Meet both our wonderful staff and trustees who make the work we do as a charity possible.
Harriet joined Artswork in May 2023. Her background is in arts education, working for a number of years in the learning team at Aspex Portsmouth and instructing with Top Banana Circus CIC. Alongside this she achieved apprenticeship qualifications in Community Arts Administration and Events as an Artswork Apprentice.
Finn works to better understand the needs of young people in the New Forest and Rushmoor through creative workshops and consultation which inform and inspire youth-led commissions which have a focus on place based changemaking and empowerment.
Finn’s background in is Archaeology and heritage, specialising in public engagement and outside his role at Artswork, they have been able to combine their lifelong loves of the creative arts, specifically performance and myths and folklore by training to deliver live storytelling events and self-publishing an audio drama.
Donna joined Artswork in 2012 and is responsible for financial and contractual management and operational policies and processes. With a background in performing arts (stage manager, venue manager), she has worked extensively in arts administration and management.
Prior to Artswork, she created 1mile² – an international arts and ecology programme involving 13,500 people across 8 countries. The programme included interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and environmental scientists, new commissions, social action research, public art projects and was part of an AHRC funded Connected Communities research programme.
Claire joined in Artswork in June 2024. In collaboration with a team of Placemaking Creative Producers, Claire helps deliver the Young Cultural Changemaker programme. Passionate about empowering young people, she assist with the facilitation of creative events that amplify young people's voices and perspectives.
Chima joined Artswork in May 2023. He has been working in the monitoring and evaluation space close to a decade now, where he played cardinal roles in setting up data management processes for organisations he was part of, designing monitoring frameworks, impact gathering and evaluation systems to aid organisations make data driven decisions.
Beccy supports young people in Arun & West Sussex, alongside a wide range of partners including the District Council, to devise and deliver a whole host of creative projects for their communities including events, art pieces, gardens, pop-up exhibitions, murals and more.
Beccy also facilitates Arun Youth Council and Artswork's brilliant Youth Board.
Annabel joined Artswork in 2019 and is currently the Deputy CEO. Her career began as a professional actor before transitioning into arts development at both borough and county council levels. Moving to the South Coast she then worked as an Arts Centre Director.
Annabel is passionate about the impact creativity can have on lives and regularly comes up with some truly left field ideas – of which about 1% are workable. In her Senior Leadership MBA, her dissertation looked at how creativity affects workplace dynamics and how employers can maximise this impact.
Angela joined Artswork in April 2023 working on the Choices Programme with schools across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Angela also provides administrative support the Artswork Career Team, working on programmes such as Breakthrough.
Angela is passionate about the education of young people and has been working with educational establishments for over 17 years. Prior to joining Artswork she has experience in Coordination, Operational Management and Account Management, as well as holding voluntary roles within local schools.
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