Warwickshire's Land Girls: The Food of Love captures Escape Arts' Heritage Open Days event in 2018. The event celebrated our 2018 exhibition of the same name which interviewed eight local land girls about their experiences working on the land during World War Two. This inspired our Stratford In Stitches group to embroider their stories onto a donated wedding dress, which inspired this fabulous event. This showcases the innovative way Escape Arts collects people's stories and transforms them into an immersive and impactful experience for the whole community

Jennifer is a Midlands-based artist, weaver and educator with over 15 years' experience teaching art in secondary schools, as well as having delivered a wide range of workshops at The New Arts Gallery, Walsall. Her Aim is to use sustainable sourced resources to create workshops which encourage creativity and importantly, a sense of well-being and mindfulness.

Kirsty was a Clinical Sister for NHS who worked in an emergency department during the pandemic. Now a NHS community mental health nurse, Kirsty is also a multi-media artist and poet who found Escape Arts by attending one of our creative sessions when she was overwhelmed and struggling. "I found a powerful vehicle of expressions. This experience not only aided my recovery but inspired the creation of the non-profit organisation Sitting Rooms of Culture CIC".

Mental Health Nurse turned stand-up poet, Rob has won numerous poetry slams, including the Edinburgh Slam, BBC Two’s Why Poetry Matters Slam and the Arts Council's Lit Up Slam, as well as over twenty awards for his solo shows. He leads creative workshops in schools, prisons and mental health settings, with all ages and ability ranges, and regularly performs at mental health-related events.

Net Zero Stratford is a not-for-profit set up to raise climate awareness and action in Stratford-upon-Avon. We have worked with the group in the past creating free-access engaging activities as part of Big Green Week and we were invited to create a window display promoting growing your own when their Climate Hub opened in May 2024.

Escape Arts have a long-standing partnership with the University of Warwick and have been members of their TeaMWork International Internship Programme since 2020. We work with groups of six students for two four-week digital internships every Spring and Summer where students complete a brief set by Escape Arts. Previous internships have developed climate action resources for schools, marketing development plans for community projects and led community consultation and advocacy research.

Escape Arts works closely with Warwickshire Pride both in terms of being a founding member of Stratford Youth Collective and supporting their Pride Festivals across Warwickshire. We look forward to supporting the Warwickshire Libraries Hidden Stories project as part of Extraordinary Lives, working together with Artist Lead Kirsty Brewerton to ensure stories are heard and celebrated as part of the legacy of the People's Archive.

Director Rupert Goold and Actor Kate Fleetwood are both Patrons of Escape Arts and are excited to get involved in promoting the Extraordinary Lives project. Kate is specifically interested in support the Emerging Talent and Young Creatives Arts Award Leadership Programme and has offered to provide on-site support, mentoring, promotion and even an acting workshop. Both provide many professional links and contacts to support the advocacy of this impactful programme.