Creative Practitioners

Specialism:  Drama based improvisation, role play, and creative writing with an emphasis on developing curriculum material and resources so that work can be continued after I leave. I also create audio based work, such as this 

Brief description of your offer: I am an artist researcher who has been exploring questions of creativity in schools for many years (and currently teach Education students at De Montfort Uni on Drama in Education). My work is heavily influenced by Mantle of the Expert, a drama based pedagogy which aims to develop purposeful learning models. As a writer and theatre maker I have worked in many contexts; from writing plays for Radio Four and the main stage of the Nottingham Playhouse, to working with communities to create shows exploring questions of place, heritage and identity both in the U.K. and abroad. As a researcher I am always asking 'what is this really doing?' 

Which schools are you working with?   

CC Residency 1: Cantrell Primary School

CC Residency 2: Cantrell Primary School & Southglade Primary School

Children are naturally creative and I'm really interested in exploring how schools can feel confident in embracing different ways of teaching that utilise this creativity to enhance their learning across the curriculum. I take this challenge very seriously because it's really important.

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Specialism: Music, Music Technology, Electronic Music

Brief description of your offer: Creative, inclusive, digital music making workshops using a variety of software and hardware including our own unique instrument Cmpsr.   We also explore careers in the music industries through our workshop programme.  We work with KS2 - 5 , SEND and PRU’s

Which school are you working with?  

CC Residency 1: Old Basford

We are excited to be working with year 4 to be bringing their science curriculum to life through music and creative technology. 

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Specialism: Mixed media/medium, installation, technology, film/animation, music/sound making, multi-sensory, indoor or outdoor.

Brief description of your offer: Multi-faceted and can be based on specific agendas or open ended. I often work with technology and interactivity and build this into multi-sensory installations whist also adding other creative mediums into the mix.  I allow young people to be creative giving freedom to explore and offering support where needed.

Which school are you working with?  

CC Residency 1: Southglade Primary year 5

A chance to create in educational settings, underline the value of creativity to young people, education and wider community.

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Specialism: Drama/Writing/Poetry

Brief description of your offer: I run workshops in primary schools (under Company name, Mouse Tales) using drama to explore stories, enrich curriculum subjects and co-create written work in the form of plays and poetry. I am particularly interested in seeing how facilitating children in creating their own plays and writing as a way of exploring a subject or topic, helps engagement and curiosity in their learning. 

I am looking forward to collaborating with a school and learning how my practices can help their students take a creative approach to their learning and help the school find new ways of approaching creativity within their curriculum.

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Specialism: Fashion/ Sewing & Textiles

Brief description of your offer: Working with different key stages in both mainstream, SEN and the home educated community. Working in small groups, focus is given to the child’s interests and how it can be applied. Children learn a life skill. This could be using the sewing machine or different textile medium. It is great for their focus alongside gross motor skills. Children feel empowered.

Which school are you working with?

CC Residency 1: Milford Academy

CC Residency 2: Crabtree Farm Primary

I am looking forward to visiting different schools, meeting their children and having an insight into their world and how they see and interpret things. The best feeling for me is working with a child that has little faith in what they can do, only to surprise themselves and produce something they are proud of!

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Specialism: Theatre, Drama - Facilitation, Directing, Producing, Writing, Performing

Brief description of your offer: Evie Osbon leads Mind Out Theatre and has worked extensively with children & young people between the ages of 0 to 18 years. From preschool sensory play & music classes, to dynamic co-creation Drama workshops for teenagers! Mind Out Theatre projects facilitate children & young people to work collaboratively to realise their own creative potential through a range of creative activities including, Drama, Singing, Movement, Writing and Storytelling. 

I would love to develop alongside other collaborators to contribute to a robust project that takes creative curiosity seriously, valuing its importance for the development of young minds. I’m interested in helping young people to navigate the world that we live in.

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Specialism: Environmental Biology and Art 

Brief description of your offer:  Mo uses social art to explore being human on a shared planet through broadening traditional science.  Mo uses citizen science to research hyper-local environments and climate change with communities, using this as a basis to create and reimagine ecological futures. From a giant helium balloon drone to buying land on the moon, her work observes the interconnected nature of the total environment and multiplicity of source, including landscape, folklore, lived experience, environmental sampling, written word, museology, music, sound.

Which school are your working with? 

CC Residency 1: Carrington Primary School

CC Residency 2: Old Basford Primary School and Carrington Primary

I’m most looking forward to having my ideas broadened by the insights of young minds.   @molangmuir

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Specialism:  Interdisciplinary artist; mixed media and movement /installations/ tinkers collage (object /loose parts) textiles and printing.   

Brief Description of your offer: Bringing our learning enquiry to life through multi model approaches. Focusing on process, recognising pattern and always open to play within any subject area: design, emotional literacy and wellbeing, history, ecology, diversity, spirituality and science. Experiential, embodied and experimental, discover relationships and connections, fusing technical skills and creative process - opening the field of imagination and expressing our unique selves!

Which school are you working with?

CC Residency 1: Rosehill School

CC Residency 2: Greenfields Community School

“It was a pleasure to collaborate with the staff and pupils at Rosehill. Our enquiry focussed on developing motor skills through our curiosity of design using tinkers collage (loose parts play), textile painting and screen printing. Great atmosphere and our discoveries were in abundance!

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Specialism: Visual arts, 2D, 3D, architecture, installation, Pop-up, theatre sets/props, mentoring, mural art, textiles, illustration,  Cross curricular visual arts combined with Science, Drama, DT, Story-telling, 

Brief description of your offer:

Exploration and curiosity (Reggio Emilia pedagogy) can engage all ages and abilities. Recent projects are participatory and collaborative; co-created and shaped by that specific group of children & teachers. Encouraging questioning and risk-taking.

Which School are you working with? 

CC Residency 2: Hospital and Home Learning Centre

I want to help children feel confident to try new things, find their passion and that art doesn’t have to be “Instagram perfect”. Art is power!

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Specialism: Contemporary Dance & Movement – Facilitation, Choreography, Performance 

Brief description of your offer: 

I’m passionate about the role that movement, expression and creativity plays in young people’s lives and its ability to bring us together. My workshops are empowering, inclusive and full of energy, allowing young people the freedom to explore their own movement curiosities whilst developing new skills. Workshops are tailored to the specific ages and needs of the group and can be focused on specific themes or be more open ended.

Which school are you working with?

CC Residency 1: Greenfields Community School 

CC Residency 2: Welbeck Primary School

I’m excited to collaborate with young people and help them to develop their confidence to find bold, physical, self-expression through movement and dance. Encouraging them to embrace our differences and celebrate both the individual and the collective. 

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Specialism: Visual Arts

Brief description of your offer:  I work in schools and other settings to provide visual arts learning workshops. I aim to support and encourage learners to develop their self-belief and resilience when they embark on a creative task.  I work to build an environment where it is positive to explore, and sometimes make mistakes (and learn from them), as part of their creative journey. 

Which school are you working with?

CC Residency 2: Rufford Primary and Nursery School  

I’m excited about sharing skills and exploring ideas with young people and see their confidence grow as they develop their work and see it realised. Creating art is powerful! 

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Specialism: I specialise in painting and drawing.

Brief Description of your offer: I work with all ages and abilities, and look to make collaborative projects with groups when working as an artist in the community. I have in the past worked on huge murals as well as worked on large scale installation projects which have been shown in prestigious galleries and venues, putting the communities work in focus. I love working to find new an original ideas to develop with a community focus, as well as allowing myself the creative freedom to challenge myself and the participants. 

Which school are you working with?

CC Residency 1: Crabtree Farm Primary School

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