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Creating a character and backstory for the original creator of The Museum of Curious Memories. The Archivist I am in the midst of creating a large interactive piece of work called ‘The Museum of Curious Memories ’. A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. As a back story for the creation of the Museum I went researching to the beginnings of Museum History and 17th Century London. I wanted to invent a character called The Archivist who could have lived in a specific place and time. So I have been researching books, archives and maps. I have placed him in the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate in the early 1600s. I've even been collecting physical objects from that period that he could have owned in order to make him feel more real. Survey of London The survey of London: contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe by Stow, John, 1525?-1605 Publication date 1633 Credit: CREATIVE COMMONS Details: Contributor: Wellcome Library Civitas Londinum detail [1561?] Section of the Civitas Londinium taken from the digital copy of the Map of Early and Modern London website (The Agas Map) Credit: The London Archives, City of London, SC/GL/CIL/001 A Peep into 17th Century London Tunnel Book Section of the Civitas Londinium taken from the digital copy of the Map of Early and Modern London website (The Agas Map) Credit: The London Archives, City of London, SC/GL/CIL/001 Man in a Tall Hat, Adriaen Brouwer, 1636 - 1637 Description: Collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Acquired with the collection of: D.G. van Beuningen 1958 Credit: Photographer: Studio Tromp Detail of parish records from St Botolph without Aldgate Credit: The London Archives, City of London Parish record book from St Botolph without Aldgate Credit: The London Archives, City of London

Things I'm Doing Museum of Curious Memories 17th Century London Community Arts The Archivist

Things I've Found Out Sussex Folk Medicine St Botolphs Without Aldgate The London Archives Develop Your Creative Practice A Fascination with Museum Labels Who Was Seymour? Wellcome Collection

Know Thyself The images below have been used to help support new therapists training in Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT) with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. "We have recently started with a new cohort of 18 CAT trainees from all over the South of England and are using a conference centre in Hove to deliver the training. We'd really love to have a session led by you on the training. It received such good feedback from the trainees last time and is such an important part of having a modern and relevant training." Robert Marx, Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Practitioner Training Course Director More information about Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Practitioner Training. At the Beginning Things Begin to Change Learning to Become Integrated Know Thyself

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'Drawing Insight' a collaborative project with Outside In and Chichester University Drawing Insight Drawing Insight: a collaborative project supported by Chichester University and Outside In funded by Arts Council England in 2017. Three artists were selected to participate in the Insight project; Deborah Petch and Rachel Redfern , recent graduates of the MA Fine Art programme at the University of Chichester and Yvonne J Foster, a Brighton based Outside In artist. Rachel worked in the capacity of project facilitator. The aim of the Insight Partnership was to bring together artists from different creative backgrounds in order to experience each other's ways of working, learn from each other and explore the connection between arts and health. The collaboration culminated in an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in March 2017 and at The Regency Town House Autumn Exhibitions in September 2017, and included a series of public talks and practical workshops. The Drawing Insight exhibition booklet in PDF format. Rosie Powell's film of Drawing Insight on You Tube. Deborah, Rachel and Yvonne Miniature sketchbook and box Deborah's inklings Miniature and Huge Landscapes Collage and Crosshatched Concertina Crosshatched and Stitched Concertina

A direct and unapologetic visual account of Yvonne's experiences, thoughts and emotions following a breakdown. Created using altered photographs, and scribbled images they describe her feelings and observations of living with depression, in a way that could not at the time be expressed in words.   Inside A direct and unapologetic visual account of Yvonne's experiences, thoughts and emotions following a breakdown in 2011. Created using altered photographs, and scribbled images they describe her feelings and observations of living with depression, in a way that could not at the time be expressed in words. The 2013 limited edition publication booklet from Creative Future has sold out but is still available as an ebook via Amazon. You may find some of the images in the publication triggering. If you need suicide support for yourself or others contact Samaritans call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or try the self-help app. Inside Ink Scribble

