Introducing our brand-new Artist Advisory Group – where artists and makers from North East Lincolnshire and West Midlands have been brought together to share their experience and perspectives to help Creative United deliver new strategies to support creatives around the UK.

About the Artist Advisory Group

We created the Artist Advisory Group (AAG) so we can become better informed and more accurately understand the challenges and opportunities that exist for artists and makers to develop sustainable careers in the UK. Initially, we will be working with creatives from North East Lincolnshire and West Midlands.

When recruiting for this year’s cohort, we were particularly interested in hearing from artists and makers who are currently considered underrepresented in the arts and crafts field – i.e. they are facing barriers, marginalisation, and inequality to opportunities due to physical health/disability, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, mental health issues, neurodivergence, sexuality, gender, or ethnicity.

Who's taking part?

A range of independent makers, artists and craftspeople working in a variety of different mediums – including painting, print-making, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, craft, photography, film, writing and other works.

North East Lincolnshire Cohort:

Lynsey Powles

Painter, Print-maker

Annabel McCourt

Photographer, sculptor, multi-media artist

Jen Holtridge

Ceramicist

Darren Neave

Painter, print-maker, writer

Dale Wells

Drawer, Writer

West Midlands Cohort:

Maddie Webb

Painter, print-maker

Hannah Taylor

Grassroots arts organisation, multidisciplinary artist

Corinne

Photographer, Sculptor, Textiles

Sahjan Kooner

Installation, video, computer based media artist

Dinosaur Kilby

Contemporary Visual Artist

Kevin Hunt

Painter, print-maker, sculptor, functional designer

Josh Edgington

Painter, Print-maker

Exodus Crooks

Multi disciplinary artist, working in film, installation and performance

Suki Chumber

Mixed media artist

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