ANNA B. SEXTON - founder
Our founder Anna B Sexton is passionate about power of creativity to inspire your better mental health, creative thinking, boost your confidence and enable you to think well, feel well & re-find your happy.
She has been a freelance creative business and community development consultant since 2003.
Anna is a certified creative leadership coach, author, social engaged artist, enterprise mentor, educator, experiential trainer, speaker, and solution focused hypnotherapist and psychotherapist.
“I can help you reimagine concepts of innovation, collective creativity & wellbeing for creatives, founders and teams in start up to scale social enterprises.”
Anna’s clients value her "openness, honesty, and ability to shake things up with new ideas, thinking and fun activities – she is a breath of fresh air!"
My motto is ‘you don't have to be an artist to be creative’.
In 2023
Working within the Liverpool Business School as a business consultant and mentor for final-year business studies undergraduates working on real-world client project briefs. Collaborating with Jan Edwards on an a piece of work around capturing the benefits of an action learning approach to business studies learning, and theory into practice.
Contracted by UAL via the UAL Creative Futures community outreach programme in South East London. In the past contracted on the UAL Incubation Hub, and British Council programmes.
Part of the advisory board for Blast Theory's 'Cat Royale' citizen science, animal behavioural, AI, robots and cat utopia project.
BACKGROUND
I have worked in a range of HE institutions from
UCL
UAL
UWE
Liverpool John Moores University
London South Bank
UEL
LSE
University of Liverpool
Birkbeck
Courthauld
We began life as Open To Arts in 2006 and evolved into Open To Create... in 2011.
I trained as a fine artist (BA Hons Fine Arts) Liverpool John Moores University 1994 -1997
OUR MISSION
To raise the status of creativity and champion creativity in all walks of life.
We know that everybody is creative.
We help to grow people's creativity to boost their confidence and self esteem.
We believe in:
Access to creative education for all
Enhancing self esteem and confidence through creativity
The creation of a more equal and sustainable world
Our values are embodied in our 7 C's of Open To Create... and our Give as We Grow Scheme.
WHAT OUR LOGO MEANS
Our logo was originally designed by artist Alex Beeching in 2011 and re-freshed in 2016 by Ellen Stewart.
The three circles represent Self / Others / Life.
Where each cirle overlaps represents those 'sweet spots' when we are in the creative flow of our life. When you feel on top of your game and you uphold and create your values, respect others and life itself.
Our aim is to support you to re-ignite the connection, buzz and synergy between these parts of your life.
