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Studied Textiles Design at Chelsea College of Art, working for PG Community for almost 3 years! Look to drive forward social and environmental changes in communities and networks throughout UAL!

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@abbifletcher a.fletcher@arts.ac.uk

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London-based visual artist Abbi Fletcher, Comfortably a textile designer, her passion lies in pushing the boundaries of textiles with science and art.

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Studied Arts Management at London South Bank and have been working for UAL for 10 years this year - eek!  Founder and Manager of the Post-Grad Community platform since 2013.  I am passionate about ensuring our postgrads get the best experience at during their studies! Have 20+ years of experience in managing cultural events.

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Rachael Lakhan
r.lakhan@arts.ac.uk

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Based near East London, I have worked within arts, culture and higher education for 20 years. I currently hold the position Post-Grad Community Manager at University of the Arts London. Here I manage an extra curricular event programme for 4k postgraduate taught and research students. arts.ac.uk/postgradcommunity

My arts management portfolio includes a range of public talks, exhibitions, cultural projects and events in the UK and Nord Pas de Calais, France. I have very strong curatorial and operational expertise with certified health and safety knowledge.

Key Achievements:

April 2020 took the UAL Post-Grad Community activity offer 100% online in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Reaching out to postgrads who were dispersed internationally and in isolation to create a positive communication channel, honest student voice sharing and a collaborative online exhibition series during social distancing.

2013-2016 I managed a high profile event programme for the University of the Arts London Chair Project. A 3-year project that has seen high profile public lectures and exhibitions, workshops, residencies and exclusive performances.

In 2013 created the Post-Grad Community initiative at University of the Arts London, an exclusive events and opportunities programme for PG students studying across all six UAL colleges and disciplines (4k students). The initiative and my role of Post-Grad Community Manager was made permanent at UAL in 2014 and the programme has become a successful offer to Research and MA students studying at UAL.

2007-2010 Creative Director and Founder of White Nave CIC. White Nave set up and managed the Charlton Art Centre, Dover, in partnership with property management company Targetfollow Group; providing 9 affordable studios for local artists and delivering projects and exhibitions involving international artists and attracting visitors from both the UK and the EU. The company also ran a support network for graduated fine artists called the Artists' Fulcrum.

2005-2006 I played a role in the first discussion group involved in the funding applications,building procurement and company set up of Crate Studios in Margate, Kent - www.cratespace.co.uk.

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Rachael Lakhan - Post-Grad Community Manager - University of the Arts London | LinkedIn

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Based near East London, I have worked within arts, culture and higher education for 20 years. I currently hold the position Post-Grad Community Manager at University of the Arts London. Here I manage an extra curricular event programme for 4k postgraduate taught and research students.

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I am currently studying MA Fashion Photography at LCF. I incorporate embroidery into my photography by hand sewing directly onto a print. My work delves into life and death, but also into the representation of women and how they respond to media.

Skills/interests:
Podcasts, photography, music, documentaries, going for walks, embroidery, talking, and listening to people talk.

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For my photography: https://www.Instagram.com/suzzyparlaa
Email: s.olanrewaju-gabriel0920201@arts.ac.uk

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Studied a Foundation course in art and design at CCW, BA Painting at Wimbledon College, and now an MA in Fine Art at CSM. My current research concerns the obsession with documentation/record-keeping in relation to our memory. I also have a passion for natural history (and hope to propose events surrounding this).

skills/interests:  documentation of events (and making them accessible), reflective and creative writing, digital drawing, makeup, simple video editing/animation, learning through making/drawing/writing/listening(e.g podcasts).

connect:
ig: @prettybloodart
y.huang0220164@arts.ac.uk
website:

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First, let us establish this: it is a confrontation. There is no avoidance, like death in life, life is in death.

And it hits you in an instant: all of it, at once. You blink twice, you falter three times.

By the fourth count, you find and lose and lost and found yourself losing,

surrounding then surrounded, by foliage, by horizon, by Them,

the horrific, the beautiful, the uncanny, Them...

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First, let us establish this: it is a confrontation. There is no avoidance, like death in life, life is in death. And it hits you in an instant: all of it, at once. You blink twice, you falter three times.

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I studied Graphic Communication at BA level and am now doing MA Interaction Design at LCC. My work is very research based, I focus on the relationships between humans and machines, exploring the realm of computer-generated imagery.

