Visual Arts for Peace, was a 2-month project Sara ran in Rwanda in summer 2023 in collaboration with Dr Kazuyuki Sasaki at the Center for Research and Action towards Sustainable...
As Peace Studies Masters students, we have been exploring metaphors that can symbolise aspects of conflict engagement and/or peacebuilding. I chose play, and facilitated a 10 minute game for my...
November - December 2021 saw Sara taking some of the Arts Lab magic to work with Talibé street children at Maison de la Gare* in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Unpacking the suitcase...
Matt O’Halloran & Sara Downham-Lotto with Significant Seams - Summer 2021 Arts-based holiday programme for vulnerable teenagers, inspired by nature and collaboration. 'Exploring making, ecology, and connections between individuals, community and...
Matt O'Halloran - Winter 2020-21 Exploring perceptions of good and evil with prisoners 'I am an illustrator about to complete a 2-year part time M.A. at Plymouth College of Art in the...
'The residency and the final exhibition provided a great opportunity to experiment and explore how audiences engage with my work.'...
Sophy D'Angelo - Summer 2020 The Great Sketchbook project was a Covid-19 response online course offering continued connection and creativity for 8-13 year olds working from home in lockdown who would ordinarily...
Painting with 150 teenage dancers in the space of 3 hours, collectively we came up with some home-grown pictorial choreographic dance notation ...
Sara Downham-Lotto & Chris Sargent - March 2018 - October 2021 Reducing self harm and suicide in male prisoners. Transforming spaces inside and outside prison with artist-prisoner collaborative artwork. ‘The project encourages inclusivity...
'The residency and the final exhibition provided a great opportunity to experiment and explore how audiences engage with my work.'...