Introducing three new ranges of hoodies, tees, note-books, home-ware and accessories featuring Cat’s distinctive artworks on merch.
For the separate bookstore click here.
‘Creatrix’ and ‘Noetic Poetics’: Print Editions Available July & August 2023
CREATRIX documents a 30year career as a visual artist, event curator, poet and psychospiritual mentor. This is the final iteration of this particular body of work and marks the completion of a cycle.
NOETIC POETICS – This second collection of literary art invites the reader to consider certain notions that may serve to reactivate abeyant apertures-of-awareness within the temple of the soul.
The Edge of Reason
“In this first book, THE POEM IS PART OF THE EYE, series editor, David Erdos has chosen work from a range of new and established contemporaries to create a poetry volume unlike any other, with poems that define the search for reason and new artistic modes and in pieces that are both accessible and elusive. The poetics within our experience are as vital as the poems composed from it, as evidenced by the inclusion of acclaimed poets Robert Montgomery, Michael Horovitz, Pete Brown, Cat Catalyst, Niall McDevitt, John Haney, Jan Herman, Malcolm Ritchie, and a number of new female voices each seeking to make a prize of the page. The idea is for these books to prime your bag, hand and pocket. They are power packs for perception, with which you can find your own rhyme.” – Read MORE
No Issue
‘Kaleidoscope Memories‘ poem by Cat Catalyst appears in ‘NO ISSUE’.
NO ISSUE is a large-format limited-edition, hand-made custom collection of art, made in Italy by Carlotta Bianchi and Audrey Etro. “The main aim for ISSUE N.0 was to bring together a collective of creatives and innovators to complete a puzzle of our new reality. It is an ad-free editorial that kaleidoscopes global matters through art, design, photography, film, writing and innovation.“ Read their Kickstarter story HERE. Read about their POP-UP’s: HERE and more about the artifact: HERE!
Now is the New Now
‘Now Is The New Now’ has since been discontinued, however, this imprint, along with ‘iPoem’s Blog’ and ‘Apothesois’ were valuable precursors in the birthing of ‘Creatrix‘, which will be available later this Summer. Creatrix contains over thirty years of content including spoken word, artworks and curated events, which I hope will serve to uplift and inspire. For those who enjoyed ‘Creatrix’ there will be a second collection entitled: ‘Noetic Poetics‘ to follow shortly.
Calibrate – A PoêManifesto
A spoken word audio piece produced for The Royal College of Art Research Biennale 21 Livestream, March 2021
The Pluralist
The Pluralist is the new iteration of the Royal College of Art’s, Students’ Union-run Newsheet-newsletter.
“Pluralism is the view that there is no one correct logic, or alternatively, that there is more than one correct logic”.
In this current form, issues have addressed the dual thematics of ‘self & other’, ‘openings & closings’, and ‘real & fake’, exploring paired concepts which have some tension within them.
The poem ‘Kaleidoscope Memories’ by Cat Catalyst is published in the February issue of The Pluralist. The February issue is out now!
Athenaeum – The Library Re-imagined
The Research Biennale 2021 (22 February – 1 March 2021) is a showcase of student research at the RCA. This brings together for the first time PhD, MPhil and MRes students from across the College, highlighting the urgency, vitality and ambition of research across art, design and architecture. The Biennale platform takes the work beyond its final outcomes, to consider the processes, methods and contexts for this array of research. Join us for the launch of Athenaeum: The Library Re-imagined: a collaborative publication created by the Communication Design Pathway at the Royal College of Art, and is part of their Research Biennale 2021.
MONDAY 1 MARCH 2:00PM: https://research-biennale.rca.ac.uk/events/
For ‘Athenaeum – The Library Reimagined‘ I produced: Apotheosis which was about connecting with one’s inherent inner-tacit wisdom and hidden-knowledge, through the self-archival process of documenting both fictional and non-fictional memories, thoughts, feelings and beliefs, which through the act of sharing and disseminating the inner-voice, the internal then becomes the external. Apotheosis symbolises ‘a library-of-the-self’, which when presented as part of a group project then becomes a ‘library within a library’.