Exhibitions Get in touch Story Maps 24th June - 5th July 2025 Marine Workshops, Newhaven & Newhaven Museum Figment Arts reimagines Sussex Folklore through solo works and collaborative pieces. Supported by Heritage Fund, Chalk Cliff Trust, Newhaven Historical Society and Museum, Worthing Theatres and Museums and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. Community Base December 2023 Community Base , Queens Road, Brighton Filling each floor of the main building with artwork from my collection to brighten up the building again, post Covid. Including Ice Cream Artworks and Miniature Artworks. Ice Cream Artworks 25th July - 21st Aug 2022 Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton Continuing Yvonne J Foster's first solo show. Premiering previously unseen artworks in the ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series. Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Culture Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative. 3am Project Feb 2022 Online Exhibition "In the Spring of 2021, The Lost Letters Project put out a call for words and artworks responding to the ideas of sleepless nights and nocturnal offerings." 'The Pianola Roll' was one of just fifteen works discussed by the panel and was awarded as a highly commended work. "Very high quality work. Addresses the brief from an interesting angle. Dreamy." "Love the careful detail in this, so thoughtful, calm and meditative." Layers of Creativity Sept 2021 - Jan 2022 Online Exhibition Outside In Collection curated by Jo Baring. "Layers of Creativity features work by 14 artists from Outside In’s collection and showcases its ‘real breadth of materials’ from textiles and unusual materials, to abstraction and traditional figuration." Including image selected from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Nexus 2020 12th Oct - 13th Nov 2020 Plus X, Brighton and Online Exhibition neXus 2020 arts exchange . Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative . Online galleries at Photofringe and Vrystaatkunstefees . Showing new work by Yvonne J Foster; a film delving into the imagery of trauma. Using an MRI scan as a backdrop her new Brain Landscapes work. Thirteen Exhibition 4th - 26th May 2019 Barker & Stonehouse, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton "Creative Future 's latest exhibition, part of Artists Open Houses 2019 in Brighton & Hove. Featuring an eclectic mix of artwork from thirteen regional artists, displaying work that can be bought as limited edition prints." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Community Base 2018 - 2019 Community Base, Brighton A group exhibition organised by Creative Future . "A set of nine framed Miniature Artworks on display at Community Base in Brighton by Yvonne J Foster. Each separate miniature artwork measures 18mm x 13mm. Each framed piece comprises of a set of either four miniatures." Eleven Exhibition 9th - 26th May 2018 Brighton Dome, Brighton "Marking the launch of Creative Future ’s curated retail website the 'Eleven' exhibition at The Brighton Dome is part of this year’s Brighton Festival. The exhibition showcases artists featured in the charity’s new digital venture and displays work that can be bought as limited edition prints." Debuting Yvonne J Foster's new 'Ice Cream Artworks' series. Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior 16th May to 28th September 2018 Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham "City Arts have teamed up with the Institute of Mental Health for a new art exhibition looking people’s experience of trauma. The exhibition is called Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior . Works on display include: Allan Oliver’s Electric Dreams, which captures the loss of identity that comes after electro-shock therapy; and Yvonne J Foster’s The Filing System of Trauma which explores how memories are stored in our minds." Drawing Insight 2nd - 26th March 2017 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Drawing Insight - A collaborative project with Outside In and Chichester University . "Yvonne and Deborah worked over a three-month period supported by artist and project facilitator Rachel Redfern. Throughout the project they have used art as a means of communication and dialogue. Gaining shared and unexpected insights into themselves and their practices, the resulting artwork is a celebration of the differences that revealed themselves." Debuting new work created by Yvonne J Foster specifically for this project. Tight Modern Tour Nov 2016 - April 2017 Jubilee Library, Brighton; St. Helens Central Library; Haydock Library, St Helens; Eccleston Library, St Helens; Redbridge Library, Ilford; Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth. "Tight Modern - the world’s smallest pop-up gallery. An 8ft x 5ft miniature replica of the iconic Tate Modern, showcasing the UK’s best under-represented artists. Touring to galleries and libraries across the UK." Organised by Creative Future Including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Art @ Community Base 2016 - 2017 Community Base, Brighton Group exhibition organised by Creative Future . Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks '. Prescriptions 21st April to 14th August 2016 The Drawing Room, The Beaney, Canterbury Prescriptions: Artists’ Books on Wellbeing and Medicine exhibition. A collaborative exhibition, including Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside' . Creative Debuts May - June 2015 Black and White Building, Hoxton, London. As part of Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays . Creative Debuts featured artist for both May and June. "Some people can't even type on an iPad. Well, how's your iPad art? Because our artist Yvonne can do this on an iPad. Jaw dropping." "I was last night at the exhibition in London, I bought the print 'Bette Davis' love your art. I look to see more work from you." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Tight Modern Tour May 2014 - January 2015 Brighton Fringe Festival; ORTUS Learning & Events Centre, London; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; St Helen’s Cultural Hub "Tight Modern, produced by Creative Future , is a miniature replica of London’s iconic Tate Modern Gallery, showcasing 60 artists. Around 42,000 people saw the Tight Modern Tour." Video: Tight Modern The first exhibition including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Outside In, South East July - Sept 2013 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings "Bringing together the work and talent of a wide variety of Outside In artists from the South East region who have had little or no contact with the mainstream art world either because of mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstance." Press: Art on the Edge Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Eclectica Artists April - June 2013 Jubilee Library, Brighton Group exhibition with Eclectica Artists, supported by Creative Future . An exhibition and launch of Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Including digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm. Story Maps Pop-Up May 2024 Story Maps Pop-Up Studio and Gallery in Hanningtons, Brighton Figment Arts invites you to take part in creating large collaborative paintings based on Sussex Folklore. The Gallery includes solo works and previous collaborative pieces created with the public. Supported by Heritage Fund, Chalk Cliff Trust, Newhaven Historical Society and Museum, Worthing Theatres and Museums and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. Bromptons Opticians January 2023 Bromptons Opticians , Gardner Street, Brighton For exceptional service, going above and beyond my expectations and being generally brilliant. I created and gifted some optician themed artwork complete with tiny silver spectacles. Ice Cream Artworks 6th - 17th July 2022 Plus X, Lewes Road, Brighton "This is Yvonne J Foster's first solo show and premiers previously unseen artworks. The ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series are hand-drawn digital images inspired by early-20th century illustrations." Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Cultural Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative. Kindred Spirits 20th Nov 2021 - 6th Feb 2022 The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire "Kindred Spirits - An exhibition showing Outsider Art made by UK artists, offering a fascinating insight into the genre’s impact on the story of modern British Art." Curated by a group of Outside In artists. Including two images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Home 20th May - 6th Jun 2021 Phoenix Gallery, Brighton Finding Dad - a part of The Museum Of Ordinary People 's immersive exhibition 'Home ' "There’s something missing. I went to look for it and it wasn’t there. All I found was a gap (and all the bad memories). Where is the pile of missing memories? Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young?" New immersive and interactive work created especially by Yvonne J Foster for this exhibition. Grimy Heights Sept 2020 Website Launch The Alchemist became a character in Otillie Hainsworth's Graphic Novels Real Life Stories group in 2020. "Grimy Heights began under lockdown on Zoom. It was inspired by the idea of Warren and Gary Pleece’s graphic novel ‘Montague Terrace’ about a dilapidated ‘30s building haunted by the stories of its occupants." Previewing new graphic work from Yvonne J Foster. Talented Art Fair 1st - 3rd March 2019 The Truman Brewery, London "We look forward to welcoming you to our 3rd edition of the Talented Art Fair , there will be over 2000 original artworks & limited edition prints plus 100 Talented Artists. Talented 2019 brings a plethora of the most talented and sought after contemporary artists who are currently making serious waves in the art world today." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Shop Ethical 7th November 2018 - 9th January 2019 Community Base, Brighton and Online Organised by Creative Future . "This Christmas, we’re on a mission to challenge views of local art by selling ethical prints that depict 'the real' Brighton and Hove. Created by some the UK’s most engaging artists and sold from our Online Gallery Shop, the works encapsulate the stories of real artists who actually live in or have connections to the area. We’re championing limited-run prints of abstract paintings, vibrant photorealism and digital pop art exploring a range of themes." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Mind the Gap 1st - 13th October 2018 Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge "In recognition of World Mental Health Day on the 10th October, CBM UK and BasicNeeds invited 15 artists with lived experience or an interest in mental health to display their work in a two-week long exhibition to raise awareness and reduce stigma around mental health in the world’s poorest communities." Featuring five digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm enlarged images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside' . Autumn Exhibition 16th - 24th September 2017 The Regency Town House, Hove 5 artists, 3 exhibitions, 1 venue Featuring artworks by Sussex artists Rachel Cohen, Yvonne J Foster, Deborah Petch, Rachel Redfern and Jim Sanders. "Drawing Insight - The aim of the Arts Council-funded Insight Partnership is to bring together artists from different creative backgrounds in order to experience each other’s ways of working, learn from each other and explore the connection between arts and health." Showing unseen work created during the project by Yvonne J Foster: 'Art as Storytelling' Fragments 13th - 18th December 2016 The Regency Town House, Hove Fragments - an exhibition of Brighton Artists: Katie Bailey, Tom Barwell, Topher and Yvonne J Foster. Supported by Creative Future . "Your work is wonderful. The pharmacy exhibition is world class. Your little pictures mighty. Well done. Best in show." Previewing new 'Pharmaceutical Boxes' work from Yvonne J Foster's Miniature Artworks and Miniature Boxes. Inextricable 10th - 21st October 2016 Churchill Square, Brighton A special pop-up exhibition created for Brighton's Photo Fringe Festival. "With a backdrop of the city's major shopping complex, the theme explores 'loanwords' in the English language that you can find on the high street - everyday words which are firmly entrenched in British Culture, but have actually been adopted from another language." Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative Showing new photographic work by Yvonne J Foster. Debuting her series 'Look Down ' . A Journey 23rd May - 23rd Sept 2016 Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham A Journey: Loneliness, Hope & Resilience A City Arts' collaborative exhibition, including images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Sussex Craft and Design Fair July 2015 Enterprise Centre, Eastbourne "In association with Pop UP Brighton, the largest craft & design fair in Eastbourne this summer, with more than 20 of the region's most innovative and creative craft-makers & designers." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Postcards from the Edges Sept - Nov 2013 Bankside Gallery, Southbank, London; Baltic Mill Gallery, Gateshead; Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster, Bristol; Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. "Postcards from the Edges - Through artwork, poetry, photography, stories, collages or messages, United Response asked people with disabilities to express what is important to them and put it on a postcard. To hear about the full range of life experiences, good and bad." Press: The Social Issue , The Guardian and The Guardian in pictures Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Doodlefest May 2014 ONCA Gallery, Brighton "Happy Planet's Doodlefest an event within Brighton Fringe Festival exploring the theme of happiness via the art of doodling. Broadly examining the intrinsic link between our emotional wellbeing, the natural environment and human behaviour. With themes such as giving, gratitude, togetherness, creativity, play and friendship." Yvonne J Foster's Brighton Panorama Doodle-sketch was sold in the charity auction, raising money for the charity Mind. Impact Art Fair July 2013 Block 336, Brixton, London "Showcasing work by highly talented artists whose opportunities are limited by mental health issues, disability, chronic ill health or social circumstance." Organised by Creative Future "A thoroughly humbling, moving experience, one of the best of my life" - Steve Murison First public art fair showing Yvonne J Foster's series 'Inside' . Be Nice I'm Scared December 2012 Yolo's, Hove Yvonne J Foster's first exhibition in over 12 years. As part of a group exhibition with Eclectica Artists supported by Creative Future . BBC Radio Sussex, Danny Pike Interview about living with depression. Debuting selected works from Yvonne J Foster's new series 'Inside ' .

