Creativity through Conversation Art workshops with They Did I Can Too

Ngozi Okorie

Founder of They Did I Can Too

Born in south London, They Did I Can Toowas created by Ngozi Okorie as a resource to inspire, encourage and inform. The platform showcases contributions made by UK historical Black, Mixed Race Black and Asian individuals who are often overlooked in mainstream tellings of UK history. Through collaborative projects, They Did I Can Too celebrates UK historical individuals who were either born in the UK or settled on these shores and made positive impacts locally, nationally, or internationally.

Ngozi and They Did I Can Too look forward to bringing these historical individuals to life through creative art and conversation workshops as part of Peckham Sessions 2026.

Alvin Kofi

Multidisciplinary Artist and Storyteller

A second-generation West Indian based in the UK, Kofi’s career has been strongly associated with the Black UK arts movement. His creative perspective centres around the Black Body – his muse – through which he explores traditional notions of African culture and their place in the historical narrative of the world we live in. Kofi regularly returns to portraiture and 2021 he participated in the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize online exhibition and was highly commended. In 2025 Kofi, a former Sky Arts Portrait finalist, returned to Sky Arts as a guest tutor presenting his Master Class.

Kofi’s work includes a Royal Mail stamp commission celebrating Windrush 75, several collaborations with the charity, Hospital Rooms, and the creation of a globe for prestigious national project The World Reimagined, conceptualised by Yinka Shonibare in 2022 to improve understanding of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade and its impact on the political and social environments we live in today. In 2025 Kofi was commissioned to create commemorative public artwork celebrating classical musician Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Carleen De Sözer

Street Artist

Carleen De Sözer was born in Birmingham, England in the late seventies and describes living the life of an artist as her only destination. Carleen is now one of the UK’s most skilled and diverse street artists and producing large murals all around the UK has exposed street art lovers worldwide to her work.

With a passion for creating spaces for other artists to be seen, Carleen has curated several exhibitions at venues like Tate Britain and worked with partners like the Mayor of London, Paint the Change, HMS Prisons, Disney, Adidas and numerous London Councils.

As co-founder of WOM Collective Carleen’s focus was on creating exposure and work opportunities for female street artists. Carleen also develops street art workshops for a variety of public audiences on an ongoing basis while serving as a patron for All City Arts and mentoring students in need of extra support.