Founders

The son of a coal miner and a chemist, Garry Hunter studied engineering, not art. Working in photography on assignments worldwide, from Apple in Vegas to the UN in Zinder, he gained major awards in London, LA and New York. Collaboration is key, whether working with residents of the housing estate where he grew up or as visiting artist at Roskilde University, Denmark. He contributed to The Centre For London paper on creative uses of the high street that fed into Mayoral policy and is Arts Advisor to the Institute for Healthy Urban Living at University of Westminster.

From converting a GP surgery into a community pub with an extensive heritage learning programme,  to using a Victorian steamship and its vast supporting pontoon for 19th century photography and immersive events, his work along the Lower Lea with Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust continues to grow.  In his native North East his core practice of opening up neglected spaces for creative engagement with mental health support groups is exemplified by a series of site-responsive projects at the ‘controlled ruin’ of Armstrong’s Banqueting Hall at Jesmond Dene in his home city of Newcastle. 

Born in North East England in 1974 Graham Carrick is an internationally exhibited painter with two decades of experience in project management, curation and production. Graham’s innovative approach develops extraordinary partnerships, from Montréal to Brighton, exhibiting in shop windows and music festivals. He is interested in offering alternative forms of communication and expression to those struggling to have their voices heard, nurturing from concept to completion, inventive projects to achieve inclusivity.

Lucy Williams is a practising fine artist with long involvement facilitating art projects and in mentoring other artists. A graduate of London’s St Martin’s School of Art, she has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her photography and video work challenges the viewer and aims to explore new forms, evidenced in a large body of collage work and most recently in her pinhole videos. She completed her practice-based Doctorate on lens-less imagery at the University of the West of England in 2020.