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About Us
We believe in spicing up arts and culture to include stories from culturally diverse voices and championing women in all of their guises.
Let’s Create Together.
Our Ethos
Our Mission
Is to help you
To keep questing
For the things that
Make your heart sing
Fuel the imagination
…and inspires you to
Open up to your potential
Don’t stand still
In what you think is
Art
Theatre
Creativity
Or your Tribe
QuestLife
Don’t expect the usual stories
We love the richness that comes
When we decolonise the cultural canon
Raise the profile of
Black Arts & Culture
Knock down barriers
To participation
Champion Women
In our multitude of guises,
& share wisdom
Across generations
We are passionate
About making work that
Excites, stimulates
Encourages audiences to
Pose questions,
Challenge limiting beliefs
…and imbue wonderment
There is a seed
Of creativity
That resides in us all
With our collaborative projects
Across art disciplines
We seek to
Inspire yours to grow
QuestLife
Meet The Team
At QuestLife we collaborate with a team of freelance creatives across the arts. Sharing their expertise to spice up the work we co create with other creatives, individuals, communities and organisations. We are keen advocates of the freelance eco system, supporting freelancers to thrive. Their drive and passion helps keep our work fresh, exciting, inclusive and responsive.
Eileen Bellot
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
I have always followed the threads that have tugged at my creative heart. It’s that spirit of seeking that has given birth to QuestLife.
From childhood I would capture my curiosity for the world around me, through poems and short stories.
I started my career as a Fashion Designer then lecturing in Art & Design across London, Public Speaking and running an award winning arts & wellbeing charity for 17 years.
Through QuestLife I want to work for change in the industry and spice up what we think arts and culture is. Particularly influencing strategic thinking that generates innovative ways of increasing access to the arts for ‘all’. I take on public speaking and presenting opportunities and am a board member at Tamasha Theatre.
Melanie Abrahams
ASSOCIATE CURATOR
I have been instigating and creating multidisciplinary arts, spoken word and literature for over 20 years, as a curator, producer, mentor, and a speaker.
As an active freelancer in the creative industries, I consistently push for greater diversity in the arts, with a focus on race, class and intersectionality. I set up the organisation Renaissance One as a means to support writers, and to make regular use of events, tours and commissions to highlight the diverse canons of British and international literature. I have been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2009, and was made an Hon Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020.
I was a consultant Windrush Monument at London Waterloo which honours Caribbeans and British Caribbeans’ contribution to Britain and am co-curator of My Words, a digital exhibition with live events which showcases 250 years of poets of colour.
Hadiru Mahdi
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
I joined QuestLife in January 2023, excited to work on a project emphasising community, and care. Co-creating spaces where we can laugh with, learn from and support each other to unlock our potential, build sustainable careers, and transform our relationship with the creative sector.
I am aware of all it takes to birth a creative vision, having been both centre stage and behind the scenes. Witnessing the magic we can make together but also the toll it can take on people too often under-resourced and over-stretched.
I am an artist working across poetry, prose, music and visual art. Through the 2010s I co-ran artist-led project spaces as part of the art collective Vulpes Vulpes. My creative life co-existed with a career in the charity sector, community groups and activism. More recently I have worked in the worlds of poetry publishing and performance, theatre and music.
The Committee:
Our Committee are passionate about creating dynamic work that engages, entertains and increases access to arts and cultural activities for all.
The Committee drive forward QuestLife’s vision by providing advice, guidance and leadership. They help to promote QuestLife across the sector and manage its finances and operational running.
QuestLife is a not for profit organisation working to spread a little joy and spice in the world.