Artist Talks

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Delivering the key note for Cornwall Pride at University of Exeter, 2025 
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Presenting a film at Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 2018

Paul’s artist talks introduce his practice, tracing the development of projects such as The Pansy Project and Birds Can Fly. These talks reflect on themes of visibility, activism, queerness and the role of creativity in responding to lived experience. Talks can be delivered as lectures, informal presentations or in-conversation events, and are often accompanied by audience Q&A.

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Paul Harfleet hosts a panel reflecting on the last two decades of LGBTQ+ life in Liverpool at The Museum of Liverpool (2025) and discusses the challenges and advancements of the fight against discrimination. Paul was joined by Ollie Adebisi, Ant Hopkins and Chris Porter.
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Presenting at Fact in Liverpool during a Day of Action for Remember Nature, where Paul Harfleet was a featured artist in association with Homotopia, 2025.

Workshops

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Delivering a workshop to a mixed age group audience at Shakespeare North.
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On an Avian Amble, part of Sense of Green, a commission by Heart of Glass.

Paul Harfleet offers workshops and combined sessions for schools, art schools, universities, libraries and cultural organisations. Drawing on projects including The Pansy Project, Pansy Boy and Birds Can Fly, these sessions explore the relationship between art, identity, nature and social engagement, and can be adapted for a wide range of age groups.

Participants are guided through accessible drawing activities inspired by birds and the natural world, alongside conversations around identity, kindness and self-expression. Sessions may also introduce Paul’s use of Gentle Referencing, using costume and styling as a creative tool.

Workshops can be delivered as one-off sessions or as part of longer-term projects and commissions.

Fees vary depending on the scope and context. → Connect to discuss your project.

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Drawing to the sound of bird song, with adults in Ottawa, Canada.
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Sharing Pansy Boy to children in a school in Ottawa, Canada.
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Collaborative drawing excercise results.
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Product of drawing birds upside down from a school in St Helens, UK.
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Pupil drawing from St Helens Libraries workshop.
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A child's drawing of a mallard.
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Teaching participants to draw birds at Alton Arts Festival.
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