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The success of Heads Together depends, not
only on the employed staff, but on the freelance artists we
work with. They have a wealth of skills and experience and
boundless enthusiasm for the work. We have included some information
on some of the artists who have worked successfully with us,
together with contact details. As well as projects with Heads
Together, they all work for themselves and other organisations.
We are happy to recommend them and you are welcome to contact
them directly if appropriate.
Lizzie Coombes
Sarah Spanton
Gerry Turvey
Qubik Design
Dave Young
Richard Hanson
Edward Walker
Phil Bixby
Lizzie Coombes
Photographer / designer
Since graduating with a BA in photography Lizzie Coombes has
worked as a professional photographer on various commissions.
These include an exhibition on rural issues at The Impressions
Gallery, projections for Opera North including 'Operaville'
performed in Bradford and 'Romeo and Juliet' performed at
Huddersfield Contemporary music Festival. She has also created
three Millennium exhibitions for Leeds City Council exhibited
at The Corn Exchange.
Lizzie has worked in Russia and Poland for
the Prince's Trust and after maturing past their age limit
set her sights in Yorkshire. She has spent time behind bars
working in prisons in the Northeast and London, creating an
exhibition for a new opera, which was shown in a train carriage,
and taking copious personal images for ongoing projects around
family.
Lizzie has worked with Heads Together Productions
since 1993 completing numerous projects including three exhibitions
at The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television,
an 18-metre exhibition on Leeds for the Millennium Dome, and
documenting a trip to Galway. Over the last eleven years of
freelance Lizzie has developed two key strands to her work;
photographing people and spaces. She incorporates her passion
for these subject matters with a belief in the Heads ethos
of 'creativity with purpose'.
She has taken literally thousands and thousands
of portraits that have been exhibited in a wide variety of
venues and will continue taking them until she runs out of
people to stand in front of her lens. She is currently working
on a project in a swimming pool, which involves a lot of swimming
and not much else at the moment.
Her portraits have been used on this website
on the top left of each page. If you are interested in further
work by Lizzie or would like to discuss any work with her
please email: lizzie@snapsnap.demon.co.uk
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Sarah
Spanton
Sarah Spanton is a visual artist, choreographer and performer.
She works across disciplines and has been making and showing
using performance, dance, sculpture, textiles, video and photography
since 1990. She is committed to the role of the artist within
education, regeneration and lifelong learning. She has worked
as a facilitator, workshop leader, development worker, project
co-ordinator and art evaluator in many educational and community
settings.
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The groups she has worked with include; primary, secondary
and special needs education, with community groups such
as older people, young people, women's groups, mental
health support groups, health-related support groups
and people with learning difficulties, as well as in
further and higher education.
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Gerry
Turvey
Gerry Turvey has taught, choreographed and performed extensively
throughout the UK and Europe, as well as in Africa. Her classes
are release based, concentrating on breath, weight, and alignment
with an emphasis on ease of movement.
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Simply structured exercises lead
to more dynamic sequences, allowing individuals to use
their own power source with support from the floor and
direction in space. Concentration on musicality and
flow encourages clear and effortless, yet athletic and
fun dancing. Her work is innovative and often crosses
the boundaries with other Art forms; this includes collaborations
with filmmakers, musicians, sculptors and photographers,
as well as site specific choreographies.
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The creative sessions are based on structured
improvisations, simple choreographic tasks and playing with
given material. Group, individual and partner work are interwoven,
with an emphasis on working together, listening, elements
of surprise, and risk taking, all leading to short pieces
of performance work. She has also choreographed many site
specific works, in a variety of places, e.g.: City Centres,
Parks, Art galleries Train stations etc, these ideas are usually
interwoven into the workshops or projects.
Further images of her work can be viewed on
her website.
www.turveyworld.co.uk
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Qubik
Design
Qubik is a graphic and website design agency based in Leeds.
They have considerable experience in designing beautiful websites
for a wide range of clients including Five (formerly Channel
5), Television Trust for the Environment (TVE), The Media
Centre, Huddersfield and of course Heads Together! [Qubik
designed this site].
www.qubik.com
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Dave
Young
Richard
Hanson
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I'm very digital (though still enjoy film too), though
sadly, unlike Heads, not Mac-based. I have two primary
aged children, and am based in Sheffield, though travel
widely. My web-site is www.hansonphoto.co.uk
- feel free to get in touch!
I'm a freelance photojournalist, working for national
newspapers and magazines, major and regional charities,
and in a number of schools projects. With Heads Together
I'm working on the 'Two Villages' project in Connisbrough
and Denaby, both with a primary school and the secondary.
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Edward
Walker [Architect]
Helps people design (and possibly construct) their own buildings,
gardens and streets by using the site itself, large scale
models and other ways. Making places "special" by
involving everyone including artists, children and wildlife.
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This picture shows Wardleworth Home Zone, Rochdale
design consultation September 2003.
The model of the street shows the design proposals
using movable parts. Everyone's house appears as a photograph.
Voting and comments sheets for each part of the street
surround the model.
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Edward Walker Architect
25 Bexley Road
Harehills
Leeds LS8 5NS
Tel+fax: 0113 249 3491.
Email: edward@ewalkerarc.freeserve.co.uk
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Phil Bixby [Architect]
Phil Bixby is an architect, running York-based Constructive Individuals. The practice (which works with a further network of dedicated freelancers) specialises in helping people to decide, design and build. Work is therefore based mainly around community projects – buildings and outdoor spaces where the involvement of the users is central to the process of design. Sometimes this involves simply giving shape and substance to ideas, sometimes it involves seeing the project through to completion – and this has involved a large number of community self-build schemes.
The practice is passionate about sustainability as has worked on the design of sustainable housing both in the UK and abroad. Social housing also forms a substantial part of the workload.
Phil established the practice over 20 years ago (yes, he’s fast heading from grey hair to no hair) and since then has used the wide variety of work to gain experience in training and the design of training programmes, project management, event organisation and publicity – together with actually designing the odd building now and then, as architects do. The practice works with all media from virtual reality to corrugated cardboard, depending on what’s most appropriate.
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Work with Heads Together has included design and model-making in a primary school to re-shape the play areas, work with a community group to revitalise a derelict outdoor space, and work on the design of Homezones.
We have a website at:
www.constructiveindividuals.co.uk – take a look!
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