20.10.2023

Black History Month meet Artist in Residence: Courtney Brown

Tower Hamlets! We’re buzzing to introduce our Artist in Residence for Black History Month: Courtney Brown, AKA @heavy_cloudd.

Courtney Brown is set to lead an incredible project with you at Spotlight between the 23^rd and 27^th of October half term. All around the national Black History Month theme, “Celebrating our Sisters.” We’ve got sweet £500 collective budget, and we want you, to lead this with Courtney’s expert help!

Courtney Brown / Heavy Cloud, is a UK-based visual artist inspired by Afro-Futurism. Their work consists of both digital and analogue mediums. Focused on illustration, digital collages and visual storytelling, their work is eclectic in style. Heavy Cloud is a mainly self taught artist. Experience in specific fields include: Audio, Art, Product Design, Graphic Design and Animation.

The Black History Month project:

Do you have an inspiration, a strong female figure or want to know more about women from the Diaspora? Our Black History Month project is for you! Over the week you will work as a group to create a final piece and a celebration event to be held at Spotlight, this could be music, art, theatre, spoken word –you chose! You can take your pick – music, visual art, theatre, spoken word…

WHATEVER SPARKS YOUR CREATIVE JOY – WE ARE HERE FOR THAT

Our Black History Month project is in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council.