Team
Articulture is a small team with bold ambitions for outdoor arts in Wales.
Annie Grundy
Annie is a freelance Event Manager with 25 years experience of both organising and creating events – from arts and community festivals through to launches and creative tradeshows, from international projects through to local community ‘happenings’. She is a founder member of Articulture and a passionate believer in creating access to the arts for all. Previous employment includes award-winning International Officer for London Borough of Lewisham, and more recently Festivals and Events Officer for Powys. She currently curates the independent cinema ‘The Magic Lantern’ in Tywyn, Gwynedd.
annie@articulture-wales.co.uk
Julie Ann Heskin
Julie Ann Heskin is a props maker, scenic artist and production manager working for 25 years for companies such as Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Library Theatre, The Octagon Bolton, Contact and The Royal Exchange, as well as youth theatre and theatre school productions. She met Walk The Plank while working on the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 and then went on to discovered a love for outdoor theatre working on their theatre ship The Fitzcarraldo . Since moving to Wales in 2006 she has continued to make puppets and paint sets for organisations such as Mid Wales Opera and Opera Cymru, as well as running a bespoke upholstery business.
julieann@articulture-wales.co.uk
Sarah Morton
Sarah Morton has worked in the events, arts and entertainment industry for over 30 years. This includes as stage manager on the Covent Garden piazza for Alternative Arts in the 80s‚ where she also programmed European street festivals and the expo festivals; administrating Circus UK, a movement that greatly influenced the new circus movement in Britain; and directing a large community arts festival for London Borough of Lewisham for over 20 years, as well as processional work across Britain. Born and now based in Wales, she is a founder member of Articulture, and works on a variety of arts initiatives in the country, including as a current Director of the Powys Arts Forum
sarah@articulture-wales.co.uk
Ceri Puckett
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Ceri is an arts marketing specialist with over 20 years’ experience working across art forms. She has worked most recently in marketing and communications roles at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and National Dance Company Wales, as well as other presenting venues and producing companies across Wales. Ceri joins the Articulture team as a freelance marketing consultant, working closely with the Articulture producers on a range of projects. She is also an amateur triathlete, representing Cardiff Triathletes.
info@articulture-wales.co.uk
Collaborators
Articulture forges ambitious cross-sector collaborations to create new opportunities for outdoor arts in Wales.
Disability Arts Cymru
CADW
The Big Splash Festival
The Welfare Ystradgynlais
Green Man Festival
National Association of Street Artists (NASA)
Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network (ISACS)
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
Dripping Tap Theatre
The Wheelabouts
Kapow
Hugo Oliveira
Gwilym Morus – Baird
Festival No.6
Llawn
Arts Council of Wales
Creu Cymru
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
National Eisteddfod of Wales
Desperate Men
Pontio
Citrus Arts
Chloe Loftus Dance
Powys Arts Forum
Theatre Brycheiniog
Taliesin Arts Centre
Outdoor Arts UK
Walk the Plank
Kitsch n Sync Collective
Nicky Arscott
Wales Millennium Centre
Jenny Hall
NoFit State Circus
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Theatr na nÓg
National Theatre Wales
Emergency Exit Arts
The Riverfront
Small World Theatre
Creative Scotland
Marc Rees
Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Mr & Mrs Clark
Xtrax and Without Walls
Dead Good Guides




