CLS Visual Arts & Design Panel and Networking Guests
Wednesday 5 February 2025
14:30-16:00
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Jaz Christou, They/He
BA Graphic Design, Leeds Arts University (2020)
My current employer: Self employed freelance graphic designer and part time retail assistant at Blue Rinse
My job in 50 words:
I am a graphic designer whose practice revolves around playing with letters and image making. I specialise in illustration, branding & visual identity, editorial and motion.
Collaboration
Ask me about:
1. Typography & lettering
2. Animation & motion
3. Publications & zines
Social Media
Instagram: @jaz.christou
Rebecca Horswill, She/Her
BA(hons) Drama and Contemporary Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University (2022) MA Animation, Manchester Metropolitan University (2023/24)
My current employer:
Freelance/self employed
My job in 50 words:
I’m a self-taught, animator, illustrator and designer. I’ve animated for the likes of Manchester Museum and Winchester Science Centre, worked as a designer on 3 published children’s books, assisted Electricity North West on their marketing campaign ‘go low today’ and illustrated for NHS Trafford and Hyde Park Book Club.
My top tip:
Always be kind. You never know who you will meet or how positively they might impact you 🙂
Ask me about:
1. Completing a full-time MA degree (animation)
2. Navigating multiple creative mediums/outputs - i.e time management/clients etc
3. The importance of self-growth/personal development
Social Media
Instagram: @beccahorswillart_ / LinkedIn: Rebecca Horswill
Molly Newham, She/Her
BA Fine Art, University of Leeds (2023), Currently doing the MA in Fine Art at University of Leeds part-time
My current employer: Freelance artist/curator- currently working as a Curatorial Fellow at Scarborough Museums and Galleries
My job in 50 words:
My current role is to reinterpret the seaside collection at Scarborough Museums and Galleries to explore more diverse stories. My role as a freelancer, usually involves making art, curating exhibitions or working with groups or individuals.
I also run a not for profit grass roots arts space called Mandy Apple Collective in Scarborough.
My top tip:
Never feel ashamed by your background or different life experiences. Use your individual skills to your advantage and always be your authentic self!
Ask me about:
1. Being an artist/curator
2. Setting up an arts space
3. Applications/ funding
Social Media
Instagram: @mollynewham_art LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/molly-newham-3a3449167
Saba Siddiqui, She/Her
BA Art and Design (2024)
My current employers:
Barnsley Museums- Curation Fellowship
Bradford 2025- Artist
Henry Moore Institute- Invigilator
Freelancer- Workshop facilitator
My job in 50 words:
Working with communities, the public, galleries to coordinate workshop delivery. Curation involves research, working with people, colleagues, technology to make exhibitions accessible, interesting and representative of marginalised people. Being freelance artist requires good time management to work on multiple things at once! Also research, networking and imagination.
My top tip:
Try to grab as many opportunities as you can
Ask me about:
1. Dissertation and Degree Show advice
2. How to find opportunities as a new grad
3. Setting up as a freelancer
Social Media
Instagram: @sabasiddiqui_art
George Storm Fletcher, They/Them
BA Fine Art and MA Fine Art (Part Time), University of Leeds
Current Employer:
Freelance Artist
My job in 50 words:
Making, curating, exhibiting and selling artwork. I work with text and photography, printmaking and performance - and have exhibited my work at a range of institutional and artist led spaces, such as Leeds Art Gallery, Barbican Arts Group Trust, the Royal Academy, Patrick Studios and The Showroom Gallery, amongst others.
Ask me about:
1. How to manage part-time study alongside work.
2. International Degrees.
3. Sustaining an artistic practice during and after University
Social Media
Instagram: @georgeartgreg/ Vimeo: @georgeartgreg/