Festival 31 2025 Artist in Residence: Claire Weetman  Claire Weetman is an artist who makes drawings, prints, installations, and public interventions that visualise how we navigate through spaces, connect with others, and observe the traces of things that are difficult to see. Since 2005 Claire has developed projects where she lives in St Helens, including co-founding Platform Studios in 2012 that has led to her supporting and advocating for other artists practices in programmes such as  Reside* ; developing projects since 2016 with people from global communities; and working with local organisations to create works that add a new layer of space where people can connect with each other. This work manifests as objects ( Many Uses of a Blanket ), performances ( What are you waiting for? ) or documents ( Walking Together/Walking Apart ). For this year's Festival31 Artist in Residence programme, Claire is collaborating with Artist Kirushan Sivagnanam.  You can find out ...