Ali Pretty

Ali founded Kinetika in 1997 after an established career in carnival arts and a growing commitment to community engagement. Kinetika specialises in high-quality community engagement work, running participatory programmes, workshops and artist training schemes, raising aspirations and building a sense of place. Kinetika also focus on projects which benefit physical and mental well-being through arts, including walking arts projects such as Beach of Dreams, which began as a 500-mile coastal artist-led walk, which will culminate in a national walking arts festival across the coastlines of the UK and Ireland in May 2025. Kinetika runs the annual T100 Festival, a Thurrock-based festival that engages the local community in walks, activities and storytelling.