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Dulcie Fenton, Executive Producer Barbican Theatre

Executive Producer for Youth, Education and Training - Dulcie leads The Barbican Theatre’s youth and education programmes, creating opportunities for young people to access and engage with the arts. Whether it's workshops, performances, or professional development, she’s passionate about making theatre an inclusive and empowering space for the next generation.

https://barbicantheatre.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/ladyfenton27/

Music Promoter

Ray curates and promotes exciting live events at The Quad Theatre and Barbican Theatre, Steep Brew. The Junction, Underground and other venues in the city - bringing in brilliant acts and building relationships within the wider entertainment industry.

https://www.plymouthculture.co.uk/creative-community/in-conversation-/in-conversation-with-ray-rose-shaping-plymouths-live-music-scene

Music Programme Director and Musician

Passionate and humble musician of thirty years; multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer. Karl plays and creates a variety of genres of music in and around his home town of Plymouth in the UK.

Karl is also the Music Programme Director for Plymouth Music Zone.

https://www.plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/

Youth Work Coordinator at Livewire Music

Livewire is an independent, long-standing youth charity based in Saltash, Cornwall, offering support to young people through music and traditional youth work, helping steer them through the trials and tribulations of growing up.

https://www.facebook.com/at.livewire/?locale=en_GB

https://livewireyouth.com/author/andylivewireyouth-com/

Musician

Vince has been playing and singing the blues in all its forms since the mid 80s and has influenced many local musicians with his guitar playing. Jump blues, calypso, swing & ragtime.

http://www.vinceleebigcombo.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/vinceleeblues/?locale=en_GB

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIp6nw-aNKSj8n6IDwlHLw

Composer, musician, and choir leader

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sian-jamison-0721346b/?originalSubdomain=uk

Musician, writer and filmmaker

He draws inspiration from a wide range of sources, such as popular neuroscience, the multiverse, the study of mind-altering substances, current politics and mental health issues, and is especially interested in the parallels that can be drawn between these. This research translates into a rich language based practice of lyric writing, film-making and musical composition, in which the visceral experience of his audience is foremost.

https://www.instagram.com/muirsmuirs/

Fashion and streetwear

As the founder and CEO of INSTINCT®. INSTINCT® is a platform where emerging designers, artists, and creators come together to collaborate through streetwear and showcase their craft, offering a fresh approach to fashion that’s rooted in community, storytelling, and individuality.

https://instinctstudio.co.uk/

Editor, photographer and film maker

Daniel is a UK-London-Devon based award winning director, editor and writer specialising in surrealist drama. He grew up in Plymouth, Devon and moved to London to study on the renowned BA Film course at the University of Westminster in 2021 and has since been working on short films, music videos and long-form documentaries as a freelance editor, director, writer and film maker.

https://www.instagram.com/daniel.howard.baker/

https://danielhbfilm.com/

Musician

Professional saxophonist and musician available for events and weddings with bases in both Devon and Sussex.

https://www.alexcairnsmusic.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/alexcairns.music/

https://www.facebook.com/alexcairnsmusicuk

Graphic Artist

Pete is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Plymouth

https://www.peteclayton.com/

www.instagram.com/peteclayton

Artist and Follow the Dragon

Gabi’s practice as an artist flows from and around a constant fixation with writing, translation and research. Much of her work is deeply personal and explorative of the more visceral elements of the human psyche, disability and mental illness. 

https://www.gabimarcellustemple.co.uk/

www.instagram.com/marcellustemple

Artist and Follow the Dragon

Louise is an illustrator specialising in children’s books, character design and sequential storytelling.

https://louiserabey.com/about

www.instagram.com/louiserabeyart

Musician and owner of Bread and Roses

Louise Parker is a Jazz and Soul vocalist based in Plymouth, UK.

http://www.louiseparker.co.uk/

www.instagram.com/louiseparkerhome

Terry Flower is an artist born in Plymouth in 1961 and has lived in the city most of his life.

www.instagram.com/terryflowerr

Musician

Kate Ferguson is a singer-songwriter from Devon. With a unique soprano vocal style accompanied by fingerstyle guitar. The result is an original, heartfelt and authentic style of music.

