Artsadmin Youth Workshop: Anna-Maria Nabirye

My name is Anna-Maria and I use she/her pronouns. I am a Black, Ugandan-British person born and raised in London, currently living on the South East Coast. I went to a free to attend funded performing arts college and then to drama school to study acting. I have had many jobs alongside my creative career from working in pubs/fast-food takeaways to teaching kayaking in Cornwall. I work as an actress in mainstream theatre, film and television, as well as in devised, collaborative, experimental and political projects. I make my own work which varies from community workshops, plays, short films, experimental art films, zines, documentaries and visual art works that live in galleries. I mainly collaborate with other creative artists and some of these form on-going artistic relationships across more than one project. I teach and coach acting both informally and at universities. I run a micro ethical fashion brand called AfroRetro and a community arts company called Afri-Co-Lab with my sister, that champions creativity as means to explore culture and identity. Amplifying diverse representations of the experiences of Black women is at the heart of everything I do. If it would be useful to you, you can see more of my work here: http://annamarianabirye.com www.afroretro.com www.afri-co-lab.org