From October 2023 until March 2024, I was commissioned by Open Doors to be the Artist in Residence at the National Civil War Centre in Newark on Trent. Open Doors is an arts programme of free creative activities to inspire everyone across the district of Newark and Sherwood and beyond, between 2023 and 2026, and is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and is based at the National Civil War Centre and Palace Theatre, Newark, UK.

Original works made in response to objects chosen especially from the museum collection……

Scroll through to see some of the art made in the workshops for all ages throughout the residency…..

The residency involved me in running many workshops and drop in activities from the residency studio, at the Palace Theatre and out in the community. I worked with a local care home, a men’s breakfast club, a women’s support craft group, a sight loss group and ran many drop in events for families on Family Saturdays each month and during the Half Terms in the Autumn and Spring. I also ran a monthly Art Skills Drawing Club for adults - to pass on my technical skills and inspire others to get drawing.

A VERY big THANK YOU to the 1870 visitors that came through my door and accessed all the activities I ran. You were amazing!