Lucy is a creative producer with twenty years’ experience in the arts sector. The examples below demonstrate the approaches and values she bring to her work, evidencing a deep commitment to the cultural offer here in Lincolnshire. Lucy initiates projects that create and present new artworks and experiences, with an innate ability to seek out and build relationships that ensure she is connected, respected and trusted. Lucy sits at the forefront of creative activity here – advocating for artists and over-looked communities; spearheading change and positivity for the future of arts and culture in this county.
“My ambition is to widen access to visual artwork in a range of public spaces and places ensuring as many people as possible can experience culture and creativity in this county. Seeing artwork where we live and work, as part of our everyday activities can change our thoughts and expectations – offering windows to new ideas, opportunities and perspectives.“
Boston Buoys (Freelance Producer for Transported – Creative People & Places)
The Boston Buoys Trail is a series of six nationally significant art installations, re-purposing navigational marine buoys from The Wash estuary. Three artists were appointed to work with two buoys each; Jo Chapman (drawing & sculpture), Carrie Reichardt (mosaic & ceramic) and blacksmith artist Bex Simon (blacksmith).
The mid-20th century buoys are imposing objects and come in fascinating shapes and styles, making them an irresistible prospect for artists and audiences alike. The project aimed to enhance pride in the town and attract more visitors to the area to experience and view this unique collection of distinctive artworks.
The trail takes you on a journey through the town, with each buoy capturing a unique aspect of Boston’s rich history. An extensive consultation and engagement programme ensured that the content and design of the artworks were centred on local issues. The magic of the buoys is their variety; Jo Chapman created buoys entwined with powder coated metal seaweed, Carrie Reichardt created intricate custom mosaics that reflect Boston’s people and folklore of the land and the sea, and Bex Simon celebrated local wild flowers the floral displays of local volunteers Boston in Bloom.
The artworks were installed in 2021 and have since become staples of Boston’s recognisability.
Lucy’s role as producer ensured smooth liaison between commissioners Transported (and the University of Lincoln) and Boston Borough Council to deliver the project in budget and within the extended schedule due to COVID. She was responsible for supervising marketing and evaluation for the project, contracts, supporting the artists, delivering the community engagement programme and co-ordinating all permissions and approvals for installation of artworks, including liaison with the Environment Agency to ensure flood defences were not impacted.
https://transportedart.com/projects/current-projects/boston-buoys/
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-matters/news/boston-buoys-trail-celebrates-towns-heritage
INTERMISSION (Creative Producer & Co-Director)
INTERMISSION delivered a new way to experience contemporary art in Louth, with a programme of public art shows that featured an evolving artwork structure with live performance and sound.
This was a self-initiated project, with creative collective Spectrum Arts: Creative Producer Lucy Lumb, visual artist Jayne Cooper and sound artist Keith Angel – all based in Louth, Lincolnshire.
The artwork takes the form of folding wooden frames, akin to a Japanese room divider or Victorian dressing screen, presenting arrangements of paintings, collages, draped fabrics and sculptural objects alongside a bespoke soundscape. Each showing including performances with live painting, further arranging and re-arranging of objects and audience interaction. The sounds and visuals constantly shifted both during and in-between events, responding to the context of the site, the opportunities or limitations of the space available and the audiences’ reactions.
The function of the Intermission frames connects to a number of themes within Jayne’s solo practice: large-scale structures for viewing her paintings, along with many fragmented, interchangeable artworks, which come together in fleeting moments to connect and complete each other. The viewing of the work was extended by small, hand-held looking devices, which were given out to audiences during the performances. We furthered the interactive experience of the show through multi-layered soundscapes experienced simultaneously through Bluetooth speakers and headsets – channels could be switched remotely by the artist and also manually by the audience.
The aim was to build an audience for contemporary art practice in Louth, and extend and enhance the viewing of the work through local showings in busy public places (altering the geography and art experiences each time), interactive options (through sound and performance and viewing devices) and local engagement (more than 220 people were involved in workshops in the lead up to the shows). Around 500 people attended the live shows with a further 2,000 viewings online.
The project was funded through Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant, East Lindsey District Council, Louth Town Council and Zero Degrees Festival.
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Hub, Sleaford (Head of Partnerships & Communities)
Lucy is responsible for producing a programme of visual arts projects that deliver against Arts Council England investment principles, directly increasing engagement in arts and culture with targeted audiences and responding to local need and demand. An early initiative was to create a series of temporary and permanent arts interventions through a programme of artists residences for Ridges & Furrows; a 3-year project which celebrated the unique rural communities and landscape of the North Kesteven district, and commissioned ten artists to make new work in 4 locations. She secured over £70,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for this project.
More recently RiverLight has been the focus for Lucy’s projects at the Hub. As well as securing significant funding through the UK SPF, this new festival resulted in raising awareness of the impact of the Hub’s work with key stakeholders, and provided multiple opportunities to reach out to new community partners for a co-produced festival that truly brings Sleaford together.
Other significant projects include a new arts trail ‘When in Sleaford’ with artist David Mackie; wellbeing initiatives – No Wrong Way, Front Room Art Club and Rainbow Roads; setting up the Sleaford Cultural Forum which connects partners working in public, private and voluntary sector together for networking and project development and supporting Lincolnshire-based artists in their projects including Danica Maier, Laura Mabbutt, Nicki Jarvis, Andrew Bracey, Kate Genever, Kathleen Smith and Kelly Barfoot.