Apotheosis Chapter within Athenaeum: RE:Birth: https://sites.google.com/view/the-expanded-library/chapters/rebirth
Athenaeum – The Library Reimagined:
https://sites.google.com/view/the-expanded-library/home
Apotheosis
Apotheosis – was produced for the Royal College of Art’s Design project: ‘Athenaeum – The Library Reimagined‘ informed by the lock downs of the pandemic upon Libraries and access to books. The manifesto Calibrate was live-streamed at the RCA Research Biennale 2021 event. Each student was required to produce a personal project as well as contribute to a collaborative piece culminating in a live event. Apotheosis was produced for the RCA Biennal event only and is no longer available.
Interview with Cat
In this interview with ‘Exceptional Individuals’ I talk about graduating from a Master of Arts degree at the University of the Arts London, some of the ideas behind my art and the challenges of overcoming Dyslexia.
Unfortunately the MA Book Arts Course at UAL: Camberwell College of Arts (which ran for thirty years) is now closed as of July 2020. However, if you would like to see the course reinstated at UAL in the near future do please sign the petition >>HERE<<
‘Exceptional Individuals’ specifically work with neurodivergent people and support neurodiversity awareness. For more information please visit: https://exceptionalindividuals.com/
If you are interested to find out more about what constitutes dyslexia there is a book called: The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can’t Read and How They Can Learn (Revised and Expanded), by Ronald D. Davis with Eldon M.Braun. Published by Perigee Books 2010. Book Finder: ISBN: 978-0399535666
First published in 1994, Ronald Davis theorises that dyslexic individuals do not think in words and are picture thinkers. I would go a step further and postulate that it is a kinetic combination of absorbing and processing information that results in visual tapestry or collage of information to which the individual will keep updating and adding to for the rest of their lives. This often gives a Dyslexic an overview of the bigger picture and how certain elements mesh together.
For example did you know that Agatha Christie, Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, Auguste Rodin, Cher, David Bailey, Erin Brockovich, Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo da Vinci, Jim Carrey, John Lennon, Keanu Reeves, Kiera Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Curie, Richard Branson, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Edison, are also dyslexic achievers?
More info: https://www.dyslexia.com/book/the-gift-of-dyslexia/
Camberwell Summer Show 2019
Why I think Art is important in society today and why everyone should go to Art School:
Holiness of the Heart: A Concrete Poetry Art Installation and Artist’s book featuring my ‘Holiness of the Heart’ poem printed upon the feathers of the wings, one wing in English and the other wing in Spanish, which I photographed and printed up large 2.2 m x 1.5 m utilising the room as book, with the walls as pages and the corner as the spine or fold, exploring: The Viewer as Performer / Reading the Gallery Space like a Book / Leading the viewer through the space / The importance of language and translation / The concept of unity – ‘We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another’ – Luciano De Crescenzo / and the concept of spiritual integrity- ‘I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of Imagination–what the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth’ – John Keats. In this piece each viewer becomes an Angel on Earth.
Alan Brownjohn
Richard Price
Batool Showghi
Keith Piper
Tony Hayward
John McDowell
Jayne Knowles
Rafael Klein
Rafael MC and Cat
Cat Catalyst
Cesa
Marta
Stereo-Scopyx:
How it began:
What I have produed:
My aims and goals:
The viewer experiences and engages with the piece by wearing a viewing device, (3D-Spex) to read the affirmations which are designed to create new neurological pathways in the brain that are totally supportive. The prints are available as an Artist’s Book from the Book Art Bookshop in Pitfield St., Shoreditch with a free pair of 3D specs.
Sequence: An Artist’s Book inspired by my mother who has Dementia on the subject of memory, self-identity and intergenerational change, reframing the past to serve in the present, through the materiality of the Artist’s Book and analogue photographs. It is also about the processes of looking. The Summer Show exhibit was accompanied by a series of framed prints which featured only the backs of the analogue photographs, as unique objects in time and space in their own right, which have their own story to tell.
