Meet the Artswork team

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Meet both our wonderful staff and trustees who make the work we do as a charity possible.

Anastasia Alexandru

Creative Producer - Playland
Anastasia is the Creative Producer on Playland, an exciting new initiative to transform the abandoned amusement arcade in Portsmouth into a youth-led space for creative exploration.
Anastasia trained in Youth and Outreach at Chichester Festival Theatre and worked as a Freelance Creative and Producer before joining Artswork in March 2025. She worked with a variety of creative mediums, from theatre and short films to Performance Capture and 3D technology to bring communities together and inspire innovation within the arts. She is particularly passionate about facilitating spaces that empower real change.
Anna Brown

Careers Programme Manager
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Anna delivers, develops and manages all employability and work-based learning programmes - everything from short, confidence building courses to long term training and placement programmes. Anna's role is about empowering young people to find meaningful jobs in the creative and cultural industry. In addition to her work at Artswork, Anna is a trained yoga teacher and uses this knowledge to inject wellbeing values into her work.
Miranda Hewitt-Green (She/Her)

Finance and Operations Manager
Miranda works ‘behind the scenes’ as part of the core team who help to ensure the smooth running of the organisation, and makes sure our team have what they need to fulfill Artswork’s mission! Outside of Artswork she runs a dance organisation for adults and spends her weekends DJing up and down the country.
Caren Stafford (She/Her)

Fundraising and Development Manager
Caren joined the Artswork team in August 2024 as Fundraising and Development Manager. Prior to this, she worked with arts organisations, charities and local government for over 15 years. She focuses on funding bids, tenders and business proposals, and generating new income streams so that we expand our reach and empower more young people through creativity.

She previously worked as an Arts Educator, Curator, and Arts Development Manager, including roles with Camden Arts Centre, Medway Council, and Ideas Test. She has also worked extensively in fundraising and development with arts organisations across the South East and as a freelancer.
Nina Zaluczkowska (She/Her)

Communications, Sales & Marketing Manager
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Nina joined Artswork in July 2023 and heads up the Communications, Sales & Marketing team. Nina has worked in marketing and sales now for over 10 years. Before joining Artswork, she began her years in the charity sector in freelance work with north-east based charity Digital Voice.
Wanjiku Nyachae

Trustee
Wanjiku Nyachae is a Gestalt Psychotherapist and trustee for Artswork. She has experience of being a trustee for charities that champion creative and cultural opportunities for young people.
Liv Edwards (She/Her)

Trustee
Liv Edwards is a Senior Leader at Kent Music, the Hub Lead Organisation for the Kent & Medway Music Hub. Prior to working at Kent Music, she had a successful career as a secondary school music teacher in East and Southeast London schools and brings with her extensive experience in music education.
Norinne Betjemann

Chair of Trustees
Norinne has always been involved in the arts - be that as an artist, teacher or senior arts administrator. 'The joy and value that my experiences in the arts has brought me is immense'. Her role as Chair of Trustees is to, with the other board members, ensure that Artswork meets its strategic aims and objectives, makes use of its funding and resources in effective and ethical ways and always has an eye to the future.
Lisa Thurbon

Trustee
Lisa is the Creative Lead at Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries and uses creativity across all aspects of her professional and personal life. Kick-starting her career with an Artswork apprenticeship in 2017, she then moved on to undertake a second apprenticeship in Digital Marketing. Since then, she has gained experience in multiple roles across the creative industry. She is passionate about arts and culture, and Artswork's mission is a core value in her life.