Pitch Your Project 2025: Winner Announcement

Posted: 05/03/2025

The winner for Pitch Your Project 2025 is in… 📣

Congratulations to Ren Woolridge! Her project ‘Create and Connect: Empowering Creative Bonds Among Women in Southampton’ is the winning pitch this year.

The winning project will be awarded a £2,000 bursary as well as an exhibition opportunity at God’s House Tower, while the runners up will receive support-in-kind from ‘a space’ arts, including access to space, resources and expertise.

 

Read more about the winning Community Project below:

This community-driven project ‘Create & Connect’ empowers and unites creative women through skill-sharing workshops. Participants learn hands-on art crafts skill guided by local women artists. The initiative fosters connections through shared creativity, storytelling, and collaboration, celebrating the diversity of women’s talents. Together, it builds a supportive network for sustainable growth and inspiration in Southampton.

Read more about Ren below:

Ren is a Hampshire-based multidisciplinary artist primarily working in clay. Her practice often draws on her personal experiences as an Asian migrant, a woman, and a mother. Her artwork often explores the themes of feminine psychodynamics, diasporic identity, and hybrid cultures.

We can’t wait to see what Ren brings to God’s House Tower – watch this space for more on Pitch Your Project and details of her exhibition!

 

If you would like to see each of the Community Projects that were pitched at God’s House Tower during the Live Event and to find out more about each project, please head to the ‘a space’ arts Youtube Channel