A Local Place for Local People, explored the idea of community portraiture through film photography, painting, short films and sketches. The project celebrated the diversity of people who live, or have lived, in the village of Marsden, bringing together different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives to explore what it means to be a 'local'. Central to the project was the idea that a community is not defined by a single identity or shared experience, but by the many indiv

Commission to run a Summer Programme of Creative Workshops Inspired by the collection at Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery. Using the Museum’s collection as a starting point, the workshops invited children and families to respond creatively to local textiles, tools, maps, photographs, domestic objects, buildings, transport history and the surrounding Pennine landscape. The programme was designed to be a hands-on, accessible and age-appropriate, encouraging children to look clo

Born in Marsden in 1826, Samuel Laycock was a poet of the people, capturing the everyday lives, struggles, humour and resilience of the working communities of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Writing in the language of ordinary people, his poetry gave a voice to mill workers, families and communities living through a period of enormous social and industrial change. To mark the bicentenary of his birth, I researched Laycock's life, poetry and legacy. Through painting and drawings, I