A hardback copy of this book is part of the special collection of Artist’s Books at The British Library, and a saddle-stitched copy of ‘Sequence’ is part of the special collection of Artist’s Books at The Wellcome Library, The Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths University, London, and The Tetley’s special collection of Artist’s Books in Leeds.
The hardback version will be on display as part of the MA Select Show at the Camberwell Space Gallery, 45- 65 Peckham Road, London, SE5-8UF until 23rd August.
Grateful thanks to everyone who came to the show and engaged with the bookworks.
Summer Shows 2019
Camberwell Summer Shows: July 11th – 17th
MA Visual Arts: Book Arts • Designer Maker • Fine Art Digital • Illustration • Printmaking
Thursday: 6–9pm
Friday: 10am–8pm
Saturday: 11am–4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
Sunday: Closed
Monday to Wednesday: 10am–8pm
Camberwell College of Arts, 45–65 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF
British Library
I am pleased to announce that The British Library‘s special collection of Artist’s Books has recently acquired a hardback lay flat first edition limited print run of my Artist’s Book: ‘Sequence’. This is now the fourth special collection that has acquired ‘Sequence’.
You can see ‘Sequence’ at the MA SELECT SHOW at The Camberwell Space Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts, 45 – 65 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF, from 11th July – 23rd August 2019.
Makers Fair @ DIY Space for London
Delighted to present a talk on the subject of Arts & Wellbeing Practice at the Maker’s Fair held in the DIY Space for London, Sunday 12th May.
There will also be a zine making workshop presented by Lu Williams, a ‘Being an entrepreneur Artist and Maker in London’ talk by Tere Chad, plus makers stalls selling zines, illustrations, prints, ceramics, jewellery, and more.
The DIY Space For London is a cooperatively-run social centre located in South London, just off Old Kent Road, who offer low cost creative facilities, meeting rooms and social spaces, as well as space for screenings, talks and performances. DIY for London operates via a members’ club model so that everyone has an equal say in how the place is run. The space works to promote the ideas of mutual aid (helping each other) and cooperation (working together). Providing a welcoming space for everyone, including those whose voices and contributions are not always heard or appreciated.
Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths University
I am pleased to announce that my Artist’s Book entitled ‘Sequence’ has been acquired by the Women’s Art Library, Special Collections at Goldsmiths University, London.
The Women’s Art Library began as an artists’ initiative that developed into an arts organization publishing catalogues and books as well as a magazine from the early 1980s to 2002. The main purpose however was to provide a place for women artists to deposit unique documentation of their work. WAL collected personal files that functioned together as an alternative public space to view and experience women’s art. Thousands of artists from around the world are represented in some form in this collection.
As part of Goldsmiths Library Special Collections, the Women’s Art Library continues to collect slides, artist’s books, artist statements, exhibition ephemera, catalogues and press material in addition to audio and videotapes, photographs and CD-Roms.
Wellcome Library
I am pleased to announce that The Wellcome Library Artist’s Book Collection has recently acquired a copy of my Artist’s Book: ‘Sequence’.
The library has also acquired a copy of my MA Research Paper, entitled: ‘How does the Materiality of the Artist’s Book Help to Augment an Understanding With Respect to Creating a Narrative About Memory and Identity? which is now available via the Wellcome Library catalogue: Links below.
PAGES New Voices: A Gathering of Artists’ Books Tour
In February my Artist’s Book: ‘Sequence’ was acquired at the 22nd Annual International Contemporary Artists Book Fair held at the Tetley in Leeds and is part of the PAGES New Voices collection of Artists’ Books, which has started a short tour of three Yorkshire venues at the Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance (Below).
PAGES is coordinated by artists and researchers John McDowall and Chris Taylor. Founded in 1998 and operating around the hub of an annual Artists’ Book Fair, the initiative has provided numerous and wide-ranging opportunities for the development and awareness of the book as primary medium in art practice. Manifestations such as exhibitions, workshops, open calls and curated projects have facilitated experimentation, dissemination and engagement for audience and makers. In 2019 in association with the Fair’s host venue, TheTetley, and with the support of Arts Council England, PAGES has under taken a series of major new projects.
