FRANCIS, Anna (2025) A Grand Union - Artist-Led Entanglements with Place. Corridor8.
FRANCIS, Anna (2023) Planning for Change, Long Term – The 100 Year Plan. Local Economy, 37 (8). pp. 727-733. ISSN 0269-0942
DAVIES, Rebecca and FRANCIS, Anna (2020) Doing it for themselves. RIAS Quarterly, 43. pp. 46-48. ISSN 2044-1851
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) Artwashing gentrification is a problem – but vilifying the artists involved is not the answer. The Conversation. ISSN 2044-5032
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) A Seam of Clay and Coal. In: re-turning. Sheffield Hallam University. (In Press)
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) Presenting two sides of a social arts project. In: Research Paper: Social Art Summit. a-n The Artists Information Company., pp. 29-30. ISBN 978-1-907529-22-1
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) A Visual Essay - Examining the Flora and Fauna of Middleport, in relation to the Pathfinder Housing Renewal Programme, and its legacy. In: Adapt The Nothing. Nicola Winstanley, Stoke-on-Trent, pp. 44-49.
FRANCIS, Anna (2014) Beneath The Pavement. Project Report. AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2010) Common Ground. Research report for external body. AirSpace gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) Building social capital in neighbourhoods. In: Stronger Things Conference 2025, 03/06/2025, Guildhall, London.
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) Inaugural Professorial Lecture - The Artist & The City. In: Inaugural Professorial Lecture - The Artist & The City, 10/04/25, University of Staffordshire, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent..
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) Taking Over the Place. In: Engaging Communities in Arts and Culture - Arts Council England National Conference, 03/04/25, The Lowry, Salford.
FRANCIS, Anna (2024) Greater London Authority Lunchtime University: The Portland Inn Project. In: Greater London Authority Lunchtime University, 07/11/2024, Online. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2024) Wandering Hour: Walk and Talk with Professor Anna Francis. In: University of Staffordshire Action on Poverty Conference 2024, 25/10/24, University of Staffordshire, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent..
FRANCIS, Anna (2024) LGA Conference Fringe Event: How can community-led approaches build thriving neighbourhoods. In: LGA Conference Fringe Event: How can community-led approaches build thriving neighbourhoods., 22/10/24, Picoilino, Harrogate..
FRANCIS, Anna (2024) National Lottery Heritage Fund Board of Trustees Meeting, 25 September, 2:45pm, at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. In: The Trustees of The National Lottery Heritage Fund Event, 25/09/24, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2024) APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods session on arts and culture-led regeneration. In: Arts and culture-led regeneration, 5th March 2024, 1 Parliament Street, UK Parliament, London, UK. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2023) Art as an agent of urban change (Presentation and Workshop/Performance). In: Feral 2023, 15/09/23 - 16/09/23, Brussels, Belgium..
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2023) The 100 Year Plan, Presentation and Workshop. In: Shaping the Future: Arts and the Civic Role, 12/06/23, Fazeley Studios, Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5SE, UK.
FRANCIS, Anna (2021) Community Power Panel. In: Big Local Connects 2021, 29 - 30 October 2021, Online. (Submitted)
FRANCIS, Anna, CARBERRY, Khadijah and BREMNER, Grace (2021) 100 Year Stories Workshop. In: The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) Annual Conference, Wednesday 6th October and Thursday 7th October 2021, Online.
FRANCIS, Anna and WEALE, Clara (2021) The Smell of The Rose Garden. In: The Smell of The Rose Garden, 23rd January 2021, Online. (Unpublished)
SPEED, Emily, KOBAYASHI, AKIKO, FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2020) Creative Infrastructure Lab #2 How can we shift the way we use the space between buildings? In: Creative Infrastructure Lab #2 How can we shift the way we use the space between buildings?, 23 Sept 2020, Online.
