After graduating, Lizzie worked with a variety of clients on both local community-based and heritage-based projects. Their illustration work with Changing Relations, on the US TOO educational book and exhibition, cemented Lizzie’s signature creative process of hearing local people’s stories and translating them into visual and audio work. As Artist-In-Residence at Durham Sixth Form Centre, Lizzie was able to fully realise their methods and engage with the incredible local people in the County Durham area for a solo exhibition.
Their primary goal is to learn, share and celebrate local communities’ stories and experiences, while working as a storyteller, reportage artist and creative researcher. Having chosen to remain in the North, Lizzie runs workshops and continues to document her local environment both in image and text on a daily basis.
‘I am so proud to have this opportunity to work as an Artist of Change with ARC, as a working class creative who has spent their entire life in the North East, I am really excited to be able to interact with the local community and with other artists in engaging and visually interesting projects.’