NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2018: HOW VULNERABLE PEOPLE FIND FREEDOM THROUGH WRITING POETRY
The 4th October 2018 is National Poetry Day, an annual celebration that encourages everyone in the UK to enjoy, discover…
Artist interviews
CREATE’S NURTURING TALENT PROGRAMME GIVES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EMERGING ARTISTS
Create’s Nurturing Talent programme, which takes place over a year, gives emerging artists the opportunity to work as supporting artists…
Finding Transformation through Art: Jewellery Designer Hayley Kruger on Creating with Young Carers
Throughout November and December our professional jewellery maker Hayley Kruger has been collaborating with young carers at Carers Support Merton…
Understanding each other through collaborative art: Create artist Sheridan Quigley talks about bringing together disabled and non-disabled young people
Students from Livity and Dunraven schools work together to create a mural Our visual artist Sheridan Quigley recently led two of…
Interview: Create jewellery designer Hayley Kruger
For eight years, jewellery designer Hayley Kruger has used her expertise and experience to inspire, motivate and encourage our participants to…
HEALING IN BEING HEARD AND ACCEPTED: CREATE FILMMAKER AOIFE TWOMEY ON COMMUNITY STORYTELLING
Since 2014, professional filmmaker Aoife Twomey has been working with Create to bring film and animation workshops to a wide…
Interview: Create artist Daniel Lehan
Over the past six years, Create’s visual artist Daniel Lehan has worked with us to reach some of the most…
Pianist Derek Paravicini at creative:space
Pianist Derek Paravicini (who is blind and has severe learning difficulties) and his music teacher Kelly Smith have been regulars…
Artist Chloe Cooper’s video art ‘When Emoticons Aren’t Enough’
This is an artwork called When Emoticons Aren’t Enough. It attempts to serve as an interpretation of the myriad of…
Carol Topolski and Daniel Lehan on National Poetry Day
For National Poetry Day, we’re posting the “reflections” we have received from two of our artists, Daniel Lehan (word artist)…