Catherine Paterson
About Catherine Paterson
Catherine is an artist and child culture designer with a special interest in community art practices and participatory design. She completed her education in Fine Art in South Africa and moved to Sweden to study Child Culture Design in 2019. Catherine started a child culture design studio, Lekkontoret (the Play Office), in 2020 and has since worked with public and private institutions all over Sweden on public art and participatory design projects. She aims to include children in the design process by using play as a method and tool for communication and expression across age groups. She also works with the Gothenburg Contemporary Art Museum’s pedagogical department on their child workshop space and outreach projects. She is currently working on an interactive, digital child culture plan through a participatory design project with teens and children in Falkenberg Municipality. Catherine is a relatively recent graduate of the child culture design programme and is also an expat. She therefore understands and relates to international student needs and concerns. – www.lekkontoret.com