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Mina Heydari-Waite

Artist and Researcher

Selected Projects
  1. Dreamlands
  2. 33 seeds
  3. In sleep it made itself present to them
  4. همسفر
  5. The Showroom
  6. The Plaza
  7. The Art Classroom
  8. Protect and Survive 2.0
  9. Muse Around The Shop

Selected Community Arts Work
  1. شهر فرنگ (Another Birth Remix)
  2. Future Artefacts
  3. Camelon Arts
  4. Reimagining Ancient Greece

Facilitation
Editions
Writing


Mark

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Facilitation
and Workshops


Photo of social dreaming workshop by Erika Stevenson

    I have facilitated the development and delivery of high-quality arts projects with different communities across Scotland since 2016. This has included co-created artworks (Govanhill Baths Community Trust, 2021-23), working groups (GAMIS, 2021-22; EMBASSY Gallery 2017), place-based projects (Artlink Central, 2019-21), development programmes (Impact Arts, 2018-2019), workshops (Stellar Quines, 2022; Glasgow Sculpture Studios, 2020; Fife Contemporary 2018; MAP Magazine, 2018; Imaginate, 2017; The Art School, 2017-18) and creative resources (Newcastle University, 2019; A Moment’s Peace, 2020-21).

    While these projects have been diverse, their success has always relied on a unifying person-centered approach. Core to my work as a facilitator is ensuring that all participants feel engaged, valued and supported. I work with a wide range of groups and individuals, some of whom experience barriers to inclusion due to a number of factors including age, race, gender, sexuality or disability. I speak English and Farsi, but often work in multicultural, multilingual contexts and am comfortable holding space for the flexible, culturally sensitive modes of communication this requires. I have attended training sessions on autism, dementia, challenging behaviour, safeguarding and GDPR.

    In recent years I have also facilitated in walking together we make the path, a social dreaming inspired workshop, for organisations including Culture Collective (2023), Govanhill Baths Community Trust (2021-23), Devonshire Collective (2023) and Eastside Projects (2021).


Photo of the dreamlands pottery workshop by Erika Stevenson
Mark