LGBT+ History Month is the annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, as well as observing the history of gay rights and related civil rights movements.  The theme for 2022 is ‘The Arc is Long’, looking at the link between art and activism. It comes from the quote by Martin Luther King ‘The…

With Pride month and celebrations over for another year, it is so important to continue to share queer art and raise the voices of queer artists. Earlier this year I went to Zanele Muholi’s exhibition at the Tate with my girlfriend and it was one of the most incredible displays I have seen in 2021….

Going into this year I was unaware of how much was shifting in my life and inside me as a person. I couldn’t have anticipated how much I would learn in the last 12 months and what each valuable lesson would teach me. Throughout 2020 I’ve continued on this journey to find out more about…

Back in 2018 I went to a Creative Debut exhibition, a platform celebrating the brightest emerging designers and artists. At the time I had been following Florence Given for a while, enlightened by the powerful messaging within her art. I had the pleasure of meeting her and expressing how much her artwork, especially around consent,…

‘The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths’ – Bruce Nauman  Bruce Nauman is an American artist, whose creations are continually testing what we label as ‘artwork’. Since the late 1960’s he has created new forms, reshaped old ones, through use of film, sound, video and neon pieces. His work has inspired the…

Lauren Chantal has just released her debut single ‘Sparkle’. A pop and soulful mix, that speaks the power of valuing and believing in yourself, even when simply breathing feels like a struggle. When it comes to showcasing your art, music or passions to the world it can be a long and uncertain process. For Lauren…

I went back and forth with whether I should post this, but I simply cannot stay silent, the silence is an enabler, my silence would then be part of the problem. You may not be actively prejudiced, but the world around us still is. So when we don’t use our voices to speak out against…

The last time I was quarantined in my house I was 4 and had come down with the chicken pox… didn’t think 18 years later here we would be. I had a number of blog posts planned for this year, some that took a lot of courage for me to start writing. However it feels…

Alone… a word that most people naturally associate a sense of sadness and pity with. I promised myself this year that I would be fearless in everything I did and even if I was scared I wouldn’t let it stop me. Being alone doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom, like everything in life…