden designer, who has recently completed a garden at RHS Chelsea. Her talk looks at how these two worlds merge – Lottie’s practise as a garden designer draws heavily on her previous career a textile designer – pattern, form, repeat and colour are all key building blocks she uses to think about gardens and outdoor spaces.
Light photographer and Artist and Curator. In this talk Kim shares many images from her Light photography portfolio and showed us how she creates these images from her magic tool box of tricks. She says “I am interested in exploring the possibilities of manipulating light, creating images that cannot exist in real life, that tell a story, or surreal and beautiful”.
Helen is a composer, pianist, installation artist & curator. In this talk she shares her process working towards a new kind of requiem: A participatory work that will combine elements of the choral tradition with sound installation and outdoor art. She started working on this project while on an artists residency in South West Sri Lanka, an area devastated by the Asian Tsunami in 2004. The talk includes musical performance and sound installation.
Megan a painter, installation artist talked and showed a short film about her huge exhibition in the Zig Zag factory space. She says ‘’It was an opportunity to reflect and share our personal and collective experiences of Covid”. Over 40 people volunteered to pose for her, the resulting 580 paintings were suspended in the space for the public to walk through and encounter.
