Grace Denton

craig has a really great album out!! and he’s doing some gigs to launch it. and i will be there too, as a treat 😌 this thursday 16th in london at @spanners.club this friday 17th in newcastle at @thelubberfiend friday 8 may in glasgow at @theoldhairdressers saturday 9 may in leeds at a secret location friday 22 may in edinburgh at @dissenter.space the bored fire by @ccccompetition is out now on @glint_music 🔥 t-shirts available on bandcamp too

Airing a past rejection! In advance of our @makingtime.online workshop tonight. Inspired by the theme proposed by @itllbeokbaby and @theofficeofalinalupu (Lupu not Lipu as I incorrectly subtitled!) - plus the Fishing for Rejection spreadsheet by @steviemackenziesmith The workshop is free, you can read more about it and book to attend at makingtime.online/workshops (link in the Making Time bio and I’ll put it in my stories) The rejected idea ended up informing a big part of my PhD proposal, and since returning to it recently I realised I should follow some of the threads that had dropped away over time, which I’m hoping to do in a group show assembled by @sofiabartonart later in the year. 🙏

Picture this: I work for you, and it’s good! I’m looking for 1 or 2 days of work a week as a Job Aid/Body Double/Support Worker. Ideally on a Wed, Thu or Fri. Maybe you have Access to Work funding for this. Maybe you applied ages ago and they just approved it and now the person you wanted to work with is oversubscribed. Maybe you’re starting a creative business and your capacity isn’t quite covering a flurry of interest and you need someone who gets it, who can hit the ground running to pick up the slack. Maybe your employer would fund someone to sit and help you. I’m good at: Problem solving Working consistently on other people’s stuff Writing (especially a killer email) Brainstorming Taking and editing photos & videos Connecting people Seeing the bigger picture Breaking that bigger picture down into tasks Translating institutional/academic language Showing up on time Locking into monotonous tasks Adapting to change Holding you to a routine/deadline Being realistic about what I can achieve in the time we have This can be in-person in the NE or remote. I’ve previously worked as a producer, admin, marketing and online publishing coordinator. I have 16 years experience across the arts, plus occasional support work which went well. As the fifth picture suggests, I think I am a good co-conspirator. For context: I’m an artist based in Gateshead, on Mondays I work on Making Time with Jo, it’s a virtual group for neurodivergent people who need some social support. The rest of the time I’m working on setting up a CIC with Aqua and Andrew who came on board as part of The Wardrobe (a safe space for trans and gender non-conforming people to get dressed), and we’re hoping to set up a new site in Gateshead that’s half clothes bank, half co-working space. I’m in need of some extra structure to my week (and some extra money let’s be real). I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2019. I’m interested in being a lived experience mentor. Someone who understands your struggles, and can compassionately support you in finding the answers for yourself. I’m looking for £150-200 a day, although if this is self-funded there could be wiggle room. You can email me: [email protected]

We're pleased to be hosting a workshop with the wonderful @sofiabartonart at the end of April, the last in our current season funded by @aceagrams and @balticgateshead . Sofia Barton is a multidisciplinary artist based in the North East of England whose practice is significantly shaped by her dual Pakistani and Indian heritage. Her work is an ongoing exploration of hybrid identities, delving into cultural artefacts, hidden histories, and South Asian folklore, exploring the interconnections between diverse cultures and their environments. In this workshop Sofia will lead us in mindful drawing to explore themes of grounding, collaging, and connections to nature. You are invited to scout for "analog nature" within your home or gather a few fallen leaves/flowers from outdoors. Seek out a curated collection of found objects that carry the spirit of the wild: old magazines featuring sprawling landscapes, vintage postcards of distant horizons, or even used bus tickets and packaging in grounding earth tones like ochre, slate, and moss. Look for the fibrous grit of cardboard or the weathered patina of old paper that mimics the organic textures of the elements. Along with these scavenged treasures, please bring a few sheets of paper, some tape, and your favourite pen or pencil as we prepare to weave these fragments into a new, hand crafted landscape. Book your free ticket via the link in the Making Time bio! The workshop takes place on zoom, please email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make it easier for you to attend: [email protected] Image courtesy of the artist, taken at a previous workshop. Image description: colour photo of a collaged artwork made with torn images of plants and abstracted nature tones and patterns. two white hands at the left side of the frame are poised with a glue stick ready to continue. the artwork lays on a table-top covered with other pieces of paper torn from magazines, and a bright yellow glasses case nestled among them. two purple circles are overlaid on top containing the title 'Mindful Drawing with Sofia Barton' and 'Mon 27 April 2026, 7-9pm online' in green text on top.

