Art Work.

Stéph has worked with artists for over 25 years as a project manager, producer, facilitator, as part of a production team and as an artist liaison.

It all started back in 1998 in Newcastle upon Tyne when she looked after our first free bar behind an old formica table in a chilly retail space, with banging tunes, good lighting and great art.

Now, she has her own clipboard, high vis jacket and steel toe-capped boots. She’s looked after dozens of artists who practise different disciplines from painting to printing, film and digital works, sound to sculpture, and performance.

something is Happening…

We’re lucky to know and work with some incredibly talented artists.

And we’re lucky to count Christine Ellison, Erato Tzavara and Nicholas Ward in that list.

Working with the team we worked on project logistics including running the budget and budget reconciliation. It was such a delight to be able to support the creation of such a beautiful film.


”The film documents an art research residency at the Bonotto Foundation in Veneto, Italy, home to the Bonotto Collection of Fluxus scores and concrete poetry. It tracks a series of conversations and performance improvisations that consider concepts of interaction at a time when this word has become synonymous with the digital screen. Participants from local Art schools in Veneto were invited to re-imagine the screen interface as a score and respond through movement. Icons, words, and signs used in everyday interactions are re-interpreted in a new performance language”

The work has been developed in collaboration with:
Film-maker Robbie McKane
Video designer Erato Tzavara (Gnous Collective)
Musician Vassilis Tzavaras (Gnous Collective)
Dancer and choreographer Maria Pisiou (Lost Movement Collective)
Dancer and choreographer Fer Gonzales-Morales (Lost Movement Collective)
Computer Scientist Nicholas Ward
Project manager Stéphanie Mitchell

Participants in Italy:
@brayen.oldboy
@beatricebotticini
@giovanni_beldarzen
@plastikhaare
@elena_grappi

Developed in partnership with Fondazione Bonotto, Operaestate Festival. The University of Reading (UK) and The University of Limerick (IE). Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Onassis-Stegi Outward Turn Programme (Athens).

Floating Garden, University of Reading

Working on behalf of the Art Strategy team at the University of Reading, our work was to plan and deliver the installation of this commissioned piece by the very talented Ben Cain and Tina Gverović to form part of the University Art Collection and one which would invite interaction from and with the community.

Sounds of Nature audio trail

Another project planned and delivered on behalf of the University of Reading Art Strategy (Public Art) team -

Sounds of Nature - responded to a call to increase public engagement with the Harris Gardens, a botanical garden on the doorstep of a community where families are at 19.1% risk of falling into poverty.

The approach was one of collaboration between the University Estates who look after the Garden, the University Community Team, research academics working in Biological Sciences, an environmental education practitioner, Charlotte Allchin, and sound artist, Richard Bentley.

Local primary school groups were invited to the Garden for a day of learning, exploring, and creating.  First introducing them to the Harris Garden’s ecology and history were biological scientists, Dr Alastair Culham and Professor Julie Hawkins. The children were taught about plants, bugs, and trees, and were guided to create small artworks using leaves and twigs, and ink made from flowers. They were led to discover percussive instruments from different cultures and were taught how to use sound recording equipment. The children recorded sounds in the Harris Garden under our artist’s stewardship.  These sounds were used to create a unique sound piece as a background to an audio trail to guide visitors around the space with a script written and narrated by activist artist and outdoor educator Teresa Verney Brookes.

The trail is available by clicking the tile below, or for smart phones through the Your Tour app or take a look at the transcript. 

Photo Credit: Catherine Kington