COTT at UCL Trellis Symposium. Image: Tariq West Carr In May 2026, we were invited to facilitate some games of Cards on the Table (COTT) at the Trellis Symposium held at RichMix in East London. The event was organised to mark the culmination of eight years of collaborations facilitated by this wonderful UCL programme. Trellis brings together UCL researchers, artists and East London-based communities to share experiences, perspectives, and knowledge through co-created artworks. Recently for...

Image: Zoe Maxwell Lucy Steggals is a London-based Integrative Art Psychotherapist and visual artist. She splits her time between Off Centre, a charity offering therapy for young people aged 16-25, Artist Wellbeing Company, offering therapeutically informed reflective spaces for artists, and as a tutor at IATE. She also has a small private therapy practice both online and in Clapton, London. Lucy was part of a group that created Ebb & Flow, a set of cards that foster the collaborative...

Image: Sharon Gal giving an Etudes reading, courtesy of Sharon Gal Sharon Gal is a UK-based cross-disciplinary artist, composer, and experimental vocalist. She creates collages and live, often improvised, works. For the last 30 years, she has worked as a solo artist as well as producing large group compositions with anyone who's up for it (not only professional artists and musicians). In 2020-2021, Gal made Etudes, a collection of 78 cards that can be used as scores and propositions. A music,...