Handmade miniature works of art. Miniature Artworks Many teeny-tiny works of art. Miniature collages made using layers of vintage and antique paper. (13mm x 18mm) Create you own Miniature Art Gallery Visit the My Miniature Art Gallery page.

Research based in 17th Century Portsoken Ward, Aldgate, London. 17th Century London Visual storytelling work based on research done at The London Archives of 17th Century Portsoken Ward, Aldgate, London. Part of my Arts Council funded Develop Your Creative Practice year of research. Below are video clips of drawings and models I created based on the Civitas Londinum Map , and a simple point and click game called Where is John?

Research and artwork based on Sussex Folk Medicine. Sussex Folk Medicine: Cures and Remedies

The Museum of Curious Memories. A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. Each one contains a small object, a story, or an imagining, which transports you to a specific place or time. The Museum of Curious Memories I am in the midst of creating a large interactive piece of work called ‘The Museum of Curious Memories’. A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. Each one contains a small object, a story, or an imagining, which transports you to a specific place or time. Once they have been created and labelled, they will be numbered and catalogued. Most of what I create connects to this somehow - It is something I can always be working on, something others can add to. A piece of artwork inspired by museum collections which can be left as a legacy. The artwork begins with an antique box filled with cowry shells that my Dad's friend gave me when I was a child.