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  • A beautiful graphic in dusky rose pin and green showing design elements of eyes, time, workign together and hands holding this and the words, Transforming Leadership Transforming Leadership

    Transforming Leadership was a coaching and leadership programme that I helped shape alongside the brillliant team at Access All Areas. When I joined the organisation as chair I knew that I didn’t want to do this on my own but alongside one of the artist associates. How lucky was I to work and still work alongside my co-chair, Charlene Salter.
  • a beautiful section of Izzati Shahrin's artwork made for independence day celebrations. This pic shows the father of independence,Tunku Abdul Rahman and is part of a wonderful work by SyncingSpace.org artist Izzati Shahrin. Tunku tastic

    I’m in love with SyncingSpace.org and even though we’ve only just started, this beautiful image and the person portrayed, Tunku Abdul Rahman is just an example of the learning and the joy this project brings. This artwork is a section of a larger work celebrating Malaysian Independence Day by the brilliant artist: Izzati Shahrin, one […]
  • A picture sowing Sync Shorts from teh website syncing space, with Sync Shorts participants in view on a Sync Shorts course, artist Thompson Hall infront of his canvas and a group shot of Nakseni Studio participants in KL, smiling at the camera. Syncing Space

    On the back of some research into Sync and the take up for our programmes of work, i wanted to see if leadership learning for learning disabled/autistic visual artists might be best delivered through an accessible Sync Shorts online arts residency. In January 2025, we built a new web platform Syncing Space to share the leadership thinking and showcase the resulting artwork from our 4 brilliant artists.

  • Gyoza set within a light cooking batter brown translucent with spring onions in the centre. Battered

    Yesterday i had gyoza  buried in their cooking batter. It was a bit of an effort to divide the spoils and chopsticks didn’t make it easier but more desperate with those I was sat with.  A bit of a bun fight. Made me strangely think about how stuck we become within the systems we have […]
  • An extract from a Salvador Dali painting a woman skips in a long white dress in a burn orange landscape with some rocks and a strange building in the background. Slow skipping

    I’m in a call, right now, writing this and listening to a group of amazing individuals working as coaches, therapists, facilitators, architects and artists who have been meeting together for 5 years.  We’re called the Fallout group (i’m so proud of us) and we formed when Covid hit and we quickly realised that we wanted […]
  • Myriads of wool weaves in Tadek Beutlich's artwork Seeds (detail), esparto grass, sisal and wool, c 1980s. Estate of Tadek Beutlich archive held by Emma Mason Gallery Weave

    I first encountered Tadek Beutlich’s work at Watermans Arts Centre in Hounslow nearly 20 years ago and have since then been an avid fan. So when my friend Steph Fuller who is Director at Ditchling Museum shared that she and her team were curating Tadek’s work at the venue this Spring, it felt like a […]
  • A picture of Nazli with the cast from Expendable in a post show talk. They sit in the set, listening to Nazli in contemplation. Enquiry

    A Muskian call for an enquiry has unsettled the masses in this first week but for me, has taken me back to one of my most resonant memories at the end of 2024, seeing Expendable by Emteaz Hussain at the Royal Court. My lovely friend Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh was dramaturg on the play and hosted a […]
  • 2 boots attached to two legs blue hubcaps and a walking stick with a smattering of show on the pavements. Slip Sliding

    There’s childish delight and eerie hush, seeing snow fall outside the window. This first wonderment is swiftly followed by thoughts of horrendous slip sliding injury scenarios. It reminds me that I need to take small steps or just not step out at all. Take it easy, stay inside, give in to naps. All that. A […]
  • Shadowy figures walk at dusk hands in pockets, some stationary, apricot light fills the frame. Powerlessness

    In 2023, Sync Associate, Alia Alzougbi and I and our colleagues in the Arabi region were busy shaping our Sync Arabi programme, working on the logistics as part of this to bring 4 Palestinian artists into Jordan for the week. Between us, we had a degree of power and influence to make this happen. In […]
  • 6 Deaf Sync artist/leaders in a Sync Zoom call, smiling contemplating & waving. Sync Leadership

    Sync Leadership is the only disabled-led global facing leadership and coaching programme for Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent leaders working in arts, culture, heritage and media.

    Sync has worked with over 300 leaders since its inception and creates access where there hasn’t been to coaching practices and leadership learning, changing lives irrevocably.