Marianne Kennerley

Being part of Something Bigger. Marianne is a creative practitioner who wants to have a positive social impact and provoke change.
Her work centres on designing and delivering projects weaving together her creative skills, her journey through motherhood and her passion for creating social impact. Marianne has a foundation in art, is trained in design and has been bitten by the social enterprise bug. She wants to have a positive social impact and provoke change.

Inspired by ideas of repair, making and doing and she works under the tagline:

“Making Things. Making Things. Better”

Marianne demonstrates her passion for creative and social enterprise sectors through her role as co-founder and studio director of Boom Studios, Bangor. She draws inspiration from the richness of both sectors in Northern Ireland, to shape Boom Studios to be an adaptable and contemporary model for arts and creative organisations, whilst providing independent, relevant support for the sector.

Marianne believes that the creative sector holds the ability to unlock social change. She demonstrates this through actively delivering arts and creative services to the community, independently and in partnership with local arts facilitators, 3rd sector, corporate and educational organisations and local councils. Marianne can see the bigger picture quickly and can articulate it clearly. She works in an organic way, developing projects by creating a trusting environment for ideas to emerge.

She is naturally relaxed and enthusiastic. She actively maintains a wide network of partners, supporters, mentors and advisors.

Marianne is a boom studios director. You can read a short interview with marianne here

She also runs art workshops for the youngest artists under the name Messy Mornings