Tetley Collection of Book Artists
ROAR, Rotherham:
Talk on Wednesday 13 March at 6.30.
The books will be on display until Thursday 21 March.
http://rotherhamroar.com
Doncaster Art Gallery & Museum:
Talk on Saturday March 23 at 11.00.
The books will be on display until Friday 29 March.
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/doncaster-museum-and-art-gallery
The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley:
Talk on Saturday 30 March at 11.00.
The books will be on display until Saturday 6 April
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www.cooper-gallery.com
Camaradas MX-UK 2019 Exhibition
I have been invited to take part in The Mexican Embassy’s Camaradas MX-UK / Comrades UK-MX 2019 Exhibition with Rafael MC at the Menier Gallery, London, March 12th-16th. We will produce an artists books to accompany a concrete poetry Diptych featuring a poem I have already written and transnlated into many languages, entitled: Holiness of the Heart which was inspired upon hearing a John Keats’ quote:‘I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the hearts affections and the truth of imagination’.
The purpose of the poem is to remind people through the medium of language of one’s spiritual wellbeing. Language is pivotal in the areas of human rights protection, good governance, peace building, reconciliation and sustainable development.
The wing-shaped diptych is inspired by another of my favourite quotes by Luciano De Crescenzo: “We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another”.
It will be accompanied by a limited edition Artists Book / Zine featuring the poems translations into French, Spanish and Italian. Letterpress posters by Rafael MC.
The Blue Notebook journal for Artists’ Books
Vol 13 No 2 includes essays and articles:
• The British Library – Artists’ Books Now – Vol 1 – Here and Now, review by Cat Miller;
• Documenting Life Stories through Artists’ Books by Ana Paula Estrada;
• The book as performance by Amir Brito Cador;
• The Sketchbook and the Collider by Ian Andrews;
• Mark To Impress: Utilising New Tools by Maria G Pisano – Memory Press
The Blue Notebook journal for artists’ books Vol 13 Nos 1 and 2. Publication dates: October 2018 and April 2019.
£10- from UWE online store: https://store.uwe.ac.uk/product-catalogue/publications/impact-press-publications/the-blue-notebook-journal-for-artists-books-vol-13-1-2
Heart-Supported Mind
Heart-Supported Mind – Poetry Cafe – Sunday 27th January 2019
Twilight is the inky blue-black, steely-cool lens of the logical mind
The rational left-hemisphere that’s always asking: Who? What? Where? When? And Why?
Generally, over-focusing 24-7 upon all the little things one should have said, or could have done
Inner-narratives on constant rewind, sometimes for years, decades or even lifetimes
Retrospective key frames in ones timeline robbed of fun
Completely oblivious or unaware, that one was born with a Right-Hemisphere
Offering an additional lens of self-compassion, via heart-supported mind
Like a prism of decision-making processes that are mutually beneficent and kind
Via a hemispherical union, of left and right, both online at the same time
Co-operating as a ‘Whole Mind’
Balancing the polarity of individuation via an authentic heart connection:
With each other, the natural world, the cosmos and ‘The All There Is’
As a direct extension of Source-Energy, each of us, a little piece of Primordial-Qi
A metaphysical integration, providing meaning, purpose and Inner-Peace
Awakening ones third-eye, that can scry a previously unknown spectrum
Discover a parallel dimension
Refracting the piercing white light of inner-sight
The other side of the rainbow crescent moon
Petition to Save MA Book Arts
For more info and to SIGN please click link >> https://chn.ge/2yX5Uu6
UPDATE:
Dear Book Arts Community
Following the generous support from the Book Arts Community who signed and are still signing our petition to save the MA Book Arts Course at Camberwell College of Arts and also the recent students meeting with the Dean of CCW: David Crow to voice their concerns, please find his full response regarding the future of MA Book Arts here:>> fineart-bookarts-keypoints290112019.docx
Book Arts News Letter: Issue No. 120
I have an article entitled: ‘Artists’ Books Now at the British Library‘, that appears on page 55 of the September – October Issue No. 120 of The Book Arts News Letter, downloadable from: HERE
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
I was recently doing my bit for Feminist Poetry at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August with ‘She Grrrowls’
Liberty Moon
Champion
Shadow – ‘She Grrrowls’ @ The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden – 09/09/2018
‘Ways of Seeing’ – Solo Show of Photographic Prints @ The Hanbury Hall in Spitalfields
From Sunday 12th August 2018 I shall be featured in a month-long solo exhibition of photographic prints all of which were taken within a period of a year on my walks around London. It will be held in the upstairs gallery of The Hanbury Hall in Spitalfields, London.
