Artist Jo Atherton has exhibited her unique flotsam weaving around the UK and beyond, at venues including the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, London Luton Airport and the University of Edinburgh. In 2017, Jo was invited to speak at the University of Cambridge in support of their Curious Objects exhibition, and subsequently Being Human, the National Festival of the Humanities. She also produced a weekend of activities beneath the iconic Cutty Sark as part of the Totally Thames Festival which she will return to deliver again in 2018.

This year, Jo has been invited to The Harbour Gallery on the island of Jersey to lead a week of flotsam inspired workshops. She is a creative advisor to University College London for their plastic-free campaign and has also been invited to speak about her work at the international PetroCultures conference at the University of Glasgow this summer. She has been invited to spend World Oceans Day with The National Maritime Museum in London, and will be involved in an Ocean Matters event at Bristol Aquarium. Jo has been delivering workshops for five years and is a Verified Provider with the educational service, The Culture Challenge, along with being an Arts Award Advisor. Jo has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and MA in Cultural & Critical Studies, and is currently writing www.fifty-things.com, an anthology of objects collected on the UK coastline.