Today on The Grateful Web I’m joined by Sam Owen-Hull, an artist whose practice moves fluidly between painting, sculpture and textile work, creating richly layered pieces that explore contradiction, connection and the spaces where opposing forces meet. Her work brings together gestural painting and painstaking hand embroidery, combining instinctive mark-making with slow, careful construction.
Alongside her studio practice, Sam is also a deeply committed educator who believes passionately in the power of creativity to build confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing. Through projects including Art of Resilience with Manchester Art Gallery, she has worked with young people across Manchester to encourage critical thinking, curiosity and creative freedom.
In this episode we talk about materials, making, the value of art education, portals (!) and how creativity can help us better understand both ourselves and the world around us.
@samowenhull / @samowenhullprojects
Current Project: Art Of Resilience at Manchester Art Gallery @mcrartgallery
https://manchesterartgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AoR-Boing-Boing-Resilience-Framework.pdf
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