Writing the Elements with Erin James

If you're ready to spend an hour or two in community, responding to creative prompts centred on the theme of "Elements" and our natural world, both externally and internally, this workshop is for you.

In this season, come to make a more tangible connection to nature and explore the beautiful, strange, wonderful and inherently queer aspects of our world and identity. Let us create roots like a tree, make time to breathe and regulate like the air, tend to our inner passions and fire, and fill up your creative cup with water.

Please note that these workshops are only for LGBTQIA+ residents who are on low income, or experiencing financial hardship or social isolation during the cost-of-living crisis.

These workshops are for LGBTQIA+ residents who are on low income, or experiencing financial hardship or social isolation during the cost-of-living crisis. +16

FREE!

Date: Saturday, 27 June, 2026

Time: 1-3PM

Location: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ (map)

This series of five creative workshops is funded by Brighton and Hove City Council Fairness Fund for People 2025-2026, with support from Lighthouse.
Check out all the other workshops; you can come to one or all!

Lighthouse is a fully wheelchair accessible venue (map). This event will be held in the ground floor, level access, reception space. Find the accessibility details for the building here. For further information email [email protected] or call 01273 647197.

Erin James is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and facilitator working at the intersection of art and social change. Their framework for creating uses art forms such as poetry, sound, curation, facilitation, archiving, and photography as vessels for "artivism". Erin has performed poetry at festivals and venues such as FemFest, Brighton Festival and Brighton Dome and had their poetry added to the curriculum at Sussex University. They have facilitated workshops for a number of organisations and venues such as Brighton and Sussex University, Mind Body & Earth and Brighton Museum. They were the 2023 Stuart Hall Research Fellow at Sussex University and hold a Masters in Media for Development and Social Change.

Find out More: @erinjamess__

Headshot photo: Chloe Hashemi
Workshop photo: Tara Huzar and Aghh! Zine

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