Arts, heritage and craft projects led by Ruth Singer

I have a lot of experience of running all kinds of artist-led engagement projects and workshops over 25 years, often with museums / heritage and with communities.

At this point in my career though I am focussing on a more limited range of projects. I am most interested in:

Projects where the creative element is closely linked to my artist practice and the themes I explore in my own work (more about this below)
Longer-term projects with in-depth engagement with a single group
Co-creation, where the participants work with me to jointly create artworks (there are many different models of how this works in practice)
Working with adults and my preference (and expertise) is older women
Local to me – Leicestershire / East Midlands

Themes

Heritage, collections, archives or history, particularly working with objects. I trained in and worked in museums and this is an important part of my working practice.
Cultures of Care – my current major project focussing on hidden stories of care of objects, people and nature
Textiles / textile & fashion history
Archaeology
Women’s history and womens’ lives today
Family history & local history
Poverty and social justice, particularly interested in food poverty / food banks
Migration / refugee experience
Personal, collective and emotional histories
Landscape history / land use / access to nature

There are lots of other themes that would interest me too, particularly more abstract ones.

The kind of experiences, activities and projects I produce include the following examples. I’d love to talk to you about your project ambitions and see if I can help you make it a reality.