Summer Gathering 2025

Sarah Longfield is a Creative Business Coach, Facilitator and Producer based in Glasgow.  After 12 years as Artistic Director of Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre, she now works with a wide range of creatives, arts organisations and creative entrepreneurs, shifting mindsets so people can plan and take action effectively.  She is also a proud alopecian, bald and bold.  Head over to www.sarahlongfield.co.uk for more creativity, useful planning tips and chat about living with a visible difference.

My name is Jideofor Muotune. I’m a multi-platform story teller. I tell stories using projected animated performances, interactive public displays, sound installations and augmented reality. Recently I’ve been exploring the boundaries of immersive theatrical storytelling outdoors which is why I have joined the Articulation Arts network. My creative practice has its roots at the intersection of technology and ‘traditional’ arts, starting as it did with me using computers to make music on the label Soma Records at which I was both a founding artist and director. The brutal murder of George Floyd forced me to establish theafrowegian.org as a platform to tell stories that I was passionate about. My approach is always accessible, inclusive and multi-generation in a bid to create strong emotional connections with diverse audiences.

Lorenzo Mele is a Senior Arts Producer with Glasgow Life, the charity that manages Cultural and Sporting assets  and venues for Glasgow City Council. Between 2012 and 2024 he coordinated the producing and delivery of the Merchant City Festival alongside other arts projects across the city with the wider Glasgow Life Arts and Music team. Prior to working for Glasgow Life, he was a theatre director, running 7:84 Theatre Company touring across Scotland, and developing queer performance work with new writers.

Luke Winter is an artist who likes to make outdoor spaces more playful. He is a maker, storyteller and visual artist. He runs Story Wagon, a touring storytelling venue and has recently installed a series of interactive sculptures on the Isle of Bute. He lives in Scotland.

Rachel is a Senior Lecturer in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at Queen Margaret University.  Her research centres on cultural policy, participation and community arts and concepts of placemaking.