I also have a passion for bookmaking and magazine design - I have co-created a food/fashion magazine (digital version).

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Graphics, Printmaking, Film photography,a bit of 3D modelling, Creative and Critical Writing, Reading, Going for walks, Poetry, obscure films.

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Instagram
Email: j.nunes0420201@arts.ac.uk

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I'm studying MA Advertising at LCC. I'm especially focused on words, language and copywriting as well as socially conscious advertising and marketing.

Skills/interests:
writing, reading, social media and marketing, event planning, photography, cooking, my first sourdough bread turned out really well (but all the ones after were pretty bad), languages, mental health!!, podcasts.

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personal instagram: https://www.instagram.com/finskapaula/
professional instagram (which i am bound to start using any day now!): https://www.instagram.com/kristinapauliakova/
email: k.pauliakova0620201@arts.ac.uk

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Studying MA BioDesign at CSM. I have previously studied fashion design and decided I wanted to have a more sustainable, regenerative and environmentally friendly approach to fashion. Currently working with living organisms and waste with the intent to be part of a better future.

Skills/Interests:
Nature, animals, fashion design, mushrooms, photo editing, natural dies, tea, better futures, alternative materials, regenerative design, circularity

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Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mara_cutas/
email:
m.cutas0520201@live.ac.uk
linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mara-cutas-a42752127/

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I'm studying MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures at LCC. An architect by profession, I like focusing on my social projects through  the lens of an architect and the planet.

Skills/Interests:
Music, Graphic Design, Research, Branding and Strategy

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Instagram: @tjvahl
Email: t.ahluwalia0320201@arts.ac.uk
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/tejasvahluwalia

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I am currently pursuing MA Service Design at LCC. I am interested in the impact design can have on wicked problems, and exploring how it can be made more inclusive and participatory by actively involving non-designers.

Additionally, I am passionate about design activism, critical art history and collecting postcards!

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Instagram:
Personal: @the_devika
Professional: @the_devikasharma

Email:
d.sharma0320202@arts.ac.uk

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devika-sharma-4a5a03180/

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Illustration, graphic design, critical and reflective writing, documentary drawing, social media marketing, public speaking, food, dancing.

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I'm currently studying MA Material Futures at CSM. I am passionate about regenerative practices, gardening and how soil could be one of the answers to mitigate climate change. I also work as a freelance fashion and food stylist across editorial, advertising and celebrity. I love growing things, from plants on my allotment to bread, kombucha and bacterias. Have a listen to my monthly podcast The Worm Turns where I chat to people about all things soil. :)

Podcast: The Worm Turns Podcast

Website: Hayley Caine

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Instagram: @hayley_caine

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h.caine1020201@arts.ac.uk

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Fashion, Environment, Regenerative Farming, Gardening, Food.

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Studying MA Fine Art Digital at CSM. I have been making artworks, mostly out of found paintings for over ten years, and exhibiting them at galleries internationally.

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@bobbydowler

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I am currently studying a MBA at Central Saint Martens. I am an experienced innovative creative with a successful history of working in the Fashion, Events and creative industry's. I love entrepreneurial ideas, talking about business plans and actually making them happen. I have enjoyed dancing professionally and have danced on a range of shows from Disney Channel to Just Dance to Britain’s Got Talent live shows. I very much enjoy visual art, nature and seeing the world.

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Instagram @lydiajenner
Linkedln - Lydia Jenner
Business -
www.milkcity.co (Re-launching soon)
Email - Lydiajenner11@gmail.com

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Entrepreneurship
Graphics
Fashion Design
Marketing
Branding
Film
Photography
Going on adventures

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Working on 2 x 1 hour online macrame workshops with Mara
BOOKING LINK LIVE

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Eventbrite - UAL Post-Grad Community presents Macramé Making Workshop - Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Tuesday, 6 April 2021 - Find event and ticket information.

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Working on 2 x 1 hour online macrame workshops with Suzannah
BOOKING LINK LIVE

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Eventbrite - UAL Post-Grad Community presents Macramé Making Workshop - Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Tuesday, 6 April 2021 - Find event and ticket information.

