CREATIVE NATIVES STAFF

MEET OUR TEAM

The Creative Natives staff team creates a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere where young people can explore their creative passions. Incorporating fine artists, film-makers, illustrators, graphic designers and musicians, we ensure the studio is a fun, inclusive space to create confidence and inspire our young people.

Sara Bayo

Creative Lead
Community Enterprise

Sara has been specialising in the cultural and social sector since 2005, often linked to the youth sector: coordinating summer schools and delivering sports and creative activities. She has developed creative educational projects in order to improve self-esteem and wellbeing.

Grant Pringle

Senior Arts and Wellbeing Key Worker
Cyrenians
With a background in illustration and music, Grant has used art, music, film and carpentry to deliver creative youth projects in Edinburgh and the south of Scotland since 2008. He likes the buzz of live music and is daft about cats and curry.

Sarah Cronin

Arts and Wellbeing Key Worker
Cyrenians
Sarah is a musician and artist with a passion for holistic arts education. Her lived experience of improved mental health through participation in art and music fires her passion for building self-esteem and resilience in our young people. She enjoys stomping around in nature, bashing out tunes and making a mess in the name of creativity.

Alia Davies

Arts and Wellbeing Key Worker
Cyrenians
Alia is passionate about painting and drawing, specialising in portraiture and the medium of oils. During her school days, you could always find Alia chucking paint around in the art classroom (even if she wasn’t strictly supposed to be there). She will show you photos of her dogs whether or not you’ve asked to see them and loves spending time staring at the moon.

Maili Fraser

Arts and Wellbeing Key Worker
Cyrenians
Maili is a filmmaker and participatory artist from the Highlands who loves working collaboratively across art forms. They are passionate about building accessible, open, and nurturing spaces where young people can utilise the arts for self-expression and building community. Maili loves live music, watching weird films, and spending time with their many houseplants.