TEAM
ABBY SYMONDS
Director
Abby is a creative practitioner and youth worker committed to helping non-profits and arts organisations build and maintain engaged communities through governance and facilitation.
For 2 years Abby was a member of the Arts Council England’s Youth Advisory Board speaking at the launch of the Local government Association’s Commission on Culture, emphasising the importance of youth voice.
Abby joined fountain arts in July 2025 as Director and is the Deputy Safeguarding Lead. Since we opened in August 2022 Abby has had many roles including: young creatives assistant, studio artist and volunteer.
DOMINIC MASON
Director
Dominic is an Artist, Curator and Exhibitions Manager at the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre.
For 16 years Dominic has been committed to helping great art to develop and thrive in the Northern Lincolnshire, and using art as a way of transforming the region, and the lives of the people who live here.
DR. ANDREW ABBOTT
Director
Andy Abbott is an artist, writer, curator and arts organiser who lives in Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. He is Visiting Research Curator of the UNIDEE Residency Programmes for Cittadellarte Fondazione-Pistoletto in Biella, Italy 2020 – 2022 where he is delivering hybrid programmes of remote and situated learning for international artists exploring facets of ‘embedded arts practice’.
He has exhibited and performed internationally as an individual artist and in various collaborations including the art collective Black Dogs.
