1. Ham House [2024-2025]
  2. Glyndebourne [2021-2022]
  3. William Morris Society 
    [2020-2021]
  4. Wilton’s Music Hall [2017]
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The Storybox Collective [SBC] is a group of artists, designers and writers working with historic collections and archives to explore the potential of creative research through collaborative making. Since 2017, under the creative direction of founder Clare Conway—Designer and Senior Lecturer at Kingston School of Art—SBC has partnered with cultural heritage organisations to diversify their audiences by developing new work that reshapes and informs exhibition and engagement programmes.

Currently working with the National Trust at Ham House and Garden in Richmond, our previous collaborative projects include: ‘William Morris Wallpaper Man’ with The William Morris Society, ‘Finding Ways In’ with Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex and ‘Storybox: Tales of Absence, ‘What Ifs’ and Salvation with Wilton’s Music Hall.





The Storybox Collective at Ham House and Garden [2024-2025]


Main image: Members of The Storybox Collective at the opening of their first exhibition at Ham House and Garden in 2025.
Above left and right: The SBC x Ham House and Garden Toolbox 
SBC Members:

Julia Buckley
Clare Conway
Sadie Cook
Marta Cubeddu
Louise Dukes
Matt Hams
Martine Aamodt Hess
Jayasree Jayakumar
Samuel Knowles
Mrudula Kuvalekar
Julia Rose Lewis
Maisie Noble
Honey Postle
Paul Postle
Leonardo Russo
Milo Tonry Brown
Nora Marie Vatland
Annie Yonkers

Ham House:

Sarah McGrady
Sarah Hourahane
Anna Dempf
Frances Leeds

With thanks to students on Graduate Diploma in Creative Practice who participated in an in-curricular project inspired by artefacts from Ham House’s collections.




The Storybox Collective at Glyndebourne [2021-2022]


SBC Members:

Tabassum Aktar
Julia Buckley
Clare Conway
Sadie Cook
Marta Cubeddu
Matt Hams
Martine Aamodt Hess
Jayasree Jayakumar
Julia Rose Lewis
Farah Nehme
Leonardo Russo
Nora Marie Vatland
Annie Yonkers
Glyndebourne:

Philip Boot
Nerissa Taysom 

With thanks to students on BA Fashion Promotion and Communication who participated in an in-curricular project inspired by artefacts from Glyndebourne’s archive with highlights from the project showcased at the exhibition: ‘Finding Ways In’.



The Storybox Collective at The William Morris Society [2021-2022]



SBC Members:

Tabassum Aktar
Ilaria Antolini
Monica Arroyo Berezowsky
Julia Buckley
Mar Rubio Coderch and Sol Rubio King
Ella Chedburn
Clare Conway
Sadie Cook
Marta Cubeddu
Anna German
Zakia Carpenter Hall
Matt Hams
Martine Aamodt Hess
Chloe Hulse
Jayasree Jayakumar
Cecily Loveys Jervoise
Dionne Kitching
Julia Rose Lewis
Izzi Lombardo
Farah Nehme
Jack Niblett
Maisie Noble and Ben Lee
Faan Peeti
Brandon Pestano
Leonardo Russo
Izi Thexton
Patrick Thomas
Amy Turnbull
Nora Marie Vatland
Annie Yonkers


The William Morris Society:

Mallory Horrill 

With thanks to students on MA Illustration, MA Sustainable Design, MA Product and Furniture Design who participated in the in-curricular project William Morris: Nature Boy and who contributed to online events and showcased their work at Not My Beautiful House in June-July 2024. With thanks to Claire Selby for her support.




The Storybox Collective at Wilton’s Music Hall [2017]


Above: Collaborative story boxes from the exhibition. L-R: Absence; What Ifs; Salvation

SBC Founding Members:

Ilaria Antolini
Julia Buckley
Paul Bush
Clare Conway
Marta Cubeddu
Anna German
Matt Hams
Maisie Noble 
Poppy Parry
Faan Peeti

Wilton’s Music Hall:

James White

With thanks to all the Kingston University students from 2017-2025 who have participated in Storybox Collective briefs as part of their curriculum and co-curricular activities. Their work and support for SBC has enriched everything we do moving forward.