The Hanbury Hall has a fascinating history that dates back to 1719. Originally built as a small Hugenot chapel, it has accommodated many different East London congregations over the years eventually becoming part of Christ Church in 1887. Charles Dickens was a regular visitor in the 1800s using the building for public readings of his works and in 1888 the Match Girls held their strike meetings here as they prepared to protest against working conditions at the nearby Bryant and May factory.
Hanbury Hall, 22 Hanbury St, London E1 6QR
Mon – Fri: 8am – 5pm
Weekends: 11am – 6pm.
Tel: 020 7377 6793
They also have a nice coffee shop and free WiFi.
Book Arts Newsletter
I was recently commissioned to write an article on The British Library’s ‘show and tell‘ of Artists’ Books from the BL special collection. The article can be found on page 51 in this months issue No. 119 of the Book Arts Newsletter
MA Book Arts Summer Show
Looking At Looking / Sequence Reframed
This piece is about analogue photography, memory and identity, neuro-diversity, intergenerational change, sequence, reframing the past into the present and the art of looking, as in looking at the processes of looking which in turn reframes the past. The way this particular piece is presented invites the viewer to pick up the book and hold it in their hands while leafing through its pages. The act of handling the book activates the piece. As the viewer looks down upon the book they can see their own hands echoing a similar handling of the book as demonstrated in the photograph below. The hand in the shot belongs to the same women in the photograph. The age difference symbolises the passage of time. What I hope to encourage is a dialogue on the importance of ones memories for a sense of self-identity. How does memory-loss impact ones sense of self-identity? And how can one reframe ones memories so that they may better serve oneself in the present moment?
12th – 18th July 2018: UAL: MA degree shows.
Great Minds Think Differently
Cat Miller performing for Great Minds Think Different @ The Crouch End Arts Festival
in partnership with ‘Exceptional Individuals’.
Below is a manifesto-poem entitled: GOLDEN NUGGETS, Performed for the first time at the Crouch End Festival.
Ab-normal Exhibition – May 23rd
Artists: Cat Miller, Helen Ji Hyoung Gong, Lawrence Blackman, Marton Nemes
Curators: Ileana Tu, Jie Qiu
Opening times: 23th-24th May, 2018 10am- 8:30pm
Private View: Wednesday, 23th May 6pm- 9pm
Place: Chelsea College of Art SW1P 4JU
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas, I am frightened of the old ones.” —— John Cage
Exhibition online: http://abnormal-exhibition.com/
Altered States – book art – by Cat Miller
Xhibit 2018
I am currently featured in The Xhibit 2018 Show – Championing Future Creatives – running from April 19th to May 12th @ The Bermondsey Project Space London SE1.
ALTERED STATES :: The ‘Altered Book’ piece was about challenging the traditional concepts of ‘what the book represents in our culture today’ in the changing times of electronic devices that simulate the book right down to the colour and texture of the paper. Traditionally the book has been a revered and trusted object upheld throughout history and culture, where entire religious philosophies and political ethics are delivered as fact, presenting complex methodologies to be adhered to and codes of conduct for living ones life. Significant sized buildings of stature and status are still dedicated to their housing for archival, lending, and research purposes. This piece entitled ‘Altered States’ was made from a large ex-government hard back book that has been repurposed with a series of sequential cuts and reverse folds, which all together formed sculptural indented shapes where pages were compressed together. The pages were not destroyed in any way and so therefore could be unfolded to become a normal book again, representational of the division between the two worlds that we live in; the world of imagination and the world of outer reality. The shapes represent the personal inner emotional spaces that are created when the imagination is activated which can transport one to an alternate parallel reality.
