Meet the Team

  • Kevin has led Artlink Central for over sixteen years, overseeing programmes that bring artists, communities, and public partners together to explore creativity, inclusion, and wellbeing. He previously managed national arts projects at Sense Scotland and continues to champion participatory, co-designed approaches across health, justice, and community settings.

  • Silvia Sinibaldi has a diverse background in creative industries and cultural heritage. As part of the Artlink Central team, Silvia’s main focus is on Scene Stirling, Stirling’s Place Partnership (Programme Coordination), Our Connected Neighbourhoods, in partnership with the University of Stirling, and the NHS Forth Valley Wellbeing Through Arts programme (Visual Arts Curation). Silvia’s key interests are arts, travel and cultural connections, explored through a life-long personal and professional practice. She brings to the team a combination of creative sensitivity and strong organisational skills with a genuine drive to make things happen.

  • A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Hazel’s career has taken her into both professional and educational practice. Lecturing at both Cardonald and Clydebank colleges within their Creative Industries departments. Professional roles in the textiles sector include time spent as Studio Manager of Scottish Design brand Timorous Beasties then working internationally for lace manufacturers MYB textiles developing relationships with design houses in Russia, China and Japan.

  • Alan has been facilitating community music and visual art workshops in Central Scotland for nearly two decades. His practice involves working with a wide range of real instruments alongside music technology and finding new and engaging ways to enable all kinds of different client groups to create, play and record music together.

    Alan works with numerous community arts organisations including Artlink Central in Stirling, and Common Wheel and The Glad Foundation in Glasgow.

  • Andy Sherlow is an experienced filmmaker and screenwriter. With a background in performative arts Andy is passionate about crafting unique tales grounded in reality as well as collaborating with other artists and community programmes to facilitate workshops to express their stories and perspectives.

    After spending the last few years in Dublin at the National Film School of Ireland Andy has co-created dementia inclusive films with residents in Stirling and worked on creative film projects with young people and in communities in Falkirk with Artlink Central.

  • Aya is one of Artlink Central's Developing Artists and a Project coordinator.


    She has worked with Artlink Central as a freelance visual artist since 2003 on numerous projects and has worked with a wide range of audiences and settings.


    Aya has a vast experience working as a creative educator and project manager for different organisations such as Arts development officer (Moray Council), Audience development officer (Historic Environment Scotland), Outdoor event project manager (Vision Mechanics), Community liaison officer (Architecture Design Scotland) and Visual Artist for Macrobert Arts.

  • Joanne has been a freelance photographer for numerous years since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1999 Ba Hons Visual Communications.

    Joanne loves to engage with people as a community educator and since working with Artlink Central initially as an artist. She has been able to encourage and involve participants through various projects. From school holiday clubs, Eastern village projects and more recently as an Active travel coordinator and then our OCN project coordinator & facilitator. Joanne works closely with individuals living with Dementia and their care partners, with the aim to help make small changes to people's everyday lives. Utilising tools created by Stirling University Dementia Research Dept.

    Outside of Artlink, Joanne is a practising surface pattern designer, photographer and artist.