About: The Creative Team
The Creative Team
Extraordinary Us
Producers / Project Managers
Founded in 2022, Extraordinary Us is a Coventry-based creative production company on a mission to “find the extra in ordinary.”
We believe that everyone has a story worth telling — so we collaborate with real people and communities to transform everyday lives into powerful, meaningful narratives through participatory arts, storytelling and curated projects.
Through initiatives like Museum of Me and other bespoke community-driven projects, we shine a spotlight on voices too often overlooked — celebrating the unique value in each individual’s lived experience.
Driven by empathy, authenticity and inclusive ambition, we aim to build bridges between people, places and cultures — turning ordinary moments into extraordinary stories that resonate deeply and last beyond the project cycle.
Paul O’Donnell
Lead Artist
I am an artist who aims to expose the ‘ordinary’ in a ‘spectacular’ fashion.
I usually work in theatre, but really I’m excited by ideas that excite me. Museum of Me is my first concept creating work in the public realm and it aims to find a unique, hugely positive and wholeheartedly joyous way of celebrating those who often go uncelebrated.
More than anything I have loved meeting people I would never have met had it not been for the project, and hope you enjoy ‘meeting’ them too, via museum. As much as I am able to I want to use the ‘art’ I create to challenge how we view ourselves and those around us, whilst offering opportunities for people to come together.
Vortex Creates
Designers and Curators
Led by friends and business partners Nicola Richardson and Marianne Taviner, Vortex Creates is a Coventry based organisation who for nearly 15 years have specialised in transforming spaces and igniting the imagination of audiences.
Understanding the nuances of environment and storytelling, our work engages diverse audiences to have inspiring cultural happenings as part of their daily life by creating shared experiences that build communities and promote good mental health. We often collaborate with other artists to turn ideas into spectacular, unforgettable realities.
We have loved taking stories and personal objects and infusing them with Vortex joy and sparkle to showcase something truly special in the Museum of Me.
Abbie White
Producer
Andrew Moore
Graphic Designer
Mark Cook
Technician
