Convivial Gatherings has been set up by the award winning artist, researcher, creative educator and facilitator, Rachel Jacobs.

Rachel’s socially and environmentally engaged artworks have toured nationally and internationally. Rachel is lead artist on the 30 year arts/research project ‘Future Machine & When the Future Comes‘, that takes place in five curious places across England, at the same time every year as the seasons change. She co-founded the artist-led collective Active Ingredient in 1996 and the commercial games company Mudlark Production Company in 2007. She co-produced a series of British-Brazilian projects in collaboration with Mobilefest and artist/curator Silvia Leal between 2007-2017, travelling regularly to Brazil to work with schools, artists, botanists and in the Mata Atlantica.

Rachel is also an academic. She is an Associate Researcher at Horizon Digital Economy, University of Nottingham since 2018, where she completed a Doctorate in Computer Science in 2014 and was a Research Fellow at Horizon Digital Economy 2017-2018, Visiting Research Fellow at Central St Martins, UAL (2019-2022) and An Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck College (2023). She publishes and presents regularly in academic and arts contexts.

For more information about Rachel Jacobs visit: www.i-am-ai.net

Rachel will be working with a team of other artists, therapists, yoga instructors, educators, craft makers, conservationists and a chef who help to bring the convivial gatherings together.