Click HERE to see my PHOTOS from the PRIVATE VIEW.
More images taken by Zaigham Butt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/suarts/albums/72157690051800540
Images taken by Paola Gabrielli (Bermondsey Project Space): https://www.flickr.com/photos/suarts/albums/72157668436441548
FB: https://www.facebook.com/artbermondseyprojectspace
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bprojectspace
IG: https://www.instagram.com/bprojectspace/
Roisin Sullivan, BA Fine Art (4D), Diploma of Professional Studies CSM will be performing her performance titled ‘My Autism’ at 4pm on the following dates:
- Wednesday 9th May
- Saturday 12th May
The performance which takes place in the gallery window consists of the artist sitting in a bath of Coca Cola for 30 minutes interwoven with a spoken word piece which reflects on their life from 1 to the present day.
In the words of Roisin ‘The work itself explores my oppression as a women with autism. The absurdity of this act is a demonstration of the constraints within society, and within my experience of existing. There’s a disposition between determinism and free will composed in the structure of capitalism, patriarchy and western society which impacts myself, and is relevant throughout history. The systematic oppression of my autism and gender is represented by submerging my body in the Coca Cola, something which I have addiction to – this act calls into question whether this characteristic forms part of my Asperger’s or is a result of further political hierarchies’.
Altered States
Roots & Wings Arts & Well Being Festival in Pictures
Grateful thanks and appreciation to all who participated / attended over the weekend and contributed to the festival’s success.
Storytelling with Dawn Ellis
As an actor and storyteller, sometime writer, broadcaster and inveterate liar Dawn has told stories all her life. Dawn sees stories as the spice in our daily life and the bedrock of culture – stories are the lens through which we experience our lives. She is a compelling storyteller, inhabiting her characters, as she performs traditional Myths and Fairy tales publicly and privately, or wherever she finds a carelessly opened door. This autumn and winter she is performing at Pentameters Theatre Hampstead, Surrey Storytellers and Putney Waterstones. In the guise of After Dinner Storyteller (London)‚ she spends the winters infiltrating homes, inviting participants to curl up in front of the fire, and sip hot toddies, while she treats them to traditional folk, ghost and seasonal stories. She is inspired by nature and the elements, and spends August in Greece, spinning tales with friends under a star-strewn Mediterranean sky. Dawn will be story telling on Saturday evening.
dōTERRA Essential Oils with Alexandra Willis
Alexandra Willis is a Wellness Advocate for dōTERRA, the world leading Pure Essential Oils company. Alex says: ‘I joined dōTERRA over a year ago as I had some health issues that were not getting resolved using conventional methods. I made a decision to start taking care of my health naturally and to start using dōTERRA for my health needs and I could not believe the truly incredible results, both issues that I had suffered with for years, disappeared and I was able to start doing things that previously were not possible. It was at this point that I wanted to start sharing these oils with those around me. These oils are a beautiful gift of nature, and have been used in natural medicine practices for thousands of years. It is my hope and my passion that many more people will look to take care of themselves as I have done, the benefits are undeniable and the effects truly incredible. I want to support people in this journey and help people help themselves. I feel blessed to have found these oils and the other natural products, and I now want to share them all with you.’ Alex will be demonstrating the benefits of dōTERRA essential oils on Sunday.
More info: www.mydoterra.com/alexandrawillis
Massage, Physiotherapy and Energy Healing with Georgina Levy
Georgina Levy from Move2 Love, has 16 years of experience in Remedial Massage, Physiotherapy, Movement Practice and Energy Healing. Georgina hopes to inspire people to regain a connection with their bodies, inspire them to want to move their bodies and free themselves from all restrictions. Strong bodies with fluid movements assist people to lovingly carry out the job we were put here to do.
Georgina will be speaking and giving hands on therapies on Sunday 8th October.
Roots & Wings Arts & Well Being Festival
Live Music with Matrix
Matrix Project is a fusion of two artists: Sax player / DJ: Mirto Ferrandino and Drummer / Percussionist: Pablo Paracchino who are coming together specifically for The Roots & Wings Arts & Well Being Festival, with the sole intention of bringing good vibes to the occasion. Expect to be moved by their deep dub grooves filled with live sax and percussion.
