Thinking about the future

Thinking about life post-college, I'm definitely going to apply for any creative programmes or studio spaces that are advertised. I feel in a really good, exciting place creatively at the moment, and just want to the space and time to keep develop the things are nourishing my creativity.

I will deinitely apply for both the Duke Street and Serf programmes. I also think I will buy membership to the Leeds Print Workshop, and possibly try and do more stuff The Print Project in Shipley if I want to develop my Letterpress skills.

Footprint workers Co-op are also recruiting for a 15-24 hr/p/w worker, which is really the ideal amount of work for me. I live simply and keep my personal overheads low, so I would love to be able to balance a job like this with enough time to develop my personal practise.

Aside from being ideal logistically, Footprint are exactly the type of group I want to work with. They're a worker's coop, they're part of the Radical Routes network, they're political, they have a voice. 

I also intend to keep volunteering with a lot of community projects around Leeds and West Yorkshire. I currently volunteer with The Real Junk Food Project, Inkwell Arts, Hyde Park Souce, Outside the Box Arthouse project, A Flock of Needles (present making and letter writing to inmates in detention centres) and Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden. These are all causes close to my heart, and I hope I can continue to make art work to publicise them.