Norman Mine develops participatory projects and workshops that create space for people to use their own experiences, knowledge and perspectives as starting points for creative exploration.
Working with people across different backgrounds, ages, experiences, abilities and disabilities, his approach is based on facilitation rather than prescribing a fixed way of making. Through conversation, collective experimentation and practical activity, participants are encouraged to bring what they already know into the process, exchange ideas with others and discover their own ways of contributing.
This approach moves across different contexts, from schools, colleges and universities to community organisations and public spaces. Projects have included workshops with young people, visiting-artist sessions, collaborative making, environmental action and long-term community initiatives. Norwood JunKAction, founded in South Norwood in 2022, is one example of how this approach can develop over time, bringing environmental action, art and community participation together.
Access is an important part of this work. Norman is a member of the steering group of Culture Access, contributing to a wider conversation around access, diversity and inclusion in cultural participation and practice.
Across these different settings, Norman creates platforms for exchange where different forms of knowledge and lived experience are valued, and where unexpected creative possibilities can emerge through working together.
Get in touch to find out more about workshops, collaborations and participatory projects.