Booking is now open for our workshop led by our long-time member @ashokdmistry In this workshop Ashokkumar (Ashok) will lead us in writing beyond language which is to say, writing outside the rules of language. This stems from Ashok's Aphantasia which means he finds it difficult (almost impossible) to picture things in his mind's eye. He has come to realise this may be why he often begins artistic projects with writing as a starting point, rather than design. Ashok will lead a few of the exercises he uses including forming ideas around a core word or image. Participants will need some paper and something to write/ draw with. In order to make the workshop accessible, participants who don’t want to write can also use pictures if they wish. The workshop will take place on zoom, book via the link on the Making Time profile, and please email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make it easier for you to attend: [email protected] Ashokkumar (Ashok) Mistry is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and curator working in the UK and internationally. Ashokkumar didn’t identify as neurodivergent until he was in his 40s, and it was a seminal moment for his artistic practice. Since then, he has been focused on researching and writing about disability and neurodiversity. - This work was made possible with a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England, and Artist Development Support from Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. @aceagrams @balticgateshead - Artwork in the poster courtesy of the artist. Image description: a close up photo of an expressive painting in red, blue and orange tones, with text light markings over the top, seemingly scratched into the paint as they appear in a light red-orange tone. the painting is overlaid with Making Time graphics including their clock-like logo, and three purple circles with a pixelated edge, with the title of the workshop, the name of the artist, and the time and date in green text over the top of them.

Our next workshop!! Join us on zoom for Collectivising Rejection with Alina Lupu and Liza Prins. The fifth in a series of peer support + creative workshops hosted by Making Time and invited artists, for anyone who is (or may be) neurodivergent. This workshop will focus on how to reframe the individualisation of rejection we all experience as artists, and instead build solidarity and resilience collectively. Building on techniques from Theatre of the Oppressed, Alina and Liza will guide (aspirational) art workers through a process of visualising their rejections, mapping them onto those of peers, tracing shared patterns and structural conditions, and eventually producing a zine with practical prompts to help reject individualisation of rejection and keep a collective revolutionary horizon in view. Rejection sensitivity and the instability of fragmented work can be especially challenging for (neurodivergent) art workers. This workshop aims to initiate a collectively authored guide to coping steeped in solidarity and mutual support, without allowing those coping strategies to become forms of adaptation to the very systems that continue to harm us and our communities. Let's fan some flames of discontent. Book your free place on eventrbrite - the link is in the Making Time bio. The workshop takes place on zoom, please email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make it easier for you to attend: [email protected] Image is by Marie Ilse Bourlanges: Liza Prins Open Rehearsal of Flax baby! Flax!, 2024. Making Time logo and graphics are by @sh Image description: six people sit informally on varied chairs around a conservatory-style room made of glass windows, with lush greenery outside. overlaid on top are five round purple graphics with bright green text on top with the name of the event and hosts, the date and time, plus a block of text that reads 'Free workshop for neurodivergent (aspirational) art workers. Book your ticket on eventbrite to join' and an arrow pointing right. The Making Time logo is bottom left, it is a simplified clock face in purple with white hands.

We are very pleased to announce that we have a brand new shiny website!! Courtesy of @sh who came on board to help us update our branding, and make a gorgeous and accessible web presence for Making Time. He's kept the mild-glitch, eurotrash meets play school aesthetic while ensuring it's as readable and comprehensive as possible for all visitors. To keep us right the logo even has animated clock hands!! 🙏 Thanks for making our dreams come true, Rush. Visit the site at makingtime.online (the link is clickable on our profile page) and let us know what you think. - This work was made possible with a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England, and Artist Development Support from Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. @aceagrams @balticgateshead - Image description: Three versions of the new Making Time logo in different colourways. The first is a white pixelated circle, with bright green clock hands pointing to 10am, on a purple background with green letters spelling Making Time around the edge, appearing to slightly fall out of alignment near the bottom of the frame. The second is in monochrome, light purple letters and clock on a darker purple background and clock hands, and the third version is the inverse of that.

