WORK WITH US
Naomi Lord is an artist-researcher working across community practice, education and cultural development, specialising in participatory methods, creative learning and community-led cultural work.
Work is developed with organisations, communities and collaborators to design and deliver projects, research and programmes that strengthen cultural participation, support community voice and build locally rooted, place-based practice. Current project collaboration in Cleveland OH: Making Room.
If something here resonates, there are a number of ways to work together:
“We’re building a shared page. Together, we complete the text.” — Naomi Lord, Are We Not Strangers? (2026)
PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
Development of participatory, multi-arts projects with communities, organisations and places. This includes co-created installations, public programmes and long-term, place-based work.
“All real living is meeting” — Martin Buber, I and Thou (1923)
RESEARCH & PARTNERSHIPS
Collaboration with universities, cultural organisations and civic partners on practice-based research, creative learning and transdisciplinary programmes.
“Space is made through the relationships between people.” — Doreen Massey, For Space (2005)
WORKSHOPS & FACILITATION
Design and facilitation of sessions focused on storytelling, deliberative democracy, creative learning and community-led practice across education and cultural contexts.
“Freedom is a practice.” — Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition (1958)
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ADVISORY & STRATEGY
Support for organisations developing approaches to cultural participation, community engagement and place-based cultural development.
IN THE MAKING ROOM:
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IN THE ROOM
Making Room is a co-created project working across theatre, sound and visual practice to explore how people move through and shape the places they live.
TEAM
AAWful Aaron — visual artist developing image-making processes.
Caramel — artist working across sound and collective voice development.
Rebecca Groth — artist and producer supporting delivery, community connectivity and participant experience.
Naomi Lord — artist, practice-based researcher and producer supporting project development and delivery.
Ben Smith — artist working across sound and collective voice development.
Emanuel Wallace — visual artist developing image-making processes.
Kadijah Wingo — theatre-maker, producer and stand-up comedian leading performance and writing.
IN THE MAKING ROOM