Jade Morgan is a placemaking practitioner, cultural strategist and researcher, working at the intersection of place, creativity and community.

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She believes the spaces we live, shape who we become. Her practice spans cultural strategy, programme design, public art commissioning, community co-creation and the development of creative infrastructure that supports and inspires, rather than displaces. She is committed to work that begins with listening to residents, to the history and heritage of a place and to the communities already making things happen in difficult circumstances.

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Jade currently works in Cultural Place-shaping at Wandsworth Council, where she is part of the Arts and Culture service developing place based cultural strategies in regeneration areas, supporting cultural anchor tenants, commissioning public art and ensuring that culture is embedded in the fabric of how places are built and rebuilt. 

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Alongside her role, Jade runs BaseGap, an independent research project exploring the correlation between the spaces we live, work and play in and our quality of life, relationships and life outcomes. Using creative methods including storytelling, participatory research, walks, talks and more, BaseGap looks at lived experience and feeds it into the wider conversation about how we plan, design and govern our urban environments and homes.

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As a speaker and contributor across the sector, Jade has presented at the Royal College of Art's Spaces of Knowledge symposium and served as a panelist at the Academy of Urbanism and Dutch Embassy's Delivering Inclusive Urbanism: Women Changing Cities. She is also a member of the Royal Academy of Dance Arts Action Committee.

 

Her earlier work includes leading a national arts programme for IntoUniversity's Khadija Saye Arts programme, building partnerships with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Gagosian, the Mosaic Rooms and the National Theatre and designing mentoring and internship pathways into the creative industries focused on access and representation. She began her career in spatial design, graduating with a First Class Honours BA in Interior Architecture and later on gaining a Masters degree in Events, Festivals and Exhibition Management.

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​The work that Jade does is rooted in the belief that great places & spaces are made with people, not just for them. Her work is driven by a commitment to social equity, to making sure that creativity and culture are genuinely accessible and that the people who live somewhere have a real say in what it becomes.