SELECTED WORKS
Naomi’s work spans participatory installation, community-led cultural development and practice-based research. Across projects in the UK and US, she works with young people, educators and communities to co-create work that responds to place, memory and lived experience.
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TOWN OF CHILDREN (2024)
Participatory place-making project developed with children and young people across Bolton, Greater Manchester, exploring what it looks like when young people take a lead in shaping cultural design and imagining more playful cities.
Naomi works collaboratively with young people, educators and communities to develop cultural projects rooted in local contexts. This work centres shared authorship, supporting participants to shape creative activity that reflects their experiences of place, identity and belonging.
Projects are developed through workshops, co-design processes and open calls, often taking place across schools, civic spaces and town centres. These processes lead to exhibitions, events and programmes that activate local environments and contribute to wider cultural and civic dialogue.
This strand of work is developed in partnership with organisations, including through Creatives Now, an arts organisation in Bolton directed by Naomi, supporting community-led cultural development.
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Community & Youth-led Cultural Development
Participatory Installation & Performance
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A PARADISE OF DISPLACEMENT (2025)
Large-scale immersive installation developed as practice-based research, combining sound, text and built elements within a 500 sq. ft. environment. Presented at Ingenuity, Cleveland, OH, the work is activated through participant interaction and explores displacement as a collective, spatial experience.
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Participatory Installation & Performance
Naomi creates immersive, participatory installations and performances that invite audiences into shared, reflective experiences. These works are often developed through research-led processes and explore how environments can hold dialogue, memory and collective expression.
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Projects such as Ear to the Ground bring together sound, material, text and spatial design to create environments that audiences actively engage with. Participation is central, with visitors contributing to and shaping the work through their presence, interaction and response.
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These projects operate at the intersection of installation, performance and social practice, creating spaces for collective reflection and encounter.
PARTICIPATORY THEATRE, THEATRE IN EDUCATION & COMMUNITY DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
(2014–2025)
Greater Manchester, UK / Cleveland, OH, USA
Ongoing body of work spanning participatory theatre, creative learning and community co-designed cultural development. Developed through workshops, performance and collaborative processes, this work engages young people and communities in shaping cultural activity, supporting shared authorship and place-based approaches to participation.
Naomi’s practice includes ongoing research into place, participation and cultural infrastructure. Her work explores how creative practice can operate within civic contexts, supporting new forms of engagement between communities, education and cultural organisations.
Using methods such as situated observation, co-design and collaborative enquiry, she develops projects that respond to specific places and local conditions. This research-led approach informs both artistic work and wider programme development, contributing to conversations around cultural strategy, creative learning and public space.
Her work often connects local experiences to broader questions around access, agency and participation within cultural ecosystems.
