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● About

Curatorial and business consultant, based in Yarm, North Yorkshire

Jade Foster brings together strategy, exhibition-making and organisational development, working with commercial, public sector and non-profit organisations across Teesside, the North East and beyond.

Curator Jade Foster, left, in conversation with a fellow panellist at the Artists Mentoring Curators event at Primary, mid-gesture and smiling.

Helping organisations decide what matters, and build toward it.

● Exhibitions

Featured


Installation view of Queer Texture at Primary: red and orange textile works suspended from ceiling to floor in a white gallery, with woven pieces on the walls. Photo: Reece Straw.

Queer Texture

Queer Texture is a two-gallery exhibition bringing together artists Raisa Kabir (UK), Adam Seid Tahir (SE), Amina Seid Tahir (SE) and Qualeasha Wood (USA), whose practices move between textiles, sculpture, installation and performance.

Primary · 25 April – 18 July 2026


Miranda Forrester, Rooted, 2024. Sandwell CAMHS, West Bromwich. Project Leads: Mattie Hartley, Jade Foster, Louis Caseley; and Nicky Mountford, Service Manager and Clinical Lead for Sandwell Specialist CAMHS © Hospital Rooms.

● Consultancy

Strategy under real conditions

I work with organisations on the decisions that shape them: strategy and futures planning, financial modelling, workforce design, governance and risk. My MBA in Cultural and Creative Leadership was tested inside a live organisation navigating financial pressure and structural change — so the methods I bring have been tested where it counts. Whether you’re a growing business, a founder-led team or an established institution, I help you read complexity clearly and build what comes next.

A speaker seated on stage during a panel discussion, with side tables draped in kente cloth, in front of a large banner reading 'Represented, not invisible'.
Jade speaking into a handheld microphone, mid-gesture, at an event.

● Contact

Start a conversation

Whether you’re planning a change, untangling a problem, or exploring what’s possible — get in touch.