A large part of my practice involves connecting with others and sharing ideas. Often, those connections happen informally but, every now and then, I happily welcome formalised opportunities for learning and exchange.

Design Materials for Film
April 18, 2024; University of Colorado, Boulder
A workshop on how to produce look books, mood boards, pitch decks and EPKs, which was developed for and delivered to film students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Held in collaboration with GUT-C, and funded by the Roser Visiting Artists Program.

Images Meet Words: How to Put Together a Visual Book
November 16, 2023; Bocas Lit Fest
Developed and led this Bocas Writers First seminar that taught writers, photographers, memoirists, and journalists about the best ways to balance images and words on the page.

Part-time Lecturer – UWI St Augustine
January 2019–2022
Course: Visual Arts and Communication Studies
Developed the syllabus for and taught this lecture-seminar course that introduced the theory and manifestation of visual communication practices in the visual arts. Its focus included the analysis of photographs, paintings, architecture, and design, through which students studied the construction of narratives in the creation and criticism of various artforms.

New Media Artists’ Talk
September 22, 2021; trinidad+tobago film festival
Moderated this online artists’ talk with selected participants in the trinidad+tobago film festival’s New Media programme of experimental films, video art, and interactive works.

How to Make Your Book Look Good
26 June 2021, Bocas Lit Fest
Invited to develop and lead this workshop that focused on understanding the aesthetics of publishing — book covers, layout, and design.

Invited Participant – CATALYST
13–15 June 2018, UWI St Augustine (Trinidad)
Invited participant in a three-day ideas lab workshop that aimed to harmonise cultural activity in the region, by highlighting the cultural, scientific and social dimensions of co-operation between the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean.

Part-time Lecturer – UWI St Augustine
September–December 2017
Course: Critical Perspectives in Design Management (MA in Creative Design: Entrepreneurship programme)
Lectures, seminars, readings, discussions, group work and research are used to deliver this Master’s course that seeks to give entrepreneurs the tools to build their developing brands.

Founding Member, Director – Design Objective
March 2017–present
Setup and management of Trinidad and Tobago’s first non-profit design organisation.

Selected Participant – Writing on the Arts Workshop
9–13 January 2017, UWI Mona (Jamaica)
Based at UWI’s Mona campus in the Faculty of Humanities and Education, this workshop brought together twelve professional arts writers from around the Caribbean region for five days of high-level, hands-on training led by facilitator Claire Armitstead, books editor of the UK Guardian.

Judging Books By Their Covers: Why Book Design is Crucial
27 April 2016, Bocas Lit Fest
Invited to deliver a presentation on the importance of book design, especially for first-time authors, at Bocas Lit Fest – the Caribbean’s top festival of books and ideas.

New Media Artists’ Talks
September 21, 2013; September 24, 2014; trinidad+tobago film festival
Coordinated and moderated (with Holly Bynoe, ARC Magazine) artists’ talks with participants in the trinidad+tobago film festival’s New Media programme of experimental films, video art, and interactive works.

Earthship Building Workshop
2008, Negril Jamaica
Participation in this (very!) hands-on eco-construction and self sufficient living training session led by the Earthship Biotecture team. Read more in a Caribbean Beat article I wrote about the experience.