The Art Road Trip van is on its way!
The first Art Road Trip events have taken place in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland, kicking off a year of arts activities which will be wendign their way to Gloucestershire this Summer.
Create Glos is working alongside partner organisations from across the county. Wyldwood Arts in the Forest of Dean, GAS Projects , The Venture: White City and Culture Matson in Gloucester as well as Cam & Dursley Creatives > they will all be hosting the art van in July 2024.
Save the Date - 27th - 28th July 2024
A public event will be held in Kings Square, Gloucester brought together by GAS Projects as part of their second Art Weekender, GAWP. Save the date to see the National Gallery *literally land in Gloucester. 27th & 28th July.
Meet the artists
Elisha and Sadegh are the two arts facilitators who will be coming along with the van to lend a hand to the artists in our local organisations. Together with the local team they have created different activities for each of the stops along the way. Find out more about them here:
Elisha Keyworth
Elisha Keyworth
Rooted in her rural upbringing, Elisha passionately champions accessible arts education, firmly believing that everyone should have the chance to experience art's transformative power. As both Studio Manager and Arts Educator in North London, Elisha has worked with a variety of communities, facilitating workshops that explore materiality in art, focusing on experimenting through making. Striving to empower individuals through nurturing inclusivity and collective agency, Elisha has coordinated large-scale, multisite exhibitions promoting visual arts and culture within the North London community.
As a visual artist and facilitator, Elisha has curated dynamic workshops in remote areas of Cornwall, rekindling connections to heritage through hands-on creativity. Her journey reflects an unwavering commitment to making a meaningful impact and amplifying art's enriching influence. Elisha is thrilled at the opportunity to engage with and connect with communities across Gloucestershire through the Art Road Trip.
Dr Sadegh Aleahmad
Dr Sadegh Aleahmad
Sadegh is a London based Iranian-born artist. He examines the dynamics of his diasporic identity through performance, sculpture, poetry, singing, and moving image.
His work de-territorialises various Islamic disciplines, detaching them from their personal, religious and socio-political connotations, and fuses them with the aesthetics and ethics of Western contemporary artmaking. His practice focuses on site-specific solo work and socially-engaged projects.
Sadegh’s current research explores the materiality and applications of mirrors and visual displacement of public environments in the narrative of one's construction of diasporic identity.