Erinma's poem 'How to read the atmosphere', which explores coexistence, solidarity and love as a way to navigate hostile times, was shortlisted (and highly commended by the judges) for best single poem for The Disabled Poetry Prize 2025. Established in 2023 by Jerwood Poetry Fellow...
In June 2024, Caroline travelled to Aulis, France, to take part in a week long workshop led by Alice Eldridge and Grant Smith, and featuring Leah Barclay and Hildegarde Westercamp. The workshop was hosted by CAMP. Through a series of talks, microphone making workshops and...
Caroline Ward was selected as an artist-researcher to participate in the year long inaugural PostNatural Independent Program of the Institute for Postnatural Studies based in Madrid. An international cohort sought to collectively consider who is “we”? And how can “we” stay together, despite our differences? How...
'What happens when a human who wants to change the world meets a camera?' This is the question, Erinma, as guest Curator of The Exchange, the public programme at the heart of Sheffield Doc/Fest, is asking with a series of local-international residencies and micro-commissions. The...
Nasima Begum, Jack Sheen, Yusra Warsama, Remi Adefeyisan, Naqqash Khalid, & Caroline Ward Caroline Ward is one of the six Jerwood Fellows at Manchester International Festival this year. Find out more about the new fellows here. Caroline is attached to The School of Integration, Tania Bruguera's...
We were invited to give a talk and participate in a panel on 'creative activism' at a one day Climate Summit on the 1st June 2018. The summit featured speakers including Caroline Lucas MP (co-leader of the Green Party), author, Margaret Atwood and Hakima El Haité, Moroccan...
We were thrilled to be awarded the Stuart Hall Library/ Iniva Visual Artists' residency. Selected through a competitive open call we've spent a few days a week for the past five months, accessing the incredible array of books, films, magazines and zines. To mark the...
Re-making Nature: a weekend of collecting at Wellcome 4 – 7 May 2017 – Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. Wellcome Collection have opened the doors to the public to shape their next exhibition, 'Creating an alternative museum of modern nature'. Folks are invited to get involved...
A recent cause for celebration is one of us being selected as one of the six Jerwood Creative Fellows who get to go behind the scenes at Manchester International Festival as new productions and artworks are brought to life. Read more about the fellowship and the fellows, Amy,...
We were excited to be invited by Isabelle Croissant and Herb Kim to talk at TEDx Manchester this year. The venue is HOME mcr. There's a great link up of speakers, but madly, its sold out already! Fortunately it was filmed...