To celebrate the living legend that is @aquacsok joining instagram, here’s a selection of pictures of them from my camera roll 🙏 🥰 Maker of the best ideas, looks, moves and facial expressions from here to Slovakia. Our meeting was fated I am sure of it. 🌟

Holding Time: Building a Memory Constellation with @evan_ife 🐚 Weds 11 March, 2026 7-9pm UK time On Zoom One in a series of peer support + creative workshops hosted by Making Time and invited artists, for anyone who is (or may be) neurodivergent. This workshop will focus on personal collections that hold stories, and how they can be anchors for meaning-making and creative practice. Evan Ifekoya is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice mirrors their role as a spiritual practitioner, perceiving art as a platform for redistributing and renegotiating resources, challenging implicit rules and hierarchies in public and social spaces. The session will be held on Zoom. Book a free ticket via the link in our bio, and we will email you joining instructions ahead of the event. The workshop will last two hours with a comfort break in the middle. Evan Ifekoya will host, with support from Grace and Jo (who run Making Time). Photo: Evan Ifekoya - Calabash, Kettlebell and Cascarilla, 2024 Image description: colour photo taken from above, of a brightly patterned fabric/tablecloth in orange, black and yellow tones, with a photo album lain open at a photo of Evan training on a beach with blue sky and palm trees behind. An Abalone Shell is next to the album, filled with small white items that look like plaster casts of smaller shells. The making time logo appears in one corner, green text around a hand-drawn clock face. Text appears in black on a yellow background which lists the name of the workshop and the time and date. - Made possible with funding from @aceagrams and @balticgateshead

You can now book for our next workshop with the amazing @kasrajalilipour ! Kasra is leading a writing focused workshop on dream mapping, a process that combines creative writing and visual aids to process ideas and thoughts. It’s also a great tool for diminishing the fear of the blank page! Kasra will be bringing in references from their own practice, and invites attendees to do the same. This session is one in a series of peer support + creative workshops hosted by Making Time and invited artists, for anyone who is (or may be) neurodivergent. The workshop will be held on Zoom. Book your free ticket via the link in our bio. We will email you a link to join ahead of the event. The workshop will last two hours with a comfort break. If you have any access requirements you'd like to flag with us, please email [email protected] - Kasra Jalilipour is an Iranian artist, and writer, based in the UK. Their interdisciplinary practice takes on the forms of sculpture, installation, moving image, text, and live performance. Through a positive obsession with histories of otherness they use methods of speculation to rewrite and reshape lost histories. The visual language in their works is often inspired by Imageries and texts from cultural and religious practices in the middle-east and Europe. Photo by Connor Pope Image description: A colour photo of a person with brown skin, short black hair and bleached eyebrows, standing against a textured blue wall, wearing a chunky silver chain around their neck, a leather waistcoat and white vest. They have a green tendril-like tattoo on the arm nearest the camera, and they are looking directly into the lens. Text and graphics appear around the person, deep blue text reads 'Dream Mapping Workshop with Kasra Jalilipour, Wednesday 4 March 7pm Uk time on Zoom'. A blue-turquoise shape with a jagged outline has the phrase 'book a free ticket' imposed on top. The Making Time logo is in one corner, flourescent green text around a white circle, with hand-drawn lines that resemble the hands of a clock pointing to 10 o' clock. -- Made possible with funding from @aceagrams and @balticgateshead

on a crisp winter afternoon, a small white lady in loose black clothing and a green and pink scarf knotted at the neck, leans exaggeratedly against a toadstool mushroom sculpture that looms over her, with her feet crossed, and sun streaming from behind

Long-time friend of Making Time Abby Nocon (@noconologues ) will take us through her systems for keeping on top of her finances. First we will go through some basics, tips, tricks and spreadsheets, and then share a period of co-working on our own spreadsheets, with the option to ask questions and troubleshoot. Abby is not an accountant, and therefore can't answer any questions about tax returns, however we acknowledge it is the HMRC stress season! This workshop will be a useful introduction to managing your money and ultimately approaching a tax return with more confidence, and less trepidation. The session will be held on Zoom. We will email you a link to join ahead of the event. The workshop will last two hours with a comfort break in the middle. Abby Nocon will host, with support from Grace and Jo. Book your free ticket via link in the making time bio!! Please let us know any access requests when booking: [email protected] Image description: A stock photo of a white man in his sixties sitting in front of a laptop in a light, neutrally decorated room, holding up a mug and smiling at the camera, with a possible look of pain behind his eyes. Text which gradients between pink and yellow reads: Budgeting While Neurodivergent a workshop with Abby Nocon, Wed 21 Jan 2026, 7-9pm on Zoom. A spiky round shape is imposed over the top with the text 'book a free ticket!' The purple, green and white making time logo is in the bottom right corner. Image caption: Stock image of András Arató who became known as Hide The Pain Harold -- Abby Nocon (she/they) is an artist and writer based in London. She creates stories, worlds and systems that reimagine how we experience knowledge, spirituality and community. She works alongside non-linear time and ritual technologies to stimulate public imagination and create new solidarities. We are hopeful we can get her back to lead something connected to astrology and creative practice at some point, too.. - This workshop is made possible with the support of an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant (@aceagrams ), and Artist Development Funding from Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (@balticgateshead ).