As innovations in technology and online knowledge-sharing continue to fuel the global phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, a new ‘makerspace’ opens its doors to welcome artists, designers, tinkers, hackers, craftspeople and tech enthusiasts into its vibrant creative community and state-of-the-art shared space
Laura is a visual artist, writer and entrepreneur from the UK, with a background in arts education, cultural event-planning and curatorial work. She is the founder of Allura, a multi-award-winning arts organisation based in Malta, established to showcase creative talent and bring it to a global audience. Laura writes visual Arts and cultural content for the Times of Malta and the Malta Independent, she is a judge on the panels of several art prizes and a regular guest speaker at the University of Malta. Formerly a secondary school art teacher and head of department of fifteen years, she is also a practising artist, regularly exhibiting and selling her work.
