About us...
Whether you work in the public, private or 3rd sector, we are all facing immense pressure to perform in systems that often don’t allow space for reflection, divergent and critical thinking or use of imagination. Essentially, we don’t have time to be creative. But if we want to make a change, if we want to address our most important collective challenges, we need to think creatively.
MYCO Creative has established a unique position to support people, who want to do things differently. We make space for you do your best work by integrating coaching models with consultancy and training.
Pooling over a decade of experience from the creative, cultural and education sectors, in strategic, leadership and delivery roles, we are passionate and ready to support you to unlock your creative potential.
'Creative energy is one of our most precious resources.'
Ollie Briggs
Ollie is the founder and CEO of Arts Education Exchange (AEE), a registered charity based in Margate. AEE provides alternative, creative learning opportunities for young people in Thanet, who face barriers to learning due to systemic inequality. The organisation has grown considerably and works with over 100 young people every year; employs 12 people and is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, National Lottery and Arts Council England.
‘Starting from scratch means you get to see every part of an organisation and how it works, at some point I’ve had to either do it or set it up! This has given me a huge appreciation for how each part plays a vital role in making the ‘whole’ work. I’ve also been able to really get to know what I’m good at and hopefully the knowledge and experience I’ve been fortunate enough to garner is useful for others. Ultimately, my strength is making connections and developing systems and structures to improve how things and people work’
Ollie’s areas of expertise are:
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Leadership and teams development
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Evaluation and creative learning
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Young people
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Strategic planning
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Visual thinking
Ollie is a qualified teacher of Art and Design and taught in secondary schools for 6 years before setting up AEE. He has a masters degree in Arts and Learning (Goldsmiths) and is a certified coach having completed the Relational Dynamics course (level 7).
Victoria Williams
Victoria is a passionate Community Development & Diversity Consultant, Creative Producer and the Co-Founder/Director of People Dem Collective (PDC) a community organisation based in Margate, which was founded by local members of the Black, Brown and Diaspora community. Her lived experience as a Black female creative shows up in her work/practice as she strives to create space, engagement and inclusion for those who are often marginalised. It’s important to her to elevate the presence, work and visibility of people who are often othered.
Victoria has collaborated with local and national organisations such as Turner Contemporary, Coasters Touring Network, NCS, Artsmark and Artswork. Since 2019 she has been working with We Out Here Festival developing and producing the festival's family art and culture programme.
Since 2020 her work with PDC has seen her develop as a local leader and cultural producer within the Black, Brown and Diaspora community. The work she has done within this role has seen her exhibit work within the Turner Contemporary, receiving coverage from the New York Times and collaborating with local and national partners and artists such as Crate Studio, Larry Achiampong, Cohesion Plus and the Creative Estuary.
Grace Attlee
Grace Attlee is an illustrator, cross-disciplinary facilitator, creative producer and mentor, with 15 years experience weaving threads between tech, fashion, activism, literature and visual culture.
She started out as community manager at a start-up, where open-source technology was being used to teach electronics to young people, make custom musical instruments and interactive installations. This kickstarted Grace's interest in creative pedagogy, and she went on to manage ambitious illustration and poetry projects with the likes of Apples and Snakes and The Face magazine, working with groups of young people and women.
Grace teaches a course at Central Saint Martins, runs regular online writing and illustration workshops for domestic violence survivors and delivers in person workshops with young people. Her teaching style is playful and warm, and informed by popular culture, history, poetry, music and philosophy. She is skilled at curating experiences to stimulate and provoke her students, and encourages them to subvert and critique political structures.
Grace is also a trained mentor and coach, working predominantly with neurodivergent artists. She is currently Studio Manager at Translating Nature, a pioneering studio using data as an art material to better understand the living systems around us.