Arts & Culture
Meet Michelle and Leanne
Meet the 2025 Artist and Author in Residence Michelle Reader and Leanne Moden, and find out more about their professional practices!
Michelle Reader and Leanne Moden were the 2025 Artist and Author in Residence for Inspire!
Seed Exhibitions
Imagine a garden where the most magical seeds can grow!
An exhibition that seeded ideas and grew imaginations. In partnership with four primary schools, Michelle and Leanne explored the notion of seeds and that planting any idea can cultivate artworks and nurture writings.
Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield Central and Sutton-in-Ashfield Libraries
Saturday 12 July - Sunday 7 September 2025
Thank you to our 2025 twinned schools:
- Hucknall National CofE Primary School, Hucknall
- Greenwood Primary & Nursery School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Sutton Road Primary School, Mansfield
- Priestsic Primary School, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Seed Family Workshops
Sculptor Michelle Reader and poet Leanne Moden, Inspire’s 2025 Artist and Author in Residence, designed a fun, family workshop about bizarre and fantastical plants. Inspired by this year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme, Story Garden. Participants grew their imaginations to create magical seed packets and recycled sculptures!
Have a go at home!
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Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
