FREELANCE

email sadiaph@gmail.com for inquiries and commissions.

for book-making, editorial and publishing inquiries, visit lumin-press.com  

WRITING, SPEAKING AND POETRY 

arts writing and criticism for various publications (mentorship from Art Review / Freize’s David Trigg), dialogue facilitation and Q&A hosting for various incl. Chapter Arts Center and Cardiff Independent Film Festival. experience speaking to decolonisation, archives, de-institutionalisation of the arts, and diaspora in both academic & poetic settings (Artes Mundi, g39, The Eisteddfod, The National Trust, Cardiff University, Bangor University, Open University / Festival of Voice)

CURATION

curation and project management for arts events and exhibitions (g39 WARP dialogue, group shows of up to 15 artists, poetry and music events) as well as in film production settings.

ARTS WORKSHOPS

can facilitate workshops related to any aspect of my practice. this includes workshops for writing, performance, zine + book making for all ages (incl. all finishing such as thread binding); dialogue-based and responsive workshops to artworks/exhibitions, and for diversity + access.

examples of past workshops include an Unconscious Poetry workshop (St Fagans Museum, Wales), producing prints using clear OHP sheets; an Object Response ecology workshop (National Museum Wales Youth Forum) involving associations and freewriting; and a DIY artist book workshop (Wales Millenium Centre, Rawffest).

GRAPHIC DESIGN

graphic design for posters and book covers (all LUMIN publications, Where I’m Coming From, Parthian, JAG, Three Doors Up, WARP / g39, gentle/radical / a New Mecca) as well as print typesetting and formatting, and social media graphics.

web design experiments with html, css and javascript sites such as highbalcony.com, and designed sites incl. lumin-press.com, beauwbeakhouse.com and sadiaph.com

DIVERSITY CONSULTATION

throughout my time in the arts scene, I have provided diversity + access consultations to various organisations including a Cardiff-based international publication and a Cardiff-based international arts collective. I have written diversity + access reports for g39 and curated a response/ dialogue event in which I invited 5 BME artists/ social practitioners/ academics to present on access in the arts. I am currently working on an Inclusive Cinema Toolkit for BAMER audience, commissioned by Film Hub Wales / BFI FAN.