Outreach Overview

Wallace Collection

From the hundreds of workshops I have designed and run from nearly 30 years of working with many groups at this glorious collection I have chosen this. It was in response to a small exhibition of Manolo Blanki shoes, who in turn is inspired by the Wallace, like many designers. This is a two day summer sculpture conceptual class. We start with wire and mod roc foundation and then with multiple techniques create and dress the space. I love the head of education who responded to these sessions by telling me they were the maddest, messiest and most creative classes, I agree!!

National Gallery

Working with Sophie Draper and Jo Lewis this image was created working for a week with a primary school in conjunction with the tapestry make by Dovecote Studios responding to a series of watercolours by Chris Offili., , Luke Crookes, Mark Woodhead. For Take One Picture, the National Gallerie’s National School Programme, I was asked to give the Artist perspective two years running, lecturing to a room full of teachers about different techniques and experiences over the years.

Kettles Yard, Cambridge

A very special collection space that belongs to Cambridge University. Working with mostly Sarah Campbell I job-shared on a wonderfully creative weekly class we ran for 15 years called ‘Wednesday Club,” in response to the current exhibition and artworks in the house.” I worked with Annemie Melis and Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and brilliant group of after school co-artists. I also did many other workshops with the Education team.

Residencies, awards and open submissions

Speaker at European Creative Economies Forum at Climate Kic, Zürich, September 2023

Bristol Botanic Gardens artist in residence summer 2021

Arts council grant to prepare artwork for Bristol.

2021 working with augmented reality artist Chris Price from Zubrvr, Bristol

Artist in residence for the Royal Parks, specifically St James’s Park, London,

in partnership with the National and Mall Galleries. 2015-16

Art Language Location Arts award from Arts council

Ziyaret Tepe Archeaeological site, River Tigris, SE Turkey, international team of

archaeologists 2014

Caitlin Fitzpatrick school, AIR twice for a week.

New Kings School, London; AIR, two weeks

Strategic development and training

2015 SSE training by Lloyds Bank grant social enterprise scheme set up “Travelling Treasure Boxes” monthly training session in Ipswich.

Clore Leadership in the Arts, two week residential course; February 2015

Arts award adviser training 2012, bronze and silver, Arts Award Centre

Safeguarding and professional Boundaries training 2015

CCS arts leader training 2013Social inclusion in the arts six months training by CESI.

Introduction to photoshop training

Disability awareness training

Dementia training

RNIB blindness awareness training

Weekly sessions at the curwen print study center, Learning how to print 2008-9

P4C training; (Philosophy for the community) looking at art and using it as starting point for group philosophical discussion

Mental Health and Social Inclusion course over a year 2011, with Wallace Collection, Tate Galleries and V&A museum.

Artists led Workshop projects

SEN school;November 2022, Autumn 2021 and 2019 weekly sessions at Woodlands PMLD School for Open City Architecture Charity

My teaching work, from 1997 (consistently been rated as Excellent) centres at the;

Wallace Collection, London - Curated their first community exhibition, many sessions, including teaching teacher sessions

National Gallery, multiple sessions, including giving lectures

Museum of London - outreach sessions

All Cambridge University Museums, Kettle’s Yard,

Botanic Gardens & FitzWilliam Museum Cambridge, Scott Polar, Archaeology and Anthropology, Zoology, Whipple,

Classical Archaeology and the Museum of Technology.

Most recently, 2022 in charge of the UK wide teaching program for Superbloom at the Tower of London, working with an assistant at HRP.

Some of the other groups;

Bethlem and Maudsley hospital adolescent school; teaching sessions for the Wallace Collection for at least 10 years.

Wigmore Hall, joint with Scottish symphony Orchestra; House Monsters project and composer.

CCS, Creative Cultural Skills organisation, gave lecture series on my career so far, to Newcastle College.

Arts lecture for UNESCO session to Museum heads in Jordan

Art day at RSPB for 205 colleagues mask making bring inspiration from nature.

Artist for ‘Big Draw’ at; Wallace Collection 2011 & 2012; Museum of Zoology 2011; Kettles Yard 2010

Curator and educator for Treasures East first Community Exhibition at the Wallace Collection 2011-12

‘Samesky’ project for the Olympic Torch in Cambridge 2012; Worked with every primary and secondary school in the city.

‘London Play’ May 2014 - March 2015; ran x4 sessions where we closed the street for play activity

‘Magic Brick Tree,’ book written and created by young carers from Center 33, published by Cambridge Botanic Gardens

‘Waterloo 200;’ Parade June 2015; to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

2014; freelance consultant at Children’s Museum, Amman, Jordan.

Dementia training FitzWilliam Museum Cambridge, adults with dementia. 2014-15

2007 - Wigmore Hall, London “House Monsters” project; 10 schools, composer & orchestra

Restoration of the Elfin Oak, Kensington Gardens.1993

For 10 years weekly sessions “the Wednesday Club,’ shared with dancer