Product design and production

Design and production of products for Rocket Artists’ online and physical shop. An ACE funded project supported Rockets Studios to work with Jo. Together they have been able to expand their collective knowledge of access and inclusion by exploring the process of design for production. The project supports artists to develop new ways to see […]

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Art students and learning disabled artists print a large collograph using a steamroller at the Big Steam Print fair, at the Level, Brighton

Big Steam Print – Ditchling Museum

This 8 week project was co-ordinated by Ditchling Museum who invited local artists to participate. Jo led the facilitation of a group of undergraduate art students and learning disabled artists. The group worked together to explore accessible print-making skills whilst developing strategies for communication and collaboration. The group collaboration culminated in a 3m x 1m […]

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Poster for Art by Johnny: exploring inclusive curation exhibition

Inclusive curation – Art By Johnny

Jo and collaborator Jane Fox worked together to realise two recent ACE funded exhibitions with Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK: Towards Inclusion and Art By Johnny: Exploring Inclusive Curation. Both exhibitions were designed to celebrate the diverse skills of learning disabled and neurodivergent artists whilst gently challenging public assumptions and shifting the dial for arts organisations seeking opportunities to review their inclusion and access programmes and policies.

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Social enterprise – Rockets Studios CIC

With experience across commercial, voluntary and public sectors, Jo has a solid understanding of the skills and considerations that individuals and organisations face in navigating for sustainable success. She set up the Community Interest Company Rocket Artists’ Studios in 2016 and as co-founder and managing director of the social enterprise she has worked in all aspects of the business

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