Youth Arts Bursary Programme 2022
Charlotte Smithson
Charlotte Smithson is an artist and creative producer based in Manchester, whose work blends design, craft and botany. A fascination with nature is evident in Charlotte’s work, which she explores through site specific installation, stitch, drawing, photography and plant studies. Charlotte’s work has been exhibited across the UK, including at the Garden Museum London, RHS […]
Ruth Paton
Ruth Paton is a set, costume and puppet designer working in opera and with a particular focus on participatory practice and engagement. She is Associate Artist at Blind Summit Theatre and Lead Education Artist for the English National Opera, Garsington Opera and the Royal Opera House. Ruth holds a lectureship in theatre design at the […]
Digital Archive: A Compendium of Climate Literacies
Helen Whittaker & Juliette MacDonald
Helen Whittaker joined Barley Studio in 1998 and is an award-winning designer and maker of stained-glass windows and metal sculpture, directing restoration painting alongside her new design work. She is a Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters (FMGP), a Liveryman and Court Member of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, winning, judging and […]
David Addison
David Addison is an artist and designer based between Glasgow and London. His personal practice is primarily drawing based but extends to wider outcomes such as painting, product design, publications and installations. Graduating from the Fine Art Mlitt degree at Glasgow School of Art, he has exhibited in New York, London and Berlin. Rather than […]
Janice Affleck
Born in Glasgow, Janice Affleck studied Architecture then moved to Asia for 15 years, completing a PhD at the University of Hong Kong and took up ceramics while on maternity leave. Returning to Glasgow, she began to explore rediscovered places using clay, language, photography and digital media and link this with her architectural interests into […]
Winter Subsidised Residencies 2022
Arts & Business Awards 2021
Laura Spring
Bold, graphic prints combined with bright colours transformed into beautifully crafted products are at the core of Laura Spring. With a passion for colour, print, pattern and process, Laura creates a covetable collection of functional homewares and accessories. Designs are transformed through print and weave into cushions, fabrics, rugs, bags and more, much of which […]
Virtual Studio & Site Tour with Creative Entrepreneurs’ Club
Natalie Wood
As a designer/maker Natalie is inspired by everyday culture of use. Focusing on functional objects that play into our lives on a daily basis. Natalie specialises in bringing colour to clay, inspired minimalism and colour theory. Through her work she examines the place of craft in contemporary society and the connection between cultural identity and […]