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It’s official - the MYOM 2026 show is only one month away from opening its doors!

The exhibition will feature work from each member of our collective of artists and creatives, as part of Shoreditch Design Festival from 17-20 Sept at the Tea Building.

Save the date, share, and donate!

Follow the link in our bio to support us, and to find out more.

@aslan_does_pottery
@yasminr.ai
@tutu___________________
@mohamedragahmed
@flomeredithdesign
@lucas_wheeeler
@annabel.l.wright
@bushy.shepherd
@paulius_ka
@pseudocream
@kingkingstringball442
@elisamzz_ by @makeyourownmasters

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2 months ago

What is MYOM?

Make Your Own Masters (MYOM) is a creative movement and incubator for emerging talent, built in response to a creative education system and industry that are becoming increasingly difficult to access.

The project began 8 years ago, founded by Stacie Woolsey as a personal response to being priced out of institutional education and facing growing barriers to entering the creative industry.

The idea to make your own education became a mantra, a methodology and, ultimately, a manifesto. One that seeks to disrupt the existing model and open up access across the creative industries.

Each cycle, MYOM brings together a collective of 11 emerging creatives and guides them through 18 months of building and sourcing their own creative curriculum, learning through practice, collaboration, mentorship and opportunity.

We are now opening up the project, sharing what we’ve learnt and exploring the bigger issues at problem at play. by @makeyourownmasters

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a month ago

MYOM x Selfridges pop up

Originally part of the London Design Festival and now showcased throughout Selfridges, this exhibition highlights the work of emerging creatives from the Make Your Own Masters

(MYOM) learning programme.
MYOM is an alternative learning movement that tackles barriers to creative education and industry access. Through ongoing collaboration, Selfridges supports the programme by providing a platform to showcase and champion its emerging talent.

Shown here are the works of @robynsmithofficial and @__alinanegoita

Big thanks to @selfridges_offical

And special thanks to @branqo for the images by @makeyourownmasters

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a year ago

The Class of 2026!

Congratulations to the latest MYOM collective to complete the system.

18 Months of self directed learning
11 Creatives
1 Multidisciplinary Collective
11 New disciplines
104 New Creative Works
864 Showcase attendees

Joined by a growing network of alumni. The MYOM movement is growing and this showcase was the perfect proof point.

Thank you to all that visited and supported the show and creatives over the past 18months.

A special thanks to:
@theofficialselfridges
@derwentlondon

Photos:
@branqo by @makeyourownmasters

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On Saturday we’ll be discussing the ‘Talent Bottleneck’, the growing gap between industry and creative education.

As AI continues to absorb entry level roles and a cost of living makes it increasingly difficult to survive in the industry we must ask the important questions:

Is creative education fit for purpose?

Why is the creative industry harder to enter than ever before?

How do emerging creatives navigate this post-grad period?

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Panelists:
@staciewoolsey
@nateagbetu
@andumasebo
@yasminr.ai
@mohamedragahmed

Saturday 19th @ TEA Building, 56 Shoreditch High St

Tickets are in our bio and pay what you can! by @makeyourownmasters

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15 days ago

Join us for on Saturday 19th September The Talent Bottleneck a panel discussion the gap between talent and industry.

Tickets are pay what you can, all profits made will go towards future MYOM shows and talent!

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Is creative education still fit for purpose?
Getting into the creative industry has never been harder. AI is swallowing the entry-level jobs that used to be an entry point.

Rising costs are pushing talent out of education before they even finish.

This panel will discuss why intervention is needed, who’s responsible and what a new path into creative work could look like.

Panelists:
Stacie Woosley @staciewoolsey
Andu Masebo @andumasebo
Yasmin Rai @yasminr.ai
Mohamed Ahmed @mohamedragahmed
Nate Agbetu @nateagbetu by @makeyourownmasters

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18 days ago

Art schools - once a place of energy, even anarchy, now feel like relics.

We need to instigate and open up a conversation about how, and whether, creative education as we know it actually works.

What happens next?
Where does change come from?
Who could make a difference? by @makeyourownmasters

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20 days ago

We are less than a week away from opening the doors to our showcase in Shoreditch.

The exhibition will run from Thursday 17th September until Sunday 20th September, as part of Shoreditch Design Festival, and feature work from each member of our collective of artists and creatives including:

LUCINDA PURKIS *
Visual Artist / Illustrator

RO GEARTY*
Set Designer / Prop Maker / Stylist

FLO MEREDITH*
Apparel Design / Design for Inclusion / Costume Design

TUTU TUGÇE SÖNMEZ*
Visual Artist / Sculptor

Save the date, and book a spot at our PV using the link in our bio.

We cant wait to see you there! by @makeyourownmasters

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21 days ago

RO GEARTY*

Set Designer / Prop Maker / Stylist

Ro is a working-class designer exploring costume and set design as tools for visual storytelling and world-building. Their practice is rooted in objects, conversation, sustainable design and the mythologies embedded into everyday life. Ro is interested in creating the socially surreal, worlds that blur the familiar and the imagined as a route to explore how radical imagination and immersive art can make art more accessible, participatory and connected to everyday experience.

@pseudocream by @makeyourownmasters

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22 days ago

LUCINDA PURKIS*

Visual Artist / Illustrator

Lucinda Purkis is a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in London, originally from Exeter. At the heart of their practice is continuous drawing whereby they have developed rituals of repetitive mark making to enable their interior world to flow out onto the page. In this way visual languages intuitively emerge mapping personal codes of religious iconography, patterns, sequences, avatars, combined with words, phrases and signs of the city. These characters drift between recognisable motifs and abstract emblems, simultaneously representing a deeply personal world and one that contains universal symbols open to interpretation.

Purkis works across disciplines including textiles, digital print, screen printing, painting, patchwork and collage to transpose and make tactile their drawings and writings.Human avatars merge in their work and serve as emotional embodiments, hinting at mythological and biblical characters, often serving as self portraits. These characters shift and evolve between genders and are often subtle explorations of the trans-masculine experience.

@kingkingstringball442 by @makeyourownmasters

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23 days ago

Access isn’t just unequal, it’s disappearing.

The result will create a ripple effect across creativity: film, TV, media, music, fashion, design. A hollowing out of all that thrives on new voices and ideas. by @makeyourownmasters

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24 days ago

Our showcase opens its doors in just one week at the Tea Building in Shoreditch!

Join us for our Private View on Thursday 17th for a first look at the work, and an evening of celebration with our collective of artists and creatives.

Running until Sunday 20th September as part of Shoreditch Design Festival, the exhibition will feature work from:

@yasminr.ai
@tutu___________________
@pseudocream
@aslan_does_pottery
@bushy.shepherd
@annabel.l.wright
@flomeredithdesign
@lucas_wheeeler
@mohamedragahmed
@kingkingstringball442
@elisamzz_

Book your ticket to the Private View via the link in our bio.

We cant wait to see you there! by @makeyourownmasters

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