‘16 Years to NPO*’: Shirley May

Curious celebrates puppetry as a practice that is connected to many other art forms and practices. We encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-pollination, taking inspiration from and working with poetry, with painting, with socially engaged art practices, with music… 

For our second soup night of the season 🥣, we invite poet Shirley May to share her experience as Founder and Artistic Director of Young Identity, a Manchester-based literature and performance arts charity whose mission is to nurture, develop and champion the voices and creativity of diverse young people through literature, writing and performance.

*NPO stands for National Portfolio Organisation and is a term used by Arts Council England (ACE) to describe organisations in its funding portfolios that receive guaranteed funding for over a period of three years at a time.