Workshops | ellaphillipsmfa

I am an artist facilitator with 20+ years of experience making creative things happen in museums, galleries, schools and community spaces.

I design playful, hands-on workshops and resources that spark curiosity and conversation — often inspired by nature, food, stories and the collections I’m working with.

I also support organisations on deeper journeys: from decolonising and anti-racism work, to rethinking engagement, language and equity in practice. Think of me as a critical friend, co-creator, or gentle disruptor.

Clients include The Postal Museum, Southbank Centre, Autograph, British Library, MAC, Gunnersbury Park Museum, South London Gallery, London Transport Museum. and many more.

Curious? Let’s chat about how we could collaborate.

Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP	Evaluation Trolley Creative way to evaluate events @ The British Library	Coding Mallorie Blackman Mallorie Blackman inspired family activities @ The British Library
Collaborative Storytelling Family activities @ The British Library	Creative way to evaluate events @ The British Library	Creative way to evaluate events @ The British Library
Families Stamp design using recycled materials @ the Postal Museum	Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Primary Schools Painting with light during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School
Community LGBTQ+ youth archive project @ Islington Museum	Families Mums' wellbeing group @ South London Gallery	Primary Schools Making pigments during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School
Families Interactive postcode map @ The Postal Museum	Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Adults Making paper with human trafficking survivors @ The Postal Museum & Islington Museum
What is a resource? Experimentation and resource creation @ Autograph ABP	Community Young Volunteer Projects multi-sensory, creative responses @ London Transport Museum	Families Interactive postcode map @ The Postal Museum
Primary Schools Green Kids Club, art as a way to explore environment @ Grand Junction	Community Young Volunteer Projects multi-sensory, creative responses @ London Transport Museum	Adults Mums' wellbeing group @ South London Gallery
Families Stamp design using recycled materials @ the Postal Museum	Primary Schools Exploring spatial design and behaviour @ Grand Junction	Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP
Families Interactive postcode map @ The Postal Museum	Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP	Families Stamp design using recycled materials @ the Postal Museum
Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Primary Schools Making pigments during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Community LGBTQ+ poster making @ Islington Museum
Primary Schools Multisensory storytelling @ The New School	Families Interactive postcode map @ The Postal Museum	Primary Schools Making pigments during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School
Primary Schools Mapping Spaces	Primary Schools Painting with light during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Families Interactive postcode map @ The Postal Museum	Family Family Art Day: making games about our families @ Whitechapel Gallery	Family Family Art Day: making games about our families @ Whitechapel Gallery
Secondary Schools Using the archive @ Autograph ABP	Adults Acts of Rebellion, a symposium exploring artistic innovations in Black culture with Paterson Joseph, Kayo Chingonyi, Kimathi Donkor, Beverley Mason & Soft Wax	Primary Schools Artist Residency @ Islington Museum
Primary Schools Painting with light during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Family Family Art Day: making portraits @ Whitechapel Gallery	Adults Acts of Rebellion, a symposium exploring artistic innovations in Black culture with Paterson Joseph, Kayo Chingonyi, Kimathi Donkor, Beverley Mason & Soft Wax
Primary Schools Making pigments during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Family Family Art Day: making games about our families @ Whitechapel Gallery	Primary Schools Supporting Artist in Residence @ Whitechapel Gallery & Hermitage School
Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP	Secondary Schools Lillian Baylis use Bessie Coleman story & Autograph ABP archive to explore 'future self'	Primary Schools Artist Residency @ Islington Museum
Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Adults Making paper with human trafficking survivors @ The Postal Museum & Islington Museum	Primary Schools Artist Residency @ Islington Museum
Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Secondary Schools Lillian Baylis use Bessie Coleman story & Autograph ABP archive to explore 'future self'	Family Family Art Day: making games about our families @ Whitechapel Gallery
Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP	Adults Making paper flowers @ Westminster Mind	Secondary Schools Lillian Baylis use Bessie Coleman story & Autograph ABP archive to explore 'future self'
Primary Schools Supporting Artist Residency with Simon & Tom Bloor @ Whitechapel Gallery	Primary Schools If I were a colour collage, during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP
Community LGBTQ+ poster making @ Islington Museum	Adults Artist Film Crits. @ Wimbledon College of Art	Adults Making paper with human trafficking survivors @ The Postal Museum & Islington Museum
Adults Artist Film Crits. @ Wimbledon College of Art	Community Hackney Young Carers explore identity, photography, archive @ Autograph ABP	Community Public consultation: collaborative drawing @ Southbank
Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Community Summer school 2 Whitechapel Gallery	Secondary Schools Lillian Baylis use Bessie Coleman story & Autograph ABP archive to explore 'future self'
Secondary Schools Exploring Space & Place: Kings Cross; with Creative Islington, Central Saint Martins, Autograph ABP & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	Primary Schools Making pigments during Islington Museum residency @ Robert Blair Primary School	Secondary Schools Lillian Baylis use Bessie Coleman story & Autograph ABP archive to explore 'future self'