Artistic lead on Magnetic Ideals project ‘The Swamp‘
Kirsty Lumm is an expressive artist who runs community workshops with children at the Museum Club that transcend the boundaries of art, history and science, and also conducts creative and therapeutic work with the Art in Mind charity. She is a member of CHASE Feminist Network, publishing her artwork through their journal and blog. She has run interactive online workshops “Breaking through boundaries with art” was particularly inspiring.
The workshop used a talk on using Frida Kahlo’s paintings as an entry point to exploring and discuss taboo or difficult subjects, followed by artistic, practical exercises that people could engage with. Kirsty has a keen sense of how to run a project in a way that engages individuals at the level they are able and bring out the potential of each person she works with, finding both funding and in-kind support to run the projects she feels passionately about. Her approach is both sensitive and progressive and demonstrates a sound understanding of the relationship between art, socio-political issues and psychoanalytic approaches.
Kirsty Lumm is an expressive artist who Takes many styles working with whatever best expresses this moment of pure creative ecstasy and bliss. Currently, she is working on action-painting installations hoping to immerse the artist, the art and the viewer into a connection of full sensual and emotional experience.
Alongside this Kirsty runs community workshops that transcend the boundaries of art, history and science, and also conducts creative and therapeutic work with the Art in Mind charity and her own arts project Arts for life.
“While studying Fine Art at Kingston University my independent research focused on the concept of ‘pure art’. My interest turned towards primitive art and how, in a fast-paced 21st century we can gather inspiration from raw subjects, while still partaking in modern society. Children’s art and creative therapy are where I found inspiration. These made me FEEL that raw emotion I had been searching for, with as little preconceived ideas and formats possible for this creative endeavour.
Through this, my creativity propelled me into a world of Abstract Expressionism with the objective to spur up these raw emotions and turn them into a visual expression. Taking many styles and forms I work with whatever best expresses this moment of pure creative ecstasy and bliss. Currently, I am working on action-painting installations hoping to immerse the artist, the art and the viewer into a connection of full sensual and emotional experience.“
Email: kirsty@magneticideals.org
https://kirstylumm.wixsite.com/expressionist
Arts for Life Project Mmanager. Founder ofd the community organisation Arts for Life. Arts for Life is an arts organisation working within the community on social and climate justice issues. This role involves managing and facilitating meetings, developing policies and procedures, ensuring all staff are trained, organising training, diligent record keeping, connecting and collaborating with other organisations, developing projects, writing funding bids, recording feedback and evaluating projects. This role requires excellent social skills, empathy, time management, working in a busy environment, an understanding of safeguarding and keeping of accurate reports.
Workshop leader for adult and children refugees living in hotels and in the community. This project was set up to work with refugees and asylum seekers, offering regular arts workshops, cooking sessions and training opportunities. The arts workshops are mainly directive as requested by the people attending the workshops. This project requires regular communication with the hotels that are housing refugees and other community organisations involved. This project is carefullly time managed, for example all art work made can be finished and taken at the end of each session, due to the uncertainty of stable living conditions. These workshops are separated into hotel based adults workshops, hotel based children’s workshops and community based workshops for all ages.