I spent nearly four years sectioned in psychiatric wards. Today, I sit in the cathedral gardens, drinking an iced coffee and reading my book in the summer sunshine. Freedom is amazing. I will never get used to it.

The #ShapeOpen is back 🔥 Submit your work for free by midnight 24 September 🗓️ Open to disabled + nondisabled artists everywhere 🌍 The theme is Open All Hours. How do you feel about our pressurised relationship with time? Find out more + apply: bit.ly/3skMpKq

Calling all Creatives! New commission opportunity working with primary schoolchildren in #brentwood #basildon #thurrock to celebrate Dunton Hills, diversity, nature and the environment. Budget: £10,000 | Deadline: 17 Oct 2023 Brentwood Burnaby Arts Council England, South East essexcdp.com/commission/dun…

#ArtHistoryFestival2023 The Colour of Anxiety: Reinterpreting Problematic Victorian Sculpture for a Contemporary Audience 🗓️ Wed 20 Sep 🕑 14:00 – 15:00 free online event - book now! With Nicola Jennings, Adrienne L. Childs and Laurence Sillars. eventbrite.co.uk/cc/art-history…

Congratulations on the nomination Tommy! Don't miss your chance to vote 🗳️!

Are you celebrating Black History Month this October? Every year we support and help promote Black History Month events throughout the county. Let us know if you have any events and we'll be happy to add them to our listings! essexcdp.com/events/

Come and support local performers. Riverside Community John Kent Thurrock CVS Thurrock Nub News Jacqueline Watkins 💙💚 Lakeside Daryl Branch MCIOF wearecreativesthurrock.uk

NEW: ‘Full Pop’, my latest limited edition print with King & McGaw. Derived from an elemental series of drawings made at the beginning of my career, I revisited the works with fresh eyes to rethink the drawings and amalgamate the series into a larger piece.

🔥📢 Pls can you share our news on this exciting new appointment?💫 THANK YOU🤗💚 RBSA Gallery Anita Taylor 💙 West Dean College New Ashgate Gallery Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft The Design Trust Public Statues and Sculpture Association Patricia Lovett MBE Annie Warburton (she/her) Mayor of London's Culture team Contemporary Visual Arts Network Paula Orrell x.com/KateJMason/sta…

☀️🍁 Beautiful autumn light today in the studio. Illuminating my new King & McGaw print Full Pop! ➡️ kingandmcgaw.com/prints/liz-west

BCA deeply mourns the loss of Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, an extraordinary poet, performer, patron, and collaborator. In honor of his enduring legacy, we pledge to sustain his mission of celebrating and safeguarding Black history and culture. buff.ly/46PVRE6

Superb colour and light!

If you missed my work Our Spectral Vision at Bolton's Put Big Light On Festival over the past two weekends, fear not... Here are some glowing shots of the work to feast your eyes on! Photos by Joel Chester Fildes. With special thanks to thingsthatgoonthings & Bolton Council.

However you do it 🎄Merry Christmas 🎄 Riverside Community Thameside Theatre Save Your Thameside Theatre Complex Thurrock CVS Jacqueline Watkins 💙💚 John Kent Public Statues and Sculpture Association

Sending Christmas wishes from Thurrock CVS! Thurrock CVS would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! And a happy and healthy 2024! We look forward to working with more voluntary & community groups, engaging with communities and supporting residents in the new year!

What's NEW for 2024? 👀💣 WE are EXCITED to announce OUR Webinars for 2024 inc Direct Carving and Erecting Public Sculpture #detailscomingsoon #SpringWebinars #watchthisspace

Stunning!

What an amazing night-⁦Thurrock Labour⁩ gain control of ⁦Thurrock Council⁩. Some huge results for some new ⁦The Labour Party⁩ councillors who will be such great advocates for our communities.