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2019) A-N Assembly: Stoke 2019. In: A-N Assembly: Stoke-on-Trent, November 23rd 2019., AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2019) Collective Matter: The Potteries Thinkbelt for the Future at Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, Slough. In: The Potteries Thinkbelt for the Future, 7th - 8th September 2019, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, Slough. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) How has the role of craft in communities transformed experiences of daily life? In: The Future of Craft Talks in Collaboration with Design-Nation and Future Icons, 10th May, 2019., Oxo Tower Wharf, London. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) Community Night Walk at CTRL Shift Summit 2019. In: CTRLShift Summit: An emergency summit for change, 8 - 10 May 2019, Potbank, Spode Works, Elenora Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST41QE. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2019) The Shit Exchange. In: The Social Art Assembly, 25th April, 2019, Tate Modern, London.. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Representing the Change: Rules of Engagement. In: Social Art Summit, 1st and 2nd November, 2018, Locations around Sheffield, England. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Interventions for Social Change. In: Prospecting: new directions and territories for artists’ practice, 1st November 2018, University Centre Somerset, Taunton, England. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) What's next for Stoke-on-Trent? In: The Guardian Live Event: What's next for Stoke-on-Trent?, 19th September, 2018., Mitchell Memorial Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna and GODFREY, Martin (2018) THE ARTIST SOUP KITCHEN - BROWNFIELDS - SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST? with MARTIN GODFREY. In: THE ARTIST SOUP KITCHEN - BROWNFIELDS - SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST?, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Assembly Birmingham: opportunities and challenges in a redeveloping city. In: A-N Assembly: Birmingham, Friday 15th June, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, England. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) The Artist's Voice: Stories of Transformation and Change. In: Derby Visual Arts Summit, 22nd January 2018, Deda, Derby, England.. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) Community Maker and The Portland Inn Project. In: Ceramics and Its Dimensions Congress 'Can Ceramics Make a Difference?', 5 - 6 October 2017, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) The Power in People: Community Maker at Assembly Margate. In: A-N Assembly: Margate, 4th and 5th May 2017, Margate, England. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2016) Community Maker: Engaging with Change. In: Engaging with Change: Artist's Study Day, 10 October 2016, A3 Project Space, Birmingham. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2016) Artist Soup Kitchen: Community Maker. In: The AHRC Commons: Common Ground, 21st June 2016, York University. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) The Future of The Potteries, Friday Late at the V&A. In: The Potteries, Friday Late at the V&A., October 30th, 2015., Victoria and Albert Museum, London.. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Brownfield Ikebana: recognising the beauty in urban wastegrounds. In: Nordic Geographers Meeting 2015, 15-19 June 2015, Talinn and Tartu, Estonia. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Community Maker: A Floral Walk. In: The Art of Dwelling: A one-day conference exploring long-term approaches to public art & place, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, MADE, Birmingham. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2013) Signpost: Stepping Out as a New Artist: research for a professional manual for emerging artists. a-n The Artists Information Company, Online. ISBN 978-1-907529-12-2
FRANCIS, Anna (2009) Interrogation: Walsall Handbook. Multistory, West Bromwich. ISBN 978-0-9563457-1-4
FRANCIS, Anna (2023) The Spode Rose Garden Flooring Project. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2020) Towards Our New Architecture: A Seance in one Act. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, DAVIES, Rebecca and AUBREY, Kerry (2019) The Portland Pigeon Flatback, British Ceramics Biennial 2019. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Brownfield Ikebana at Manchester Contemporary Art Fair. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna and Davies, Rebecca (2018) The Portland Pigeon at Manchester Contemporary Art Fair. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Rethinking the Brownfields, Brownfield Research Centre. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2018) Rethinking the Brownfields, Treeline Exhibition. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) Community Maker Ceramic Product, British Ceramics Biennial, 2017. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) Community Maker, British Ceramics Biennial, 2017. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, Stoker, Glen, BRANSCOMBE, Andrew, Mayer, Dawn, Winstanley, Nicola, Johnson, Nikki, Dias, Allison, Dudley-Ward, James, WARD, Tom, Bolger, Jane, Ballard, Rachel and Ayre, Jo (2017) Spode Rose Garden Blooming Border at RHS Tatton. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Wayward Walks, British Ceramics Biennial 2015. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Potter's Wheel of Fortune. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, BRANSCOMBE, Andrew and STOKER, Glen (2015) The Spode Rose Garden Exhibition at British Ceramics Biennial 2015. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, BRANSCOMBE, Andrew and Stoker, Glen (2015) The Spode Rose Garden intervention 2 - British Ceramics Biennial 2015. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Community Maker, British Ceramics Biennial, 2015. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Brownfield Ikebana, Cryopreservation: Need Flowers Tomorrow? [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, BRANSCOMBE, Andrew and STOKER, Glen (2015) Small Worlds Exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall: Spode Rose Garden. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna (2014) Urban Nature Exploration Guide and Trail. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna, BRANSCOMBE, Andrew and STOKER, Glen (2013) The Spode Rose Garden: A Proposition - at British Ceramics Biennial 2013. [Artefact]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2024) Nurturing Nodes in the Nook of an Odd Sock (International Exhibition and Global Networking Project). [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna, DAVIES, Rebecca and CRAWSHAW, Felicity (2023) The One Hundred Year Plan Campaign. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2019) Estate Agency, Stoke-on-Trent - Your Life, But Better. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2019) Developer's Dinner at The Architecture Fringe, 2019. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2018) The Portland Inn Project Exhibition at AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and Davies, Rebecca (2018) The Portland Inn Project: Raising the Roof. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2017) Estate Agency, London. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2016) Woman's Work. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and EASTOP, Ben (2016) Stoke Art Map. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2016) The Lost Gardens of Stoke-on-Trent. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2016) The Portland Inn Development Project. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Victorian Language of Plants, Family Workshop for The Floating Ballast Seed Garden, Arnolfini. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2015) Indefinable Cities - exhibition at AirSpace Gallery and 5 Cities in Japan. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and Milton, Jean (2014) The Artist and The City. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and BRANSCOMBE, Andrew (2014) Birder’s Paradise at Journeys, Pathways and Track Plans Exhibition. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and BRANSCOMBE, Andrew (2014) Birder's Paradise. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna and BRANSCOMBE, Andrew (2013) Birder’s Paradise at The New Library of Birmingham. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2012) Transport of Delights: Meeting Places: international residency, funded by Arts Council Wales. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2011) Bland Shop at Wirksworth Festival, 2011. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2011) The Chamber Maid: A performance and curatorial project which explores the role of the curator, and the notion of ‘Work’. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2007) Indefinable City. [Show/Exhibition]
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) The Portland Inn Project - Proving it's Possible. [Video]
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2022) The One Hundred Year Plan Film. [Video]
FRANCIS, Anna (2018) Rethinking the Brownfields. [Video] (Unpublished)
Williams, Martin, Dyckhoff, Tom and FRANCIS, Anna (2023) Anti-Building with Cedric Price. [Audio]
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) Kidsgrove Canal Nature Recovery. Appetite, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent.
FRANCIS, Anna (2025) Treasures of Stoke-on-Trent: 'Mining, Pottery and the Sciences' [Blog]. Art UK.
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2023) The One Hundred Year Plan Website. The Portland Inn Project CIC.
FRANCIS, Anna, DAVIES, Rebecca and THATCHER, Alice (2021) Whitegold International Ceramics Prize Convivial Clay - public art project, Grow It Cook It Eat It. Whitegold Festival, St Austell, UK.
FRANCIS, Anna (2021) Ref 2021 Portfolio: Community Maker and The Portland Inn Project. Anna Francis, Stoke-on-Trent. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2021) Ref 2021 Portfolio: Rethinking the Brownfield, Anna Francis. Anna Francis. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna (2021) The Living Garden. AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. (Submitted)
FRANCIS, Anna and DAVIES, Rebecca (2019) Creative Civic Change Development Phase: The Portland Inn Project. The Portland Inn Project. (Unpublished)
FRANCIS, Anna and Davies, Rebecca (2019) Rules of Engagement: Ten guiding principles for artists working in social contexts. a-n The Artists Information Company..
FRANCIS, Anna (2008) There is Beauty in the City: A participatory photography project, originally commissioned in 2008 for the Axis Festival. n/a.
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