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Claire Ogah is an emerging digital artist/illustrator/cultural story teller. Her art tells the story of her existence in between two major cultural spaces that has resonated with her and positively impacted her within the multicultural space that she thrives and flourishes in. My Instagram handle is @overlaycouture Facebook @overlaycouture

gobscure curated The NewBridge Projects 2020 valentines event against a backdrop of their exhibition rose carved in rain. this includes album ink any body (thanks Sound&Music for supporting us with 2 awards), launched a performance of the same name thanks to Curious Arts support (including queer arts north bursary). all celebrates fat mad big-kid bi dissidence. work continues this summer (disruptor-in-residence thanks to future ventures fund and Edinburgh printmakers, how cool is that) on edinburgh streets

Melody J Sproates is a cabaret maker, binary breaker, lip-syncer and zine-ster. They make challenging and sometimes daft work to help represent the under-represented and advocate positive well being for the LGBTQIA+ community. They have worked on theatre shows such as *gender not included, Raising Shame and the upcoming ReTake ReMake, and have been developing their new creative arts project Stay home stay queer. #gendernotincluded #stayhomestayqueer

Padma Rao is a contemporary visual artist, practising abstract painting and contemporary drawing as primary disciplines. Padma is passionate about women’s issues and equality, and her work investigates the role and status of women in our current society, especially within the Asian cultures. Use of traditional materials are important as an extension of her expression. Though her work is largely experimental and abstract, she likes to include figurative elements as part of the narrative.