Angelica Vanasse – The Art Seeds & The Joyful Compass

Angelica Vanasse is a visual and participatory artist, art engagement specialist, creative producer and cultural engagement consultant with roots in Lancashire. With a background in art education & visual art she has worked with communities, schools, libraries, art galleries and museums creatively and strategically for 25 years.

She designs spaces for creativity and connection for communities and organisations using co-enquiry & socially engaged approaches. She also creates artwork in harmony with nature’s seasonal cycles of change, growth, abundance and regeneration. Permaculture is an essential ingredient in what she creates. In her strategic work she is interested in creating meaningful approaches that consider all elements, participants and possibilities in a tangible way that is rooted in authenticity, action and collaboration.

Creative process expertise in drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, sculpture, bespoke builds, risography, zine making, installation art, natural materials & nature connection.

Her practice has two strands:

The Art Seeds – making space for creativity with workshops & collaborative creative projects

The Joyful Compass – designing tools and strategies to navigate meaningfully and creatively for organisations and individuals

Angelica’s creative offer includes:

• artwork, design, illustration
• bespoke learning resources
• learning journeys
• designing spaces for being creative
• engagement research & strategies
• permaculture design
• events for connection & creativity through art, food, growing and making
• building programmes for learning & collaborating through art
• nature connection (as a certified Forest School Programme Leader)