Upcoming events.
Creatively Connected Conference
I will be doing some Amateur Ancestor creative facilitation at Northern Heartlands’ Creatively Connected conference, which celebrates a programme of artist residency in Teesdale and Swaledale, looking at High Nature Value Farming through an artistic lens.
Tickets available here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creatively-connected-tickets-1349676321209
The Story of the Whale and The Steam Engine
Come hear the Story of the Whale and the Steam Engine at the Discovery Nights: Going Underground, Discovery Museum, Newcastle, 19 October 2025
Bodies of Water Symposium
What is the role of socially-engaged public art in the context of our accelerating environmental crisis? Join UP Projects on Thursday 11 September 2025 in Liverpool for a half day symposium exploring regenerative principles and practices. The symposium will bring together expertise and insights from artists, curators, and environmentalists. Co-curated by Justine Boussard and UP Projects, in partnership with the Liverpool Biennial.
For tickets and more information visit: https://upprojects.com/bodies-of-water-symposium-regenerative-art-practice
The Story of the Seeds
Where would we be without seeds? I will debut a new story exploring how seeds changed human life, and where we might go next. This will be part of an Unplugged night, where visitors will be invited to turn off their phones.
Tickets available on Discovery Museum website
Here is Hope Festival
Here is Hope is a festival curated by Wild Rumpus for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It will be a celebration of nature, creativity, and community, inviting participants to spend a fleeting weekend in the bright future, imagining what the park could become.
I will be taking part in a panel discussing what we can learn from trees and the shape of time. Exciting!