Live Music with Mandy Shadow
Mandy Shadow is a British / Spanish Singer- Songwriter based in London. Her songs are about love experiences and moments in her life. Inspired by her poet Grandfather, she began to write songs at the age of eight and has been playing guitar for thirteen years. Mandy’s style is Indie / Alternative however she loves all kinds of music that speaks to the soul. Listen to her first EP release : The Fox on Spotify / iTunes and you can follow Mandy Shadow on Spotify / iTunes / Facebook / YouTube /
Mandy will be playing on Saturday afternoon / evening 7th October
Angel Readings with Gail Ward
My name is Gail Ward and I help sensitive souls and highly sensitive people to connect to their inner knowing, through Angel Card readings so they can understand and embody their soul mission and reconnect to their true self.
For over 10 years I have worked to assist others to discover their guardian angels name and have more connection and joy with life..
When I was in my early 40s, I went to a Diana Cooper workshop to introduce us to our Guardian Angels. This had a profound experience on me, as I discovered my angel’s name was Joseph. .
I started to develop my relationship and connection deeper over the years. I later discovered the use of angel cards connecting to tap in and obtain answers for friends and eventually took a recognised course.
My psychic information which primarily comes through clairsentience and claircognizance, gives mental pictures and a knowingness about a situation or person. I am passionate about sharing and look forward to connecting you with your higher knowing at this wonderful event!
I am offering readings on both days, with a choice of a taster or full reading!
Tai Chi & QiGong classes with Sam Ma
Half hour long Tai Chi and QiGong classes with Sam Ma on Saturday 7th Oct
And two free talks also on Sat 7th Oct: https://catcatalyst.co.uk/2017/07/19/chinese-medicine-body-clock-in-everyday-living-made-easy/
Tai Chi: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Talk 1: 11:10 am – 12:00 am
Talk 2: 12:20 am – 13:10 pm
QiGong: 13:15 pm – 13:45 pm
Mark-making workshop with Helena Nora Vitola-Jones
‘MEWS’ which stands for Micro Experiences for Working Spaces is a new venture started by Helena Nora Vitola-Jones in order to invite discussion and reflection on the science behind working cultures, community and creativity. She describes MEWS as a breath of perspective: A different point of you that is achieved by connecting to the senses in a series of immersive explorations via awareness of materials and movements in personal or collective micro-experiences to create soul replenishing working cultures.
Workshops will take place on:
Saturday 7th October 14:00 pm – 15:00 pm
Sunday 8th October 14:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Saturday 7th October 14:00 pm – 15:00 pm
Sunday 8th October 14:30 pm – 3:30 pm
What to expect in a 1hour workshop:
The mark-making experience is suitable for 6 people per group (half hour each group), 12 people in total (we can allow for small flexibility in numbers) starting with a 5-10 minute introduction of materials; inks, brushes, papers, and the nature of materiality and texture suitable for the practice of Ensō which is a spiritual ZEN Buddhist practice, done regularly, by drawing a circle with ink and brush, in full attention and awareness.
Workshops are an ideal family experience. Helena and Richard will be conducting MEWS mark-making workshops both days of the festival. Suitable for adults and children aged 10 upwards.
Work shops are free however you can SIGN UP HERE!
Helpful Links:
1) Helena’s own meditation and perspective-taking practice:
https://www.instagram.com/sonderflow/
https://www.instagram.com/sonderflow/
2) Helena’s research into working cultures, burnout, creativity and productivity:
https://workingcultures.tumblr.com/
https://workingcultures.tumblr.com/
3) Helena and Ivo Grantins are the duo behind the mark-making and calligraphy experiences:
http://letteringart.co.uk/team_ivo.html
4) along with husband and business partner Richard
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-vitola-jones-91450731/?ppe=1
http://letteringart.co.uk/team_ivo.html
4) along with husband and business partner Richard
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-vitola-jones-91450731/?ppe=1
Cat Catalyst 