Alongside her personal work Yvonne works with local organisations who deliver arts for health and wellbeing programmes and work with under supported artists. Make Your Mark "Make Your Mark is the arts and health programme for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Founded in 2015, the programme delivers and supports a range of arts-based participatory learning opportunities for service users, staff and carers." I have been working with a team of dedicated staff within the Trust since 2013, first as a service user and now as an artist within my own right. They have supported both my health and artistic journey and I am now able to contribute the future of their arts and health programme and the people they support. Art Course Focus Group July 2016 Workshop focus group for Make Your Mark art course leaders and peer trainers. End of course evaluation for both artists and peer trainers involved in running summer art courses as part of the Recovery College programme run by Yvonne J Foster. Using picture and word collages participants described their thoughts and experiences before, during and after the art courses, and surprises along the way. Make Your Mark, the arts and health programme for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Recovery College, Education and Training Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Make Your Mark Art Courses Jan - Aug 2016 Make Your Mark art courses as part of the Recovery College programme Working with Joanna Stevens lead for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trusts' Arts and Health programme Make Your Mark. Consultant as required at key points during the project Part of interview panel recruiting artists and research assistant Participant in artist and peer training day Co-design focus group questions and process for artists and peer trainers Assisting focus group sessions Running end of course evaluation workshop What Makes Your Heart Sing 2015 Participant in a collaborative art project run by Annis Joslin involving 50 staff and service users with Sussex Partnership NHS Trust. The project started with the question 'What inspires you?' or 'What makes your heart sing?'. Everyone was asked to bring an object connected to those inspirations. Funded by Heads On and facilitated by Make Your Mark, the arts and health programme for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Commissioned and displayed within the Education and Training Department of the Trust. Make Your Mark Jan 2015 A 12 minute film which talks to people involved in the arts about the place of arts in their lives and how the arts make a difference for them and for others. This film was made for the newly established arts and health program 'Make your Mark' commissioned by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, supported by Heads On, the Trust's charity. You can view the film here . A Box of... Wellebration Sept 2014 A series of 'in ward’ Art Workshops on Wellebration Day (a celebration of wellness held on World Suicide Prevention Day) at Mill View Hospital run by Yvonne J Foster and assisted by the hospital's Art Therapy staff. Organised and supported by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals On permanent display at Mill View Hospital, Hove A Box of... June 2014 A collaborative project led by artist Annis Joslin and assisted by Yvonne J Foster inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell. Part of the Caburn Art Project organised and supported by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals A permanent exhibition in the shared spaces and corridors of Caburn Ward, Mill View Hospital, Hove Upside Down and Inside Out October 2013 Upside Down and Inside Out - A Portrait of Brighton and Hove A collaborative exhibition of photographic and collage based work created by service users, staff and carers inspired by and incorporating images from Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Led by Artist Annis Joslin, as part of the Mill View Hospital Art Project On permanent exhibition at Mill View Hospital, Hove

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 ' .

Part of 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. Box No. 18 - Figmentum Memoriae Part of 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, transporting you to a specific place or time. Box No. 18 - Figmentum Memoriae, or The Figment Arts Memory Box. A tall wooden box with 8 numbered drawers, brass number plate (No. 18) and three brass rivets (artist's mark). Contents: Memories collect from Artists belonging to the Figment Arts Studio Group. Box No. 18 on the Shelf On The Shelf Heidi and the Pencils Bottles and Things Figment Arts Memory Box book Sarah's picture

Part of 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. Box No. 3 - The Box of Unwanted Memories The first completed box within The Museum of Curious Memories . Box No. 3 - The Box of Unwanted Memories. A heavy, dark wooden box with large brass hinges, leather handle, brass hinge and padlock (locked with no visible key), brass number plate (No. 15) and three brass rivets (artist's mark). Contents: bottles of unwanted memories , brown envelopes and letters, labelled but uncatalogued. The Padlock on Box No. 3 The Handle and Lock for Box No. 3 The Box of Unwanted Memories Redacted Letter from The Box of Unwanted Memories Bottles from The Box of Unwanted Memories Bottles from The Box of Unwanted Memories Drawers from The Box of Unwanted Memories Envelopes from The Box of Unwanted Memories

