Felicia Buena is a British-Caribbean multidisciplinary creative, focusing on music, poetry and visual arts. Growing up in Ramsgate by the sea has brought a lot of colour to her work where she enjoys exploring human interaction and relationships in her poetry and music.

Jemima Sara is multi-disciplinary artist who addresses aspects of everyday life through her artistic practice. Her work is funny, expressive and ironic, focussing on feminism and what it means to be a female artist.

Margate-based sculptor Ty Locke takes menial everyday items and alters them so that they no longer resemble their original purpose - the work encapsulates metaphor, transparency, poignancy and humour. Listen in as Ty and Tia discuss concepts, exhibitions, materials and drag.

In this episode of NextGen, Tia Duff chats to actor and artist Lucy Karczewski about the power of the female voice. Lucy gives an insight into the gruelling process of applying for drama school and her journey of finding opportunities outside of Thanet in order to achieve this. The pair also discuss female writing and the way in which women are viewed in the acting industry.

Tia Duff chats to landscape architect Georgia Timpson about what landscape architecture is and the healing power of plants and outdoor spaces. The pair discuss climate change, the social importance of outdoor spaces and the journey of being a young woman figuring out which steps to take next.

In this episode of NextGen, Tia Duff chats to Ryan Jowitt about their experience growing up as an artist in Thanet. We discuss how Ryan started painting through the opportunities afforded to him at school, how that shaped him, and his experience on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year.

In our first episode Tia talks to the immensely talented Ellie Ward about their vivid and thought provoking poetry. In a playful and honest exchange, the two talk about life in Thanet, both past and present, the power of teenage girls, and the emerging local poetry scene.