MEET MEG
HELLO!
Over the past 17 years Megan has implemented her background training in Events Management into her self employed social arts practice, to deliver large-scale social engagement commissions; bespoke installations, audio works & performances co-created with communities. This includes turning a swimming pool into a pool table, sliding into the past on a custom created helter skelter, searching for a needle of hope inside a haystack & creating ceremonies that celebrate life in present day. These artworks have been commissioned/funded by organisations including The National Trust, English Heritage, Historic England, Arts Council England & The Royal Shakespeare Co. In addition Megan has worked on social research projects and has provided consultation on social arts practices for The Universities of Bristol & Bath.
This is amazing. We're all doing it in the studio. You've brightened up our whole event. You're fantastic!
Claudia Winkelman | Claudia on Sunday BBC Radio 2 | Carboot Disco Bingo
Meg is Co-Director & Co-Founder of LIGHTS! LIGHTS! LIGHTS! CIC (alongside fellow artist & neighbour Claudia Collins). Established to provide light art and connectivity during the darker days. The company’s acclaimed premier production NOEL WEST (2023) received 5 stars & was a sell out Christmas show for Tobacco Factory Theatres. It was co-created with our neighbours to showcase stories behind the working class traditions of lavish Christmas lights in Knowle West, South Bristol. We are currently exploring how these stories paint a national picture that connect our community to wider Bristol & beyond…
Meg creatively navigates commissions, funded projects & engagement activities with a vibrant, fun and conversational approach that takes silliness very seriously. Alongside this, she contracts & collaborates with a trusted network of artists, ensuring the required insurance, safeguarding, H&S, access policies & contracts are in place for successful delivery. Meg is used to flexing & expanding her collaborative workforce in relation to the projects she is working on.
AWARDS & SHOUT OUTS
AWARDS
THE SUPER HERO AWARD 2019
The Big Worle
Project : The Worle Wind Make Over - Produced by TerrestrialUK and presented to Meg by the community
ARTIST OF THE MONTH JUNE 2018
Visual Arts South West
MAKE IT HAPPEN AWARD 2018
Worcestershire Innovation Hub
Project : The Curiosity Museum, devised for Equal Vision CIC
THE INSPIRATION AWARD 2013
The Big Draw
Project : Bringing the Pages to Life, at Poynton Library
SHOUT OUTS
NOEL WEST
“Their dynamic, playful & inclusive person-centred approach, can bring rich and fulfilling participant-led arts & cultural experiences to both participants & audiences alike.”
Martha King, Creative Director at Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol, UK (2023)
“It makes you proud to be Bristolian.”
The Bristol Post
“NOEL WEST is unlike anything that has ever been in the theatre, and it certainly will bring a smile to your face and put you in the festive spirit. 10/10”
The Bristol Post
NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK
“A hinge on disconcerting collective and individual experience and an emphasis on the social.”
The Guardian Guide (2014)
POOL IN THE POOL
‘Great show - bonkers but fun’
@ITVCaroleGreen
CARBOOT DISCO BINGO
‘Disco upcycling should only be encouraged. As should Carboot Disco Bingo, a popular Festival of Thrift pastime.’
The Guardian Guide (2014)
"This is amazing. We’re all doing it in the studio. You’ve brightened up our whole event. You’re fantastic!”
Claudia Winkleman, Claudia on Sunday BBC R2, (2017)