About

Hello there…

Egg House Art is the home of socially-engaged artist Libby Davy and colleagues, working on the basis that:

  • Everyone is born creative, and it is a basic human right to develop this.
  • Process, outcome and quality matter.
  • The space filled by ‘the spectacle of the object’ and the quest of the lone artist is very full already
  • Art and creativity are profound enablers for healthy individuals, communities and society
  • Online and physical world both matter, the former as an enabler and amplifier, the latter as central to our lives as multi-sensory, whole beings
  • The natural world is the Great Muse / Creator.

Projects range from:

  • Mass, personalised participatory sculpture (eg. Metta Eggs)…. to
  • Interventions (eg. The Radical Act of Conversation, Dalking)… and
  • Creativity workshops + retreats (for children, adults, families, accountants)
  • Local community / photographic / shared observation (eg. Signs of Life )
  • Festival events (eg White Nights, Open House in Brighton Festival)
  • Personal installation work (eg. 18th Bibles composted by worms).

Egg House Art was founded by Libby Davy in 2009. Soon after, we were short listed for Best Open House when we launched our first project during the 2009 Brighton Festival, the UK’s largest multi-arts festival, then invited to join the Fiveways Artists Group who founded the Open House scheme.

We are embedded within the Brighton community and work regionally, nationally and internationally.

In 2010 we were invited to became a member of Blank Studios + Gallery in Brighton. “Blank is a studio and gallery complex run entirely by artists. Its purpose is to house and support contemporary art in all its forms.” It has already proven itself a vital part of the thriving Brighton art scene since it opened in 2007.

Libby is informally studying the MA in Cross Sectoral + Community Arts at Goldsmiths / University of London with plans to enrol if she becomes  very hungry for structure. “Artist as catalyst, activist, shaman, therapist, facilitator, educator.” Earlier studies in pedagogy led her to value autodidacticism highly.

We are playing with the expression “artist as cultural chiropractor”, by wish we mean to gently realign the core of an individual or community, possibly the wider society with skillful, holisitic intervention that allows body, head (logic), heart (emotion) and spirit (intuition) to work together for health and well being.

“Let every part of merrie England be merry in its own way.”

- John Maynard Keynes’ BBC radio talk about the founding of the Arts Council, July 1945. More here…

Read about some of our past, present and future projects here on our News & Fresh blog, and throughout this website.

We work to build trust, relationships and observable results. We measure, revise and refine what we do. A 20-year practice in strategic communications, community development, social media, art and campaigning supports this.

“…outstanding capacity to think outside the box… demonstrates an uncanny adeptness to challenge established convention and thinking in order to generate exciting new possibilities…

“innovative capabilities and passion directed to improve lives in highly ethical and sustainable ways.”

Odette Haley, Social Ecologist

Our work aims to be in support of community aspiration with genuine creative involvement. We aim to co-create great experiences, artifacts and artworks for ongoing reflection and dialogue – that invite positive transformation in small and large ways.

Sometimes we just breathe in, breathe out – and play.

We are inspired by, and have worked with, individuals and groups from the following list (* indicates colleague or client).

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Much inspiration also from…

Creativity, co-creation, becoming, learning, voice, inclusion, engagement, participation, critical literacy, intervention, celebration, spirit, love and fun all relate to Egg House antics. We like laughing and thinking.

Catalyst, facilitator, consultant, alchemist, healer, community builder, educator, connector, collaborator, translator.

We use conceptual and physical media, including: photography, film & video, drawing, sculpture, public art, text/writing, puppetry, painting, installation, curation, workshops, subvertisements, publishing, websites, social media, memes, software, music, time, space, text messages, mobiles, social games, intervention and performance – or whatever the project is asking for.

We also create artist-led responses to real world issues, resulting in public art, exhibitions, installations and other outcomes.

Our methodology and close network of colleagues and advisers allow us to work effectively in this way.

“great to work with… at the design and development stage as well a natural in the delivery, working with a mixed bunch to help them learn the skills and confidence they need.”

“SCIP” Mark Walker, Community Educator / Catalyst

Get in touch to talk about your ideas, vision or goals.

“A new paradigm of an engaged, participatory and socially relevant art is emerging.”
Suzi Gablik


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