https://katefergusonmusic.com/

www.instagram.com/katefergusonmusic

Musician

Joanna performs with big name artists, supporting the likes of Rag N Bone Man and Paloma Faith, and playing her own shows.

https://joannacooke.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/joanna.cooke/

Artist

Stuart J Young currently explores the writing and painting of sacred texts. In a concentrated, inner state of haptic making thought and spirituality enter a relationship between human and ‘other’. 

www.instagram.com/stuartsjyyoung

stuartsjy@gmail.com

Soak Live Art

Sarah Blissett is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and dramaturg working at the intersections between visual art and performance. She’s lecturer in Drama at the University of Plymouth where her research explores how site-specific practices can engage with changing ocean ecologies at time of climate crisis. 

www.instagram.com/soakliveart

soakliveart@gmail.com

Rhizome Artists Collective

Nuala Taylor paints as an emotive response to the landscape - to its ever-changing mood and atmosphere, to the weather, the season, to the moorlands, rivers, seas and wide skies.

She works intuitively, often from memory, responding to the way the paint is performing, trying to be free and energetic when making the marks, so that this energy embeds itself in the final painting.

www.instagram.com/taylornuala

nualataylor1953@gmail.com

Artist/technician

Plymouth based drummer, climber and artist.

www.instagram.com/normanbuchan

normanbuchan@gmail.com

Dr. Laura Denning is an artist, writer and academic. Her art practice is transdisciplinary, working across film, sound, social participation, curation and installation, often using mark-making (including photography) and walking as experimental methodologies.

https://lauradenning.com/

www.instagram.com/lauradenning2

lauradenning2@gmail.com

Conscious Sisters and visual Artist

Karen is a painter and socially engaged artist working in Devon, UK.

https://www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/kevans?srsltid=AfmBOorxKxH6q7KxoQMbliSrlv1Ss1q2oy0wcXyWgRX1W8K0esdLqLxM

www.instagram.com/karen_myart

karenzevans@hotmail.co.uk

hello@theconscioussisters.com

Artist/Rhizome

Judy is an Environmental Artist and activist. She aims to connect people emotionally with nature and environmental issues, to develop a sense of agency – we can ALL do something to help save our beautiful world for future generations.

https://judyharington.com/

www.instagram.com/plymouthplasticsculpture

judyharington@gmail.com

Artist

Joanna explores the relationship between body and mind through oil and acrylic paintings, visual/audial artwork, and occasional performance art.

https://joannasulima2000.wixsite.com/jojo-creates?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabTNYdkpr5W-0YwvWcs0lkbmanLpmIGapUw90cAlbS54qieu6yF9lS9U4Y_aem_f3dLpTF8B4v4Zsp_JDJhBQ

https://www.instagram.com/jojowithapearlearing/

joanna.sulima2000@gmail.com

Artist/Educator

Local Pigeon Lord™ is an performance artist, artist and teacher Plymouth, UK 

https://www.instagram.com/_mrpigeon/?hl=en

itsmrpigeon@gmail.com

Inner City Seeds/Community Builder for Stonehouse

Helen is an artist and writer, currently living in the Southwest of England

https://about.me/moorehelen

https://www.instagram.com/mshelenmoore/

innercityseeds@gmail.com

helen.moore@fgct.co.uk

Artist/AUP

William is one third of art collective Nous Vous and has exhibited in solo and group shows across the UK and internationally. Studio Luz, William’s commercial and commission based studio has produced murals, installations, prints and images for clients including The Barbican, Aesop, The Hepworth Museum, Ace & Tate, Nike and Facebook.

https://www.instagram.com/studio__luz/

hi@williamluz.co.uk

wluz@aup.ac.uk

Artist

Henry is a practice-based researcher and evaluator with a specific interest in the interaction between art, culture, community and different ideas of publics. 

https://www.henrymulhall.com/

henrymulhall@gmail.com

Artist and printmaker

Sue is an experimental printmaker interested in the hands-on process - cutting, layering, and exploring how materials like paper, textiles, and wood come together in unexpected ways. Her work is all about letting ideas emerge naturally, allowing the materials to guide her. She also teaches and researches at Arts University Plymouth, sharing her passion for printmaking with undergrad and postgrad students.

https://www.suelewry.com/

https://www.instagram.com/suelewry https://www.instagram.com/colossal.print/

hello@suelewry.com