ARTIST AND ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT

Working at the intersection of artistic ambition and practical delivery, I create the conditions, partnerships and resources that enable bold ideas to thrive.

Over the last fifteen years, my work as a cultural producer, and latterly as Director of a CIC focused on socially engaged practice, has been shaped by a belief in the power of art to explore, challenge and reshape collective imagination in ways that support meaningful social and environmental change.

SUPPORT STRUCTURES I OFFER

Operational 

Taking responsibility for administrative duties which might include; contacting prospective venues, liaising with partners, developing contracts and policies

Critical Friend 

Acting as a sounding board from ideation through to delivery and evaluation; in-person through studio visits or online

Evaluation and Impact

Creating logic models, developing evaluation frameworks, writing reports to funders and creating Impact stories

Strategic Development

Creating a case for support or theory of change. Guidance on setting up and running CIC / not-for-profits; initiating and maintaining successful partnerships; audience development and business planning.


Producing or curatorial assistance 

Working with artists or organisations to develop and deliver projects, offering an experienced pair of hands to ensure smooth production 


Fundraising and application writing 

Exploring options for funding and generating resources and scoping income streams; pipeline creation and grant writing

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WHY WORK WITH ME

I have collaborated with visual and live artists in the UK and Asia, at all stages of career and across a range of mediums and diverse forms of practice. 

From 2016-2025, I was Co-Founder and Director of Pier Projects, a visual arts organisation inspired by the coastal and port of Felixstowe in Suffolk. Here, I established a programme inspired by the town’s history as a renowned Victorian spa resort - with themes of rest, convalescence and wellbeing at the fore- and core strands of artist commissioning, artist development and community co-creation.

Having worn ‘all the hats’ as Director / Producer, I can bring a rounded skill-set, sensitivity to context, and the demands of leading small organisations. This is underpinned by a commitment to working with integrity, intention , good humour, and care.

Here is an insight into my key interests and ways of working:

  • Site-responsive: responding specifically to place to acknowledge local context, voices and histories

  • Collaborative: sharing experience, knowledge and skills to co-create and learn, together

  • Infrastructure: building tools and frameworks that can be collectively harnessed for positive ends

  • Public: developing projects that embed artistic approaches into everyday life

My CV is available on request.

Learn more about past work

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK WITH ME

  • Natalie is an incredibly attentive, steady, and meticulous curator and development producer who places care at the centre of her work. She brings a special grace to each project, and consistently prioritises everyone’s wellbeing and capacity. As an artist commissioned to lead the Views from Convalescent Hill project with Pier Projects, I always felt listened to; her ear for the work is exceptional, and she has a way of drawing out what matters. Throughout our collaboration, she offered thoughtful strategic feedback, practical suggestions, and rolled up her sleeves wherever support was needed. Above all, Natalie is committed to working differently: avoiding burnout culture and making genuine space for the communal through creative holistic health.

    —Dana Olărescu, Interdisciplinary artist

  • Working with Natalie helped me understand new ways to put care at the centre of creative work. This is not just theoretical for Natalie: it is a practice that extends to all areas of the work, from emails to meetings and scheduling, periods of rest, moments for focus, effort, reflection, growth and enjoyment. Her creative practice is about holding space for people to explore and develop, to connect with, and contribute to, the world around them. Through working with Natalie to deliver Pier Peers, a six-month artist development programme for artists in the East of England, I experienced what it's like when an organisation embodies and extends the ethics of its leader. I felt supported, encouraged, and heard. Most of all I felt there was time for me to develop new ideas and practices and to offer them in a meaningful way in a specific place and context. 

    -Ellen Mara De Wachter - Arts Writer  and Coach