LEAH BLACKDIRECTOR

FIVE THINGS I’VE LEARNEDABOUT CREATIVITY AND GROWTH

IN A RURAL AREA

ME

MAKING | DESIGN | CRAFT | VISUAL ART | FESTIVALS | EVENTS |

MARKETING | ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FIVE THINGS I’VE LEARNEDABOUT CREATIVITY AND GROWTH

IN A RURAL AREA

# 1COLLABORATION IS BRILLIANT

(BUT COMPLICATED)

‘The space between people workingtogether is filled with conflict, friction,

strife, exhilaration, delight and vastcreative potential’

- Bruce Mau (A Complete Manifesto for Growth)

Environmental Art Festival Scotland EAFS

Environmental Art Festival Scotland EAFS

Environmental Art Festival Scotland EAFS

Spring Fling Rural Mural #SFRM

Spring Fling Rural Mural #SFRM

Spring Fling Rural Mural #SFRM

Spring Fling x Wigtown Book Festival

# 2A RURAL AREA CAN BE AN AMAZING PLACE TO GROW A CRAFT BUSINESS

(SWALLOW POO ASIDE)

Morag Macpherson

Hannah McAndrew

Andy Priestman

Clare Dawdry

Amanda Simmons

Lizzie Farey

Alice Francis

Suzi Plunkett

# 3CROWDFUNDING IS STRESSFUL!

# 4SKILL SHARING IS SO MUCH MORE

THAN JUST SHARING SKILLS

# 5BE BOLD, TAKE RISKS,

EVOLVE

Avoid fields. Jump fences. Disciplinary boundaries and regulatory regimes are attempts to control the wilding of creative life. Our job is to jump the fences and cross the fields.