Projects

Faith enjoys working with people to develop their creativity, confidence and technical skills while responding to the particular aims of a project. She works on arts projects in partnership with a wide range of youth and community groups, arts and heritage organisations, museums, regeneration agencies and local authorities.

Project clients include:National Trust, Knowsley Borough Council, Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Mencap Liverpool, Rotunda Community College, Harthill Arts Trust, National Museums Liverpool.

Here you can see examples of recent projects.

Faith has begun work on a Cultural Olympiad project for Cheshire East Council. Producing a unique piece of art bespoke to the local community, which captures their ‘Moment to Shine’ as part of the Olympic celebrations. She has led a workshop programme with Knutsford Children Centre users and staff, to produce an archway featuring large 3D words and figures to pose with during the culminating torch relay event in May 2012. The work is based on a metal frame clad with bubble wrap and lots of recycled shiny papers collected by the community.

In March 2012 Year 9 students at Wallasey High School worked with Faith over three days to create a group of life size Olympic athletes. They worked outside on the school field to build a willow framework using willow grown locally, then covered it with plastic. As they had a limited time they used masking tape and cable ties to bind the willow, rather than traditional methods!

Faith is working with 'Life with Art', a national charity who provide artist led workshops for young people and adults with disabilities and those with mental health issues. Faith is leading series of short sculpture sessions in their Birkenhead and Chester centres, based on a range of themes. Throughout 2012.

In March 2012 Faith spent a busy, but enjoyable week working with students from schools across Cheshire at Conway Centre, Anglesey. Students worked with Faith on 3D pieces, as well as having a go at music, dance and painting with other artists based on the theme of 'One World Together.' The residential Art education in a Multicultural Society (AEMS) course was provided by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Groups of Year 9 students at Childwall Sports College designed and built four giant trophies with Faith. The four oversized trophies focus on popular culture, sport, architecture and port history of Liverpool.The project aims to develop a vibrant learning environment through creating artworks for the school corridors. A Curious Minds project (the delivery organisation for Creative Partnerships Merseyside); supported by the government & the Arts Council. November 2011

The Spiral of Life was developed with REDI young women's group from Bootle and reflects their view of Liverpool past and present. The paper mache piece features famous Liverpool landmarks, scouse phrases and people surrounding a central mirrored mosaic 'pool'. Funded by Echo in the Community. Commissioned by National Museums Liverpool for the new Museum of Liverpool 2011.

A one day workshop celebrating and interpreting Cheshire's Sandstone Trail. Participants created temporary artworks, using locally gathered natural materials. Organised by the Harthill Trust. Funded by Cheshire West and Chester Council's 'Habitats and Hillforts' programme. 2011

Celebrating 100th birthday of the Liverbird. Created a giant Liverbird assemblage using recycled materials with Anfield and Pinehurst Junior school students outside the Isla Gladstone Conservatory, Stanley Park, Liverpool. Think Publicity & Liverpool Unites campaign. 20th Sept 2010.

An Access to Heritage and Mencap Liverpool project in partnership with local heritage venues and Knowsley Council. Promoting creative activity for day centre and other service users. Workshop programme included practical activities and gallery visits for staff, care workers and service users. Tailored specifically for adults with learning disabilities. Project exhibition held at Kirkby Library Gallery. Funded by Knowsley Council Day Services. Sept 2010 – April 2011

‘Four Corners’ project, led by Rotunda Community College. Developing temporary outdoor artworks with local residents in Garston. Jan 2011 onward.

Rotunda French Festival - 'Speakers corner' created with local young people for the french themed arts festival held in Bootle, Merseyside.

‘Historical Associations with Slavery’ Speke Hall, National Trust project. Workshops with young people from Shorefields and New Heys High School. Created a large 3D slave ship using the Watt family crest as a starting point. May – July 2007. Project exhibition at Speke Hall - August 2007.

‘Women’s Art’ project for Refugee Action. Series of workshops at Blackburne House with a group of women asylum seekers. Together we created a wall relief sculpture incorporating two large shoes, symbols and text about their feelings. The piece is permanently sited on a wall in Hope Street, the street connecting Liverpool’s two cathedrals. Oct 2002 to Jan 2003

Faith is one of the lead artists for Liverpool Lantern Company, producing large - scale sculptural lanterns for outdoor performance based, site-specific events and processions such as the Halloween Lantern Carnival, Lord Mayors Parade and Snow Queen Parade.