PROJECTS

Working alongside The De Morgan Foundation to co-curate and project manage the exhibition 'Evelyn De Morgan Pre-Raphaelite Artist of Hope' for Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum. The exhibition gives a rare female perspective of the Pre-Raphaeilte movement and looks to hope for the future after turbulent times living through a global pandemic.

https://towneley.org.uk/events/artist-of-hope/

Project Management

British Textile Biennial collaboration with Towneley Hall to install 7m x 8m artists banner onto a scaffold structure outside the grade I listed building as part of the 2021 British Textile Biennial.

https://britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/programme/azraa-motala-unapologetic/

Research Project

'Ways of Listening' is a project initially started during the Covid Lockdowns as a way to reach out to fellow creatives to understnad and map changes in people's listening habits. The end result is the creation of a Billboard, an artists talk and sound scape.

Sound Design

Commission for Insideoutsidehouse's Use and Ornament exhibition at Air Space Gallery for the British Ceramic Biennial. Includes sites specific interview recordings and original composition inspired by the visual narratives.

https://www.airspacegallery.org/index.php/project_entry/use_and_ornament

Sonic Installation

Manchester International Festival Sounds at St. Chad's Church Rochdale. A site specific piece using inspiration from the Lancashire Dialect poet Tim Bobbin honouring his grave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMe4pE1zUcc

Composition Commission for Art Trails

Littleborough Arts Festival creating an outdoor installation using music, textiles & QR codes.

http://www.littleboroughartsfestival.co.uk/

Composition Commission Release

Folklore Tapes composition for 12" vinyl release - Swifter Than The Moon's Sphere, English Fairy Lore

http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/swifter-than-the-moon-s-sphere-english-fairy-lore

Live Performance

15 years of exprience in live performance as a solo artist and collaborator playing venues and festivals across the UK and Europe.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPUM8XMAcc/

Radio

Radio 4 programme 'Ways to Weather the Storm', contributor and songwriter/vocalist.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tcks

Socially Engaged Audio Recording

Oral history interviews and recording of conversations linked to local communities around the shoe and slipper industry for The Whitaker Museum and Lancashire Archives & Records Service

https://www.thewhitaker.org/

Herbal Medicine Workshops

Using my foundation course qualification I have run a number of herbal medicine workshops (lipbalm, body balm, herbal teas, tonics) for a vairety of organisations including The Whitaker Museum, Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery, The Centre for Folklore Myth and Magic, The Vale (Mossley), Tameside Town of Cultre.

https://www.thewhitaker.org/

Visual Art Workshops

A variety of hands on arts workshops including printmaking, cyanotype, knitting, zine making and textile art for organisations across the North West. Each workshop is bestspoke and created to suit the event, topic and audience. Most recent summer school for Hudderfield Contemporary Music Festival taking young people through an Arts Award Qualification.

https://hcmf.co.uk/underwater-sounds-and-creepy-archives-arts-award-discover-in-a-day/

Socially Engaged Commissions with Visual Arts/Textiles

Textile window display based on the theme 'The Wonder of Elders' for Cartwheel Arts as part of the Darn Hill Arts Week 2021. Using knitting and pom poms to create an alternative textile version of the night sky.

https://www.cartwheelarts.org.uk/event/darnhill-arts-week-2021

Mentoring

At youth organisation Vibe (visual arts & music) for young people 12-24 years

https://www.vibecreativity.com/

Talks

'An Introduction to Sound Art' for Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery & Museum

https://www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk/venues/touchstones-rochdale/