Creative. Tailored. Friendly. Meaningful. High-Quality. Professional.
Let me support you in reaching your creative, cultural and community ambitions.
Here you can explore the range of services I offer on a freelance and contract basis anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) on behalf of educational, healthcare, cultural, VCSE’s, corporate and private clients. Scroll down to explore the types of services available to meet different needs.
Please get in touch by emailing hello@laurensaundersart.co.uk if you’d like to discuss your plans and ideas!
We all know how amazing the arts are in managing health Available to deliver creative workshops and projects that support good mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing. This area is absolutely my bread and butter and I’m keen to support more people through the arts. Get in touch and let’s help people together!
Want to pick my brain and make use of my professional and lived experiences, knowledge and expertise? I’m available to support and advise a wide range of people and projects as a friendly and professional freelance consultant. Get in touch and let me be helpful!
If you know me, you know that I’m a fan of research, ESPECIALLY creative and participatory research. I’m here to lead or support arts-focused and/or participatory research projects. Let’s work together to make things better for us all!
I love doing creative stuff with children and young people! I’ve got years of experience doing it and it’s good fun. I’m available to deliver creative workshops and projects for/with children and young people, including those with SEND, both in and out of formal education environments. Can I help you inspire and educate the next generation? Get in touch!
I’ve been teaching and facilitating creative education for 12 years, and I’m available to lend that expertise by delivering inclusive creative workshops and projects for and with adults from all backgrounds and abilities. Get in touch if I can support your creative learning!
As an experienced community artist and facilitator, I’m available to create, deliver and/or manage creative and cultural activities that help inspire the general public. Let me help you to inspire and engage the masses – get in touch!
I’m a professional visual and participatory artist available to exhibit original, ambitious and thought-provoking artwork in a range of indoor and outdoor spaces. Please get in touch if you’re looking for an exhibiting artist who is raring to go!
Are you or your organisation looking for an experienced artist to help frame things in a new and interesting light? I’m available to support your projects through embedded creative residences and explore things with you in new contexts. I do love a residency – so please get in touch and let’s chat about me doing one alongside you! (What’s a residency? It’s a programme that provides artists with a temporary space and time to work on new ideas or projects, often in partnership with organisations)
Are you looking to bring more creativity and colour into your life or organisation? I’m available to deliver new projects and artworks, but I also have a range of existing original and printed artworks looking for a new home. Please feel free to reach out to commission new work or to ask about sales – my doors always open
Workshops and Courses
Here are some examples of half or full day creative workshops available for community groups, creative professionals, private groups and corporate businesses. This list is by no means exhaustive as I have over 25 years of practical making experience… so if you have any particular ideas of what you’d like to do, I want to hear them! I am available to deliver one-off workshops, longer courses, open spaces, weekend retreats and more, with either individuals and groups, both online and in-person.
- Drawing, Painting and Collage
- Sculpture and Craft
- Digital Media
- Writing
- Creative Wellbeing
- Artistic Professional Development
- Art as Changemaking
- Presentation Specialisms
- General Creativity
- Other
- Drawing from Nature
- Outdoor Markmaking
- Creatively Collaborating with Nature
- Experimental Drawing
- Wonky Portraiture
- Exploring the Elements of Art
- Life Drawing
- Introduction to Cyanotypes
- Embrace Your Inner Surrealist!
- Paper Marbling
- Creative Collage
- Exploring Decoupage
- Painting with acrylics
- Mono, Lino, Intaglio and Gelli Printing
- Drawing Skills (6 week course)
- Introduction to PaperMaking
- Nettle Cordage
- Seed Bombs and Seed Art
- Sculpting with Dandelion Dough
- Making Charcoal
- Nature Looms
- Origami and Paper Crafts
- Seasonal Crafts (e.g. Pumpkin Carving, Wreaths, Cards)
- Exploring Clay
- Introduction to Wet Felting
- Sewing Skills
- Mask Making
- Exploring Costume and Set Design
- Puppet Making
- Model Making
- Introduction to Wood Whittling
- Various Woodland Crafts
- Various Beach Crafts
- Stop Animation
- Digital Storytelling
- Introduction to Video Editing
- Simple Graphic Designing using Canva
- Writing poetry
- Writing your first short story
- Responding to art with poetry
- Journalling
- Freewriting
- Zine making
- Writing for Blogs (getting online)
- (Fake) Kintsugi
- Make Worry Dolls
- Mindful Drawing
- Relaxing Crafts
- Spiritual Resilience
- Creating Talismans
- Making Dream-Catchers
- Tree of Life – Remembering Who You Are
- Environmentally sustainable best practice
- Accessibility and Inclusion
- Practice as Research
- Preparing for Professional Practice
- Understanding ‘Co-production’ / Making Work with Communities
- Delivering creative workshops
- Artist Mental Health and Resilience
- Create your own Access Rider
- Writing Artist Statements, Bios and CVs
- Eco-Artivism
- Art and Activism
- Signmaking for Protest
- Flag and Banner Making
- Regenerative Practice
- Any element of my artistic practice
- Art as a tool for climate action
- Geopoetics
- Ethical and Equitable Artmaking with the More-than-human
- Mental Health in Art
- Outdoor Creative Meditations
- Creative Walking Workshops
- Creative Connection to Landscapes
- How To Read Art (2 week course)
- Facilitation of general Open Space Workshop
- Meditation and Mindfulness
- Exploring Permaculture Design
- What is Co-Production?
