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Spotlight is The Wick's weekly artist-focused section, acting as an incubator to hero and platform artists and creators who they feel deserve recognition. Each spotlight is championed by a person of note from the art market, creative industries, and beyond. This spotlight is championed by Sally Shaw MBE, director at Firstsite, June 2025

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Elsa James The Wick

Online feature article for BBC News, June 2025

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BBC News online article

Louisa Buck, the contemporary art correspondent for The Art Newspaper, interviewed and reviewed the solo exhibition "It Should Not Be Forgotten" for both the print edition and the online platform, May 2025

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Louisa Buck interview for The Art Newspaper

In conversation with her daughter Storm, artist Elsa James shares her approach to story (re)telling that centres black women, gal-dem online magazine, March 2023 

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gal-dem interview
Art Quarterly
BBC Studio guest

ESSEX LIFE MAGAZINE

Double-page spread to mark International Women's Day in the March issue of Essex Life magazine in print and online, March 2023

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Essex Life Magazine

ART MONTHLY

Matthew Bowman's review of the solo exhibition 'Othered in a region that has been historically Othered' in the September 2022 issue
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Elsa James Art Monthly review

THE I PAPER

Hettie Judah's interview and review of solo exhibition 'Othered in a region that has been historically Othered' in the print edition, 7 July 2022
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HETTIE JUDAH review for The i Newspaper

Three-page feature documenting a talk with Focal Point Gallery director Katharine Stout about the exhibition in the June print and digital online copy, June 2022
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Essex Life Magazine

ART QUARTERLY

Ten-page feature article with artist Michael Landy RA in Summer 2021 issue
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Art Quarterly Elsa James Michael Landy

Four-page editorial feature in October print issue plus digital online copy, Oct 2020

Essex Life Magazine

Chloe Austin's online review of Super Black exhibition, Jan 2020

Elsa James Artist

Matthew Bowman's review of Super Black exhibition, Dec/Jan 2020 issue

Art Monthly review

Contributing feature article for Trawler X EGLF exhibition issue, Dec 2019

Trawler Paper

TRAWLER X EGLF

'This is what an Essex Girl Looks Like' exhibition programme takeover issue, Beecroft gallery, November 2019

Elsa James Artist

Laurence Cawley's article on the Princess Dinubolu story, 10 November 2019

BBC News online long feature

Dawn Gerber's video for BBC Look East news feature, 10 November 2019

BBC Online news 2019

BBC STUDIO GUEST

Invited studio guest for the evening news feature, 16 October 2019

Darryl Webber's feature about the Black Girl Essex residency and Super Black exhibition, 10 October 2019 

ESSEX CHRONICLE  article

Neil D'Arcy-Jones' feature article about the exhibition and residency at Firstsite, 17 September 2019 

Colchester gazette

Black Girl Essex TV interview, 24 July 201

Elsa James Artist | BBC LONDON

Black Girl Essex online feature article, 22 July 2019   

BBC Online news 2019

ESSEX GIRLS LIBERATION FRONT WRITE-UP 

Syd Moores' write-up about EGLF, Trawler Paper, November 2018

Trawler Paper, November 2018

BLACK HISTORY MONTH PUBLIC SCREENING 

The Echo Newspaper, 31 Oct 2018

The Echo Newspaper article

GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
ESSEX GIRLS LIBERATION FRONT PROCESSIONS BANNER

GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

Essex Girls Liberation Front in the Echo Newspaper, 14 April 2018
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Essex Girls Liberation Front in the Echo Newspaper

FORGOTTEN BLACK ESSEX

The Echo Newspaper, 14 Feb 2018
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The Echo Newspaper article
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