ACAVA Team
Meet the team
Bill Cuthell
Studios Technician
Charlie Kelly
Studios Coordinator
Dan Southward
Relationship Manager (Stoke-on-Trent)
Dannielle Jemmott
Project Coordinator, Social Practice
Ellie Mills
Workshop Technician
Emily Jones
Property and Studio Communities Manager
Emma Thesiger
Studios Operations Manager
Georgia Taylor Aguilar
Curator, Professional Development
Isabella Niven
Head of Social Practice
Jack Young
Curator (Young People, Children and Families)
Maxi Himpe
Assistant Curator, Social Practice
Rasha El-Sady
Curator, Makerspaces
Sara Nunes Fernandes
Communications Manager
Stephan Bless
Studios Technician
Thomas Hylander
Studios Manager
Tom Holley
Chief Executive Officer
"There's this incredible freedom to just be playful and very experimental"
Artist facilitator on collaborating with ACAVA to deliver creative programmes
ACAVA trustees
Alex Matthews
Alex is an HR Director with over 25 years’ experience in senior roles at organisations including St Paul’s Cathedral, Conran, English National Opera and Armani. Her expertise spans culture and leadership, employee relations, recruitment, talent management and global mobility. She is also a sculptor, mother and volunteer, including for the homeless charity Glassdoor.
Alice Boff
Alice has worked across leading UK cultural organisations including Saatchi Gallery, Artangel and the Royal Academy of Arts. She was part of the team behind the award-winning 14-18 NOW programme, commissioning artists such as Rachel Maclean, Jeremy Deller and John Akomfrah.
Andrew Catcheside
Andrew has experience across the private, public and social enterprise sectors, focusing on inclusive growth and place shaping in London. His work spans local government and regional bodies, supporting programmes that benefit communities and creative practice.
Clementine Loustric
Clementine manages international partnerships at the British Museum, developing exhibitions with global partners. She has also held roles at the V&A and Historic Royal Palaces, and works as a writer and researcher specialising in decorative arts.
Jessica Lisa Arczynski
Jessica is a Partner at Trowers & Hamlins, specialising in public sector and affordable housing law. She advises on regeneration, partnerships and funding, and is actively involved in community and social justice initiatives.
Jessica Longmore
Jessica is an artist, curator and educator, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Staffordshire. She leads the BA Fine Art course and brings extensive experience in studio practice and arts education in the UK and internationally.
Maya Sewa Femi Kincaid
Maya is a socially engaged artist, curator and educator, and Head of Learning and Engagement at De La Warr Pavilion. Her work focuses on co-created programmes, community practice and creative health, alongside teaching on the MA Arts & Learning at Goldsmiths.
Paul Augarde (Chair)
Paul is an award-winning placemaking consultant working with public and private sector clients on regeneration schemes. He specialises in socio-economic and cultural place-based strategies that support resilient mixed communities. Recent work includes Poplar Works, a fashion hub in East London, and helping to establish the Mayor of London’s Creative Land Trust.
Rachel McVeagh
Rachel works across commercial strategy, technology and sustainability. She has held roles at Google, Too Good To Go and climate tech start-ups, leading partnerships and education initiatives, and is also an active creative practitioner in printmaking and ceramics.
Our creative associates
ACAVA Shoots
Andreia Sofia
Ashleigh Ramel
Jason Garcia
Zute Lightfoot (Mentor)
Artist facilitators
Aasha Joy John
Aimee Parrot
Ali Williams
Amy Leung
Andy Healy
Anna Lukala
Anna Reading
Barbara Majek
Camilla Brendon
Carla Costa
Carolina Rodrigues
Chloe Morgan
Clare Burnett
Emily Fuller
Emily Motto
Felix Fuller Kerley
Flora Duley
Gal Leshem
Guillaume Vandame
Heather Martin
Hira Gedikoglu
Jack Rooney
James Torble
Jim Patrick
Josh Bilton
Kelly Large
Lizzie Hughes
Luca Bosani
May Glen
Michael Ward
Millie Nice
Miranda Forrester
Nicole Morris
Paula Roush
Peter Morey
Rachael Nee
Rita Parniczky
Romany Taylor
Sadie St Hilaire
Sara Kelly
Sophie Burrows
Stephen Stockbridge
Susan Sluglett
Teresa Paiva
Tomomi Yoshida
Toya Walker
Ursula Kelly
Our other associates
Finance
Sara Whitton (My Management Accountant)
HR Consultant
Sarah Robson
Property Consultants
Daniel McCarthy
Jenny Cockburn


