Voicebox: Want my job?

"It is very important to actively develop and focus one's practise and also build relations with other forms of art in your community. Best wishes, I'm still trying to crack the code."

Vera speaks about the process of putting together the Last Frame Queer Festival last month, and her role in that as Festival Director. We also talk about Last Frame's film club, which is all year round, and their queer horror nights with Token Homo!

"The Lorente family trade is artisan carpentry - spanning three generations for the Catholic church. So being a guilt-ridden, idealistic perfectionist is in my blood."

"My mother took me to a Josh Ritter concert when I was 11-years-old. This night made me want to pursue a life in music."

Kyra talks about working as Junior Chief of Staff at Walr, a Market Research Technology company that supports researchers with data creation.

Hat Fair is the UK's longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, which takes place in Winchester each year.

Carmel works in the social research team at Walnut Unlimited, helping organisations find out what people think, feel, and experience.

Talking Therapist and Integrative & Preventative Medicine Practitioner Melissa Day talks about the importance of connecting with yourself, and how her Performing Arts degree led her to where she is today. 

"Creativity really is king. It now comes under many different guises and titles, but you see that there is a big appetite for creative minds. When the landscape is ever changing, we can’t rely on the status quo, so creative solutions are needed to continually evolve."

"Music is a creative field, if you want your work to be pure and true to you, advice from others is of little use. But at the same time it is worth appreciating that advice and education are not the same thing, it is vital to understand the difference."

"The most challenging aspect of music the business is holding onto the love for music and the creative spark that drives artists while being forced to earn an income from it. So having a way of making money that isn’t music-based and being able to invest in your work can help."

"Seeing myself on the page made me realise I could write and tell stories too – children like me could even be the main character – and it empowered me to start writing and telling stories of my own!"