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Open Session: From Page to Post, Archiving Creative Voices – curated by Lighthouse Future Creative Leaders

Wednesday 27 November from 6.30-9pm

Join us for a panel discussion where we’ll explore and examine how creatives archive their stories—from zines and books to social media. Led by experts including Zoe Thompson (founder of Sweet Thang Zine) and archival artist, community and organisational poet Pauline Rutter, we’ll cover:. We’ll cover:

  • What it means to leave a creative legacy
  • How to archive your work intentionally
  • Who gets to be remembered—and who decides?
  • The importance of grassroots movements in documenting underground and underrepresented cultures
  • Thinking about social media as a lasting digital archive

As part of Youth Takeover at Phoenix Art Space, this event in collaboration with Lighthouse is hosted and curated by Fez Sibanda and Elsa Monteith, members of Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders cohort 2024.

Lighthouse Young Creatives alumni Maia will be playing a DJ set to soundtrack the evening.

Please book your free place here.

Doors open 6.30pm, event 7-9pm

Hosts:

Elsa Monteith (she/her)  is a writer and broadcaster working in music, the arts, and with impact-driven organisations. She has a newsletter called Discontented which explores “content” as both a feeling, and a symptom of the algorithm, and has an archive of published writing and radio spanning music, arts, and culture journalism. Elsa is also a Lighthouse Future Creative Leader and participated in Lighthouse Young Creatives as a mentee in 2019. 

Fez Sibanda (she/her) is a Doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex with a passion for exploring how marginalised groups experience education. Her research dives into topics like race, coloniality, and higher education. When she’s not researching, she’s busy being a Lighthouse Future Creative Leader, where she’s hosted events and led panel discussions that spark important conversations. Fez is all about challenging systems, amplifying underrepresented voices, and creating spaces for powerful dialogue.

Speakers: 

Zoe Thompson (she/her) is a zine-maker, editor and workshop facilitator based in London. She is the founder of sweet-thang zine, a community and indie press publishing work by Black creatives worldwide. She is passionate about bringing projects to life in print and championing underrepresented voices through storytelling and curation. Her workshops are centred around manifesto building and play, using both of these to create memorable experiences that inspire you to find your voice and connect with others.

Pauline Rutter (she/her) is an archival artist, and community & organisational poet. Her background in fine art, sustainability, research, education, and community activism show up in her cultural work and academic and creative writing. Work has been published online by The Centre for Race, Education and DecolonialityDemocratic SocietyThe Culture Capital Exchange, ‘We Hear You Now,’ The National Centre for Academic and Culture Exchange and Writing Our Legacy magazine. Pauline’s practice continues to evolve through speculative archival poetics and restorative Black feminist historiography.

Performers: 

Maia McKinley (she/her) is a multi-instrumentalist and musician. When DJing, MaiMaiMaia mixes a chaotic blend of techno, acid house, jungle, small doses of dnb, breakcore, lofi house and many more. A selection of her original tracks also tend to be played 🥰 Her variety of musical sources create diverse and interesting performances while still achieving coherence. Maia was part of the Lighthouse Young Creatives Cohort 2023-24.

 

Please note: the Youth Takeover programme is specifically for young people aged 13-25yrs, but people outside this age group are welcome in the gallery. Children under 13yrs old must be accompanied by a parent/carer. Children aged 13-18yrs will be asked to provide an emergency contact number on arrival.

 

Check out details of other events in our Youth Takeover here.

 

Image credits: Michael Driver and Zoe Thompson. Thank you to the Chalk Cliff Trust for supporting this programme.

 

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