Advisory Board

Mike Brooks is Director of Entelechy Arts, a participatory arts charity that works with isolated older people, people with profound and multiple disabilities, and people living in care homes, creating work across art forms with the communities it serves. He leads the organisation alongside its board, staff and networks of artists, and its funders include Arts Council England and the National Lottery Community Fund. He is chair of governors and advises Modus Arts on etc 

Francesca Girelli is Director of Frieze Studios, based in London, where she leads Frieze's branded content and commissioned production work. She writes on contemporary art, including on video art from China's Pearl River Delta and the risks of nation-branding in institutional programming.

Josh McNorton is a Canadian-born, London-based creative producer, curator, and writer. For the past six years, he has worked as a cultural director and strategist within the property sector, developing placemaking programmes and cultural partnerships that bring privately owned public spaces to life. He is currently Senior Cultural Strategist at Hammerson, which owns and operates 10 retail destinations across the UK, Ireland, and France.  

Lois MacDonald is Programme Leader for BA Music and Sound Design and Lecturer in Music and Sound Design at the School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a musician and multidisciplinary artist with over a decade of experience in the music industry, working across sound design, composition, video and performance. Her research examines emerging technologies in music composition, including the use of AI in vocal work.