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? Finding Dad There’s something missing. I went to look for it and it wasn’t there. Where is the pile of missing memories? Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young? Film Text Transcript: I collect memories. I store them in jars, bottles and boxes. I fold them up neatly and put them in books for safe keeping. Each memory tells a story. I do this because there’s something missing. I have a gap where memories should be. Where are the memories of Dad when I was young? I wandered around the first house we lived in looking for him. I went from room to room and couldn’t find him anywhere. Not in my room, the bathroom, the kitchen. Not downstairs, not in the front room or his office. I walked outside, down the steps into the yard and to the warehouse… That’s where I found him. With the cardboard boxes piled high, brown tape, brown paper. With the taste and smell of cardboard and dust. Finding Dad in the sounds of his voice. Smell - Biscuits and tea. Sounds - Your voice. Tea box with miniature teapot and digestive biscuits. Secret Garden box with key and flowers bottle. Bark from the Bonsai tree you made which I couldn't keep alive. Bright spring blossom that reminded me of you. Quince blossom like we had in the back garden. Our Secret Garden. This is all a very long overdue love letter to Dad celebrating in all those brilliant and best bits (that I can only just remember). Yvonne J Foster Finding Dad 'Finding Dad' was part of The Museum Of Ordinary People 's immersive exhibition 'Home ' at the Phoenix Gallery in May 2021. "HOME presents fascinating, heartbreaking and uplifting stories of ordinary people. MOOP and Mnemoscene have collaborated with members of the public to explore how their collections of everyday objects, photos and documents can be curated to represent our emotional connection with the home and showcase untold narratives that chronicle real people’s lives." Rummage through the website Harriet's House ; created alongside the exhibition to showcase the work in an alternative form. In the Living Room you can interact with the memory box I created and hear the audio collage I put together of my father's voice. Alternatively you can hear the full audio piece on Soundcloud .

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Part of 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. Box No. 11 - The Cabinet of Curious Memories Part of 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, transporting you to a specific place or time. Box No. 11 - The Cabinet of Curious Memories. A small wooden cabinet, housed in an upturned drawer with brass plate (No. 11) and three brass rivets (artist's mark). Contents: 24 tiny numbered bottles containing memories. Box No. 11 Brass Plate on Box No. 11 Labels for contents of Box No. 11 Bottled Memories from Box No. 11

Research based in 17th Century Portsoken Ward, Aldgate, London. The London Archives As part of my Arts Council 'Develop Your Creative Practice ' research I visited The London Archives and looked at the 17th Century parish records of St Botolphs Without Aldgate in Portsoken Ward, London. I found and fell in love with the writings of 'John Clerke The Parish Clarke'. Since researching I have started to create new work: 17th Century London .

Brighton Folk from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks' series Brighton Folk Get in touch if you are interested in commissioning a portrait Ice Cream Artworks The Ice Cream Artworks are inspired by the illustrative style of the early 20th Century, especially the work of artist Coles Phillips, known for his stylish images and signature use of negative space. In 1908 he launched his “Fadeaway Girl” style used in advertisements and magazine covers. In the Brighton Folk series the images become more detailed, with greyscale instead of skin tone and muted colour backgrounds. Lila Vaughan Laurence Becky

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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?

Keep up to date on the progress of a year of research funded by the Arts Council's 'Develop Your Creative Practice' fund . Develop Your Creative Practice I have made some big changes to my artistic practice, with support from the Arts Council 'Develop Your Creative Practice' fund. I previously worked in the Arts for Health & Wellbeing sector but now my focus is on Museums, Archives and Collections. I am following my love of research which began at The Wellcome Collection. To find out more, you can see my short film : A Fascination with Museum Labels . During the year of research I looked into: - Museum cataloging. - Hidden stories behind museum objects. - Creators of early museums and collections. - Parish registers of 17th Century Aldgate. - Early maps of London. Here are some of my favourite images from the Parish Records written by 'John Clerke the Parish Clarke' found in The London Archives . Since researching I have started to create new work: 17th Century London .