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London, Gb

I have started a new Part Time role to run alongside my current post as co-Director of the TURNING POINT project with Sweet Patootee Arts:I'm honoured to be the Research and Engagement Lead, Communities of Liberation. Based at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, this role is about uncovering narratives illustrating African presence in the East End of London and sharing the evidence gathered with the wider public.Communities of Liberation is an historical research and public art project which aims to increase awareness of the long history of the African presence in the borough of Tower Hamlets, by focusing specifically on excavating and sharing stories of individuals who lived here in the 17th and 18th centuries. The aim of the project is to identify places, spaces, and networks in which African people lived, worked or socialised during the period of operation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.Rather than focus on exceptional individuals - eg those who published their life stories or were abolition activists - the project will locate names, stories, and experiences of everyday life of working Londoners, and map them to specific locations in present day Tower Hamlets. We are especially interested in the buildings and spaces - homes, taverns, places of worship - where 'working class' African people would gather, meet, and coalesce as a community.

London, England, United Kingdom

TURNING POINT is a video installation - an immersive mix of performance, video projection, soundscape and montaged imagery. Set in the British West Indies circa 1920, the project has two key inspirations: * My oral testimony interviews with Black British West Indian WW1 veterans, and Black women of the British Caribbean who were part of this epic period. * My 2012 project EVOLUTION (The Art of Freedom): The expression of Black pride and aspirations visualised in the British Caribbean 1900-1955 Arts Council England-supported production now completed, Sweet Patootee Arts are inviting community partners, venues, and partner organisations to work with us to deliver a UK & international touring programme to 2026; exhibitions and one-off-screenings as catalysts and context for our partners' to devise and deliver participation workshops inspired by TURNING POINT's stories and themes...Our first year schedule of exhibitions and audience participation workshops is focused solely on the UK – commencing at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (autumn/winter 2022), then moving on to Liverpool in 2022.[NB. Although this first year focuses on the UK, we are currently getting on with building our network of partners in Europe and across the Americas for international exhibitions and workshops from 2023].

London, England Metropolitan Area

Sweet Patootee Arts – co-founder ( http://www.sweetpatootee/sweet-patootee-arts )Sweet Patootee Arts is our new non-profit company to allow collaboration in historical and contemporary works, rooted in our passion for inclusive story-telling and Diaspora heritage – we build on two decades of working together as Sweet Patootee Ltd across the Arts, Heritage and Learning sectors. Following Arts Council England supported R&D, TURNING POINT, is our first major work: a Black heritage-inspired combined arts video installation – an immersive mix of performance, video project, 3D stereo soundscape and montaged imagery for UK & International audiences (gallery, non-gallery and online).

Uk & International

Sweet Patootee Ltd – co-founder ( http://www.sweetpatootee.co.uk )Artist/ Co-Director/ Heritage interpreter: Specializing in inclusive research, writing, interviews and production of human-story-driven UK & International (broadcast & non-broadcast) projects, across the arts, learning & heritage sectors (with special emphasis on BAME/ Diaspora communities). Public engagement activities include workshops with formal & informal learning, Youth & Community Groups, Guardian Live, Arts Centres, Archives … Commissions include International Slavery Museum, London 2012, Cultural Olymiad, BBC TV, Channel 4, (Docklands).

London, Uk International

Freelance RolesCommunity Inclusion, Producer, Oral historian, Researcher/writer: I have been able to contribute to a broad range of UK & International projects across the arts, learning and heritage sectors – devising and delivering programmes and resources to drive inclusion through engagement with diverse stakeholders and community participants. Recent commissions & employment include: Oral Historian, ‘SACCO Stories (Sutton African Caribbean Community Organisation); Researcher/ Writer, ‘Our World War too: testimonies of non-White participation in British Empire’s WWII – Open University/ Open Learn; Community Partnerships Coordinator (Museum & outreach based) – British Museum; Islington Libraries – ‘Carnegie to Communities’ HLF project.

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Developing & delivering inclusive resources and programmes to drive Urban Regeneration and Social Justice in response to mass unemployment and national Black civil rights struggles. My work focused on schools, Youth Work, Community Development, Adult Education, Further Education, Higher Education & Return-to- Study/ Vocational Training (with strong emphasis on media, arts and cultural heritage to embed inclusion in mainstream budgeting and practice)

England, United Kingdom

Inclusive project development & support: inclusive projects with young people & adults of diverse ages, abilities, social & cultural backgrounds (BAME in particular). Helping to devise, fund-raise, deliver & monitor as liaison with Arts orgs, local authority and NGO assistance.

Dementia And The Arts

Dementia and the Arts - Training during covid-19 lockdown (UK)

Ba (Hons), Fine Art, Communication Arts