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EXTENDED SCHOOL SUBSIDIES
01/03/2012
20 subsidies of £100 each available to schools wanting a global artist to visit....

GLOBAL ARTIST VIDEOS AND POSTER
11/01/2012
Global Link has created four new films AND a colour poster to promote the work of artists from the G...

ARTIST COMMISSION WORTH £500
30/08/2011
Create a piece of artwork for our Global Artist Poster!...


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This project is managed by Global Link and funded by the Arts Council and North West Global Education Network to develop the capacity of artists with roots in the global south (i.e. Africa, Asia and Latin America) to work in schools and the wider community. Read more...

Directory of Artists
About Us

The Global Artist Network is a directory of artists working in the North West who are currently working in schools and using their art to explore the global dimension.

If you would like more information about artists' work, please contact them personally. If you would like more information about the project, please contact Global Link, or visit the About Us page.

If you are a global artist and would like to send us details about your work, please visit our About Us page to found out more or to download an application form.


Peshkar


Peshkar Theatre Company
Multimedia Arts and Theatre

Peshkar is celebrating its 20th year as a successful arts organisation whose participatory work with young people is linked to its professional pro...




Kerris Casey-St.Pierre


Visual Arts

Kerris has worked as a community artist and creative facilitator since 1999, and has been involved in a diverse range of projects over the past 12 ...


Thea Soltau


Drama and Dance
 

Thea is an actor and dance theatre pra...


Mark Mackenzie


Music and singing

Mark is a musician, singer, teacher, motivator and much more besides. His background and heritage hail from both Africa and the West Indies.


Laura Sinclair


Visual Arts, spoken word and creative writing

Laura is a British born Jamaican, with roots in Africa. She is a visual artist, spoken word poet and a creative writer.


Michelle Ayavoro


Creative Hands Foundation
Mixed media and textiles

Michelle is a textile and community artist of Caribbean descent. Her approach enables participants to explore a wide range of materials and techniq...


Joseph Ayavoro


Creative Hands Foundation
Sculpture, mixed media, African drumming and storytelling

Joseph was born and studied visual art in Nigeria. He's had an intense passion for art since the age of six, when he would sketch images of daily l...


Anna Read


Visual Art

Anna is a community arts worker and is very interested in exploring issues around the global dimension in her work, introducing the ideas in inform...


Maya Abeysuriya


Suriya Arts
Art, graphic and fabric design

Maya is now working as a full time artist. Her Sri Lankan family heritage introduced her to human rights and different cultural backgrounds, which ...


Pippa Pixley


Photography and visual arts

Pippa has worked in schools as a creative practitioner since 2009. She uses ICT, photography and visual media to stimulate creativity and explore G...


Karen Alderson


Storytelling and visual arts

Karen uses visual collaborative art projects that involve pupils in the creative process in exciting and unpredictable ways. She uses a combination...


Richard O'Neill


Lollobal Storytelling & Training
Storytelling

Born into a large Romani Gypsy family, Richard uses original Romany storytelling skills passed down through the ages. The founding member of Lollob...


Miso'shi


The African Experience
Music, dance, storytelling, textile arts and food

Miso'shi draws on her Ghanaian background to enhance your school curriculum in the most unforgettable way.


Akiel Chinelo


Theatre, storytelling and spoken word

West African folklore and English urban cross cultural influence.


Helen Renner


Afrograph
Textile printing, story telling and West African food

Afrograph was set up in 1985 specializing in the cultural history and craft traditions of West African peoples.


Emmanuel Bajiiji


Storytelling for performance, theatre, animation, screenwriting and documentary film making

Emmanuel is a Rwandan actor, writer and director living in Greater Manchester. He uses traditional and contemporary African and global stories to e...


Rukaya Chandia


Textiles and Art

Rukaya uses textiles and painting to celebrate other cultures.


Asif Iqbal


Asian Music Workshop
Music, art and storytelling

A cultural and creative practitioner for many years, Asif uses Tabla, calligraphy and much more to explore issues and cultures from Asia and around...


Jo Ann Saltiga


Saltiga
Dance, storytelling and cultural exchange

Originally from the Phillipines, Jo Ann has been working in development education and delivering multicultural activities since 2008.


Chanje Kunda


Afrique Performs
Storytelling, craft, music and spoken word

Born in Zambia and based in Manchester, Chanje is a creative artist using multi-sensory African Storytelling for primary children. Chanje also crea...


Amanda Quigley


Music, music technology, dance and storytelling

Of English and Nigerian heritage, Amanda uses everything from English folk tunes on accordion to West African djembe rhythms to promote global awar...


Ahmed El Hassan


Art and education workshops

Ahmed was born and educated in Sudan. He graduated from the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Khartoum, Sudan in 1972, where he studied painting, d...


Adriana Rosso


Dance

Originally from Brazil, Adriana leads dance workshops in schools, teaching afro-Brazilian dance such as samba, samba reggae and many more


Adisa Saburi Adebesin


Dance, arts, crafts, costume, drama, storytelling

Adisa worked in Nigeria as a teacher, visual artist and cultural administrator. He now lives in Manchester with his family.