Boseda Olawoye
Creative Engagement Producer
Gender is a colonial construct. Photo Jules Lister
Photo Jules Lister
You Can't Ignore Us zine. Photo Jules Lister
Gender is a colonial construct. Photo Jules Lister
Iniva, London.
2022 - 23
Producing You Can't Ignore Us, a youth-led project created by young people from Castleford for CoLab Wakefield. We explored how museums and galleries don't always represent their lives, passions and interests.
Students (aged 13 & 14) from Castleford Academy collaborated with Leeds based spoken word artist/writer Simone Yasmin and art therapist Will Jones to create an exhibition and zine. The group used collage, song lyrics, drawing, BSL sign language and more to express how they feel about the issues that matter to them. View the zine here
Photos B.Olawoye
Responses to Lakeside Arts brochure.
Tour and workshop at Lakeside Arts.
Photos B.Olawoye
A slap in the face
2022 - 23
Initiating and producing a creative consultation project & internal report about why Lakeside Arts does not engage and involve people of colour across Nottingham? Members of Inspire Urself Carnival Troupe (aged 20+) worked with artist Honey Williams to create their own zine to express their impressions, feedback and ideas for how the organisation should connect and collaborate with diverse communities.
Design & image by Lee Goater.
Design & image by Lee Goater.
Diverse Artist Network Coordinator
Beam - Arts for people and places
2022 - 23
Researching and writing a report informed by Beam's diversity monitoring, they wanted to ask - 'How can we make the public art sector more fair and equitable?' Over a period of 9 months I conducted a series of online interviews with under-represented artist and arts organisations creating art in public spaces or community settings. The report aims to address why commissioning opportunities in public art do not seem to attract diverse artists from different backgrounds. Download the report.
We are here! - whats your story?
ChalleNGe Nottingham
2020-21
Developing and managing a film project capturing young people's (aged 12 to 18+) views on creativity and how it helped them during the lock downs of 2020/21. What do they feel needs to change to make it easier for more young people to develop and take part in creative opportunities in Nottingham? Filmmakers Ben Harriott & Amanda Russell.
Front cover.
Soap carvings by Heya
Heya Nottingham.
Front cover.
National Justice Museum
March - November 2021
Co-producing a printed zine with Browtowe Women’s Project and Heya Nottingham (Arab women), through a series of interactive conversations. The printed zine captures the women's creative responses to artwork made by people in the criminal justice system as featured in the "Power" exhibition. A collaboration with artist and curator Chiara Dellerba. Read a copy here.
Photography: B.Olawoye Nottingham 2020.
Photography: B.Olawoye
Photography: B.Olawoye
Photography: B.Olawoye Nottingham 2020.
City Arts Nottingham
2020-21
Chairing a series of conversations with a steering group of black and PoC creatives, discussing their experiences of racism in the arts and the barriers and opportunities they have faced. Read my blog post Black Lives Matter - Action not Words about these discussions. This resulted in CATALYST, a new support programme for artists of colour.
Photo by John Cameron
“I know we can make it”
October 2020
Designing four creative cards with activities for people at home to share their experiences of 2020. Who are the people and places doing great things in your community? What have you learnt about yourself during the pandemic? Part of #MakeItYours workshop in an envelope