Meet the Art Team blog posts

Suzan’s main preoccupation is experimenting with both 2D and 3D
materials, especially discarded resources. She recycles, transforms and customizes these materials, sometimes combining them with more predictable media..

Steve originally trained as a sculptor and now finds himself doing all sorts of different things that usually, but not always, end up in him making something.

Ruth is a contemporary dance artist, interested in, and focused on, ’sited’ and ’site-specific’ work. Through this approach she is able to bring dance to people who may not ordinarily experience it, for example, through creating choreography for a town square, a particular architectural building or a supermarket.

Ruth Fettis is a freelance artist, who has lived and worked in West
Yorkshire for over 20 years. Her main area for her own work is print and she is currently working on hand-made books and small-scale theatre set designs.

Nichola’s work is based in drawing. She makes large-scale, layered pieces based on mantle-piece objects; scratchy abstracts made through the movement of her body whilst performing activities such as trampolining or cartwheeling; and huge, conceptual, wall based works with paint.

Louise has an interdisciplinary practice, using a wide range of media
including paper, photography, print, artist books, textiles and found objects.

Kathryn is a visual artist, producing mainly paintings, drawings, and
collages.

Using personal experience and family history as a principal resource,
Karen explores images of the past and present through facets of identity, authenticity and location.

Heidi is a visual artist whose work engages with contemporary social and political issues.

Emma Spencer is an artist who explores everyday materials, playing with their meaning and use.