Meet the Team

I develop the scale and ambition of the charity. I have over a decade’s experience of working in the Disability Arts charitable sector and am a trained designer with continuing textiles practice.

I develop and deliver creative strategies for the charity. I am an experienced art tutor and participatory artist with a specialism in learning-disabled and neurodiverse learning.

I devise and deliver inclusive workshops in sculpture, enabling members to develop their creative skills and practice. My current sculptural practice is focused on natural history.

I devise and deliver inclusive workshops in graphics and pattern, enabling members to develop their creative skills and practice. My current painting practice is motif based concerned with communication without linguistics. 

I devise and deliver inclusive workshops in media and photography, enabling members to develop their creative skills and practice.  I am a photographic artist who works in film animation and publication.

I enable HUB members to participate in creative activities and social interactions as well as providing individuals with everyday care. I am an experienced carer trained artist with a focus on drawing and draftsmanship.

I enable HUB members to participate in creative activities and social interactions as well as providing individuals with everyday care. I am an experienced carer with a talent for creative millinery.

I enable HUB members to participate in creative activities and social interactions as well as providing individuals with everyday care. I am an experienced carer and a stage actor who recently began experimenting with puppetry.

I enable ICEbox members to participate in creative activities and social interactions as well as providing individuals with everyday care. I am an an experienced carer Activities Co-ordinator for the NHS and specialise in recreational and therapeutic creativity for mental health.

I am a disabled artist working in digital media. I manipulate images to addresses issues of access and inclusivity.

I am a former Community Arts Development Manager and as a disabled person passionate about actively promoting creative & artistic activities to individuals and groups.

I am a disabled artist and photographer with experience of running arts festivals, projects and organisations.

I am a disabled actor and the director of ‘Shoot your mouth off’, a company who produce films with disabled people in Hartlepool.