Recognition & Institutional Support
Recognition & Institutional Support
Myers' practice sits across drawing, moving image and cultural research. His work has been supported and recognised by organisations across visual art, film, cultural heritage and arts education, with ongoing relationships that position Laws of Folk within a serious institutional context.
Selected
Institutional Moment
Institutional Moment
Grants &
Awards
Awards
Arts Council England
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award. Supported the research and development phase of the Laws of Folk project.
Westway Trust International Artist Bursary
Awarded to support a further Trinidad and Tobago research phase taking place at the end of 2026, focused on Carnival, Jab Jab and Jab Molassie traditions, stick fighting, steel pan, sound, movement and cultural inheritance.
Eaton Fund
Artist support grant.
Carnival Village Trust
Community cultural organisation. Supporter of the Laws of Folk project and its connections to Notting Hill Carnival tradition.
Education &
Development
Development
Royal Drawing School
Formal training. The mark making discipline central to the Laws of Folk works is rooted in the sustained figurative study undertaken at the Royal Drawing School.
Mentorship and tutoring, Carl Gabriel and Osbert Parker
Extended mentorship and tutoring relationships informing the development of the practice.
Film &
Moving Image
Moving Image
BFI, Barbican Screening
Moving image work screened through BFI programming at the Barbican, London.
Film London
Recognised through Film London's support network for artists working in moving image.
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image
Work featured in international biennial context.
CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
International cultural platform. Feature context.
Cultural
Connections
Connections
The Tabernacle, Notting Hill
Home of the Mangrove Steel Band. Headquarters of Carnival Village Trust. The most culturally significant building to the subject matter of Laws of Folk, a live institutional connection through direct community ties.
Mangrove Steel Band
Personal and cultural connection to the steel band tradition central to Laws of Folk, grounding the project in a living musical and community lineage.
Metronome Steel Orchestra
An early and long-standing UK steel pan orchestra formed in 1973 and rooted in West London. Its history connects directly to the musical and cultural inheritance explored in Laws of Folk.
Institutional Enquiries
For curators, institutions and collectors interested in the work or in the development of Laws of Folk.