Kim has been delivering talks about her work as a freelance artist throughout her 23 year career. 

In October 2025 she spoke at Tedx Teesside about why she wears odd shoes and navigating freelance as an autistic artist.

She’s also been interviewed on radio, as part of the Small Business Saturday Tour, on Instagram live for The Lilac Centre and appeared on Nurture Your Zest podcast 

Topics have included

Artistic processes, Autistic disclosure- when to and when not to disclose, Routes to industry, Confidence, Longevity of business, Arts Council England- Developing Your Creative Practice, Access support and Accessibility.

Kim has delivered talks and/or spoken on panels for

BBC Bitesize – schools tour, FrontLine Dance, Signs Alive Festival, NetWORK NotWORK, Hartlepool Art Gallery, Assist Womens Network, Cleveland College of Art And Design/Northern School Of Art, The Embroiderers Guild, Teesside University, ARC Stockton, Tees Valley New Creatives, Full Circle Theatre, Network events, Inspire talks, Adventurous Coaching.

Kim has also delivered artist talks and produced access videos for her exhibitions, creative direction work and puppet hire offer.

Header photo – Alice Slee Photography

Kim is standing in front of her illustrations at her exhibition in an art gallery. She's doing an artist talk and pointing to the framed illustrations on the wall.
Kim is sittign as part of a Q&A panel at a festival. She is speakign on the microphone and her large scale seahorse puppet is beside her.
Promotional image with pictures of character illustrations and puppets. The text on torn paper says When artist Kim McDermottroe doesn’t know how to fit in the world, she invents characters and spends time in theirs. Throughout her 23 year freelance career, characters have always been at the forefront of her work, but this time it’s personal. See inside her sketchbook, hear about the origin stories, the inspiration and learn about processes from concept sketch to 3D puppet.