EMBASSY'S Operational Committee & Board of Trustees

EMBASSY Gallery is composed of an operational committee, a group of four freelancers, who have delegated responsibility to manage the day to day runnings of the gallery, and the board of trustees, a primary advisory role supporting the operational committee.

EMBASSY is a non-hierarchal working environment, which is a continuously considered working structure that requires effort and care to sustain. For all of us, this is a method of continual learning that we believe holds so much worth in empowering people to find value in their individual voice. The Board & the Operational Committee, therefore work together to collaboratively support & uplift one another and the organisation. 

The current Operational Committee members are: 

Lucas Priest, Alice Disken and Lauren Green 🪴

The Board 

Abi Lewis (she/her)is a visual artist with a wonky aesthetic – fascinated by the everyday and ritualistic power of physical objects, natural oddities and folkloric narrative, addressing this through, drawing/painting, object placement and sculpture.The founding member of the nomadic place+platform art collective, creating cross-platform events featuring art, music and performance. Overseeing sett studios on Leith Walk, an Artist-run studios with dedicated gallery space in Leith, Edinburgh. Run for artists, by artists – providing an accessible and safe space, with a particular focus on supporting those from socially and financially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Colm Clarke (he/him) is an artist / technician working with sonic / sculpture investigations and collaborative methodologies that included beekeeping, pirate radio stations and urban agriculture. Colm is Gallery Technician at Talbot Rice Gallery since 2018, moving to Scotland from Belfast where he was involved with artist run initiatives including Catalyst Arts, Bbeyond, CCTM, Belfast Tool Library and Infinity Farm.

Emma Sweeney (she/her) is an arts organiser who has worked in a variety of roles across publishing, events, awards and visual arts. She is the co-founder and director of Blunt Knife Co., a social enterprise to support and promote creative women and people of marginalised genders. She is passionate about championing diverse voices in the arts. In her own work, Emma has a special interest in experimental printed matter, using form and content to explore queerness, interconnectedness and aesthetic emotions.

EMBASSY Gallery was founded by Kim Coleman, Craig Coulthard, Tommy Grace, Jenny Hogarth, Dave Maclean, Kate Owens and Catherine Stafford.