Awen Cultural Trust has appointed three Associate Artists, thanks to funding from Arts Council of Wales: Naseem Syed, Jason Hicks and Tamar Williams (pictured l-r).
These new roles provide an exciting opportunity for Awen colleagues to work alongside, and learn from, diverse creative freelancers who are aligned with our aim of ‘making people’s lives better’.
Over the next two years, you can expect to see them supporting our programme of workshops, projects and live indoor and outdoor events across Awen with our Creative Wellbeing team.
Naseem Syed
Naseem is a Welsh Persian multidisciplinary artist, craftivist and director of Ziba Creative. Her art is rooted in her mixed heritage, nurturing creativity, humanity and nostalgia. She has created a movement called Radical Kindness to spread happiness and joy through the power of the pom pom and has become a symbol of hope and positivity. Naseem developed AZADI to raise awareness of the Women Life Freedom revolution in Iran and Protest Pom Poms to advocate for peace, change and unity.
Jason Hicks
With qualifications in art and design, animation and workplace based teaching, Jason has over 20 years’ experience within the creative industries, including music and peformance, writing, stained glass, prop making, sculpting and stop motion set building. For the past five years, he has been sharing his skills through educational, health and wellbeing workshops. Jason is passionate about community engagement and the positive effects that art and artistic processes can have on individuals and communities.
Tamar Williams
Tamar is an award-winning storyteller who tells stories in Welsh and English. She has performed in schools, museums, theatres, forests, on beaches and (the strangest place to date!) the top deck of the number 45 bus in Birmingham. She has a vast repertoire of myths and legends and believes firmly that stories are for everyone. Tamar’s first play, Huno, was produced by The Other Room in 2022 and she has published two children’s books, The Library of Life/Llyfrgell Bywyd and Ar ôl y Tywyllwch/After the Darkness.
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