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AER x Yinka Shonibare Foundation

NEW Post-Grad Story By Hayley Caine, Post-Grad Community Ambassador and MA Material Futures student. Read here

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He established The Yinka Shonibare Foundation in 2019, set up as a UK charity to facilitate a multidisciplinary mutual cultural exchange residency. Shonibare is establishing a complex called " Guest Artist Space Foundation " set in both the city of Lagos and a farm, 2hrs outside of Lagos, uniting art and agriculture, the urban and the rural, promoting a cultural and knowledge exchange programme between local artists and international artists.

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It is a great day to Macramé!

UAL Post-Grad Community Ambassadors Mara and Suzannah hosted 2 online workshops on how to create a Macramé plant hanger. Find out how they got on and watch the recorded tutorials. Read Here

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Essential coronavirus info Your safety is our first priority.

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It is a great day to Macramé!

UAL Post-Grad Community Ambassadors Mara and Suzannah hosted 2 online workshops on how to create a Macramé plant hanger. Find out how they got on and watch the recorded tutorials. Read Here

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Essential coronavirus info Your safety is our first priority.

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You Are Not Overreacting'

By Post-Grad Community Ambassador Yulin Huang, MA FineArt at Central Saint Martins *TRIGGER WARNING* This article contains mentions of public sexual harassment. It is written from Yulin's own perspective and personal experience. Read here

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It is so easy to forget that your reactions are valid. I want to reiterate that It is Okay to Not Feel Okay with harassment in public. You are not overreacting, being dramatic, or imagining it when you feel violated, no matter how minor you may think the incident was.

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Proposal in progress for new Post-Grad Interest Group.

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Proposal in progress for new Post-Grad Interest Group.

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WATCH THIS SPACE:
Working with Devika on a proposal for an new Post-Grad Interest Group:
'Post-Grad Connecting'.

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Proposal in progress for a new Post-Grad Interest Group

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Proposal in progress for a new Post-Grad Interest Group

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WATCH THIS SPACE:
Working with Suzannah on a proposal for an new Post-Grad Interest Group:
'Post-Grad Connecting'.

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WATCH THIS SPACE: Bobby is working on a online recorded interview series called 'Post-Grad Open Studios'

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Post-Grad Community Open Studios Podcast Series Will @ After Art

Each episode of Post-Grad Community Podcast: Open Studios are hosted by current postgraduate students and seek to highlight and morally support fellow postgraduate student (current and recent alumni) cross-disciplinary studio practices, initially whilst they are working from home.

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Fragmented
As part of the Mirrors & Windows brief on the MA Fashion Photography course at London College of Fashion, I created Fragmented. Fragmented investigated the issues surrounding body image, self-esteem, and Instagram.

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Thinking through making

It was just last June (of 2020) when I graduated from the wonderful BA Painting course at Wimbledon College of Arts (WCA). Thinking of that time always brings me a great feeling of warmth and welcome. I was surrounded by the most friendly, open-minded tutors, technicians, and artists - their way of working greatly inspired my own creativity and practice throughout.

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Watch this space, ideas around VR Postgrad exhibition...

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In progress.... coming very soon

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Supporting the Post-Grad Interest Group: Change Agents - Foraging Event online

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Supporting the Post-Grad Interest Group: Change Agents - Foraging Event online

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Supporting an incoming new student event on 8 June to introduce PGC platform!

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Supporting an incoming new student event on 8 June to introduce PGC platform!

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Supporting an incoming new student event on 8 June to introduce PGC platform!

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Supporting an incoming new student event on 8 June to introduce PGC platform!

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NEW Podcast: PG Tips Ep1, Marie One, MA Fine Art CSM

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NEW Podcast: PG Tips Ep1, Marie One, MA Fine Art CSM

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Hosted by Post-Grad Community Ambassador Yulin Huang.
For this first episode of our Post-Grad Community PG Tips Podcast Series, Yulin met online with fellow MA Fine Art student Marine One in the Archway studios of Central Saint Martins.
This has been a difficult year for us, but don’t forget that we do have a huge community here at the university. You are not alone - I hope this space will help alleviate some anxieties that come from a still developing practice and possibly spark some inspiration in hearing about other peoples’ research as well.
This series is also for those who are studying with us overseas who might not be able to be on campus right now and are finding it difficult to make new connections.
Read more and listen to Podcast