- Practical Coping Strategies for Wellbeing
- Climate Activism – Understanding Climate Change and What To Do Now
Schools and Colleges
- One-off or ongoing creative and contextual workshops with KS1 - KS5 pupils (see example offer above)
- Longer term projects as an artist-in-residence
- Working to or developing project briefs
- Creative Career Advice, Portfolio Review and Mentoring
- CPD for educators
- Cross-school / community project work
- Experienced with SEND and Alternative Schools
- Subject links: Art, Design Tech, Science, Geography, Citizenship and PSHE
- Curriculum links: Art and Design, Art History, Environment, Nature, Seasons, Life, Habitats / Ecosystems, Conservation, Plants / Horticulture, Eco-literacy, Sustainability, Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Politics, Mental Health / Disabilities, Art Careers
Further and Higher Education
- Guest Lectures
- Crit Support
- Undergraduate Module Delivery
- Mentoring
- One-off workshops or short courses (see example offer above)
- Long-term creative projects
- Creative Career Advice, Portfolio Review and Mentoring
- Working to or developing live project briefs
- Research-as-Practice / Supporting University Research
- Online or in-person delivery
- Practice specialisms: Drawing, Eco-art, Participatory / community work, creative accessibility/inclusion and environmental sustainability within creative practice
Galleries and Museums
- Exhibiting work
- Sales
- Artist Residencies
- Practice-based Research
- Accessible creative workshop and project delivery for diverse audiences (see example offer above)
- Talks, Panels and Events (specialist subjects include eco-arts, environmental sustainability in artistic practice, accessibility and community artworking)
- Community and participatory workshop and project management/delivery
- Supporting creative professional development programming (e.g. Mentoring, Masterclasses)
- Critical Friend regarding environmental sustainability and accessibility/inclusion
NHS, Local Authority, NPOs and VCSEs
- Creative workshops and activities within diverse communities (see example offer above)
- Ambitious participatory projects
- Artist Residencies
- Creative project management and delivery
- Mentoring
- Community-led exhibitions
Corporate
- Commissioning
- Creative Team Building
- Creative wellbeing sessions (see example offer above)
- Staff exhibitions or participatory projects
Private
- Commissioning
- Sales
- Critique
- Small Group Workshops (see example offer above)
- Tuition
- Mentoring
Further Information
Location
I am available for project work in Hull / East Yorkshire, where I am based, and I'm happy to travel nationally and internationally. I am also available for remote work anywhere in the world.
Assurances
- Recent DBS / Update Service
- Public Liability insurance – £10,000,000
- Products Liability insurance – £10,000,000
- Professional Indemnity insurance – £5,000,000
- Tax/UTR registered
- Safeguarding Trained
- First Aid trained
Fees
My typical rate is £345 per day, reflecting my broad and lengthy experience, unique skills and specialist knowledge as directed by the current Rates of Pay set out by Artists Union England. This is due to rise with inflation in 2025/26.
Artist Fees compensate the time and labour involved in research, development, preparation, delivery, administration and time spent commuting. Fees do not include the cost of materials, equipment rental costs, travel costs, publication costs, insurance or shipping, or any other cost associated with art production. There is a typical flat rate of £345 (as per Artist Union recommendations) for a half-day workshop, talk or presentation or other activity requiring prior preparation and administration, or £173 per half-day activity that requires zero preparation or administration (e.g. supporting another facilitator). Longer term or non-profit work may be negotiated, and sessional or day rates may be adjusted according to the nature of the work (£43-55ph). Additionally, in an effort to encourage common development projects and transcend social, cultural or economic barriers that would otherwise separate us, I am also open to bartering and alternative trading methods following negotiation.
Sales
For private, commercial or art collection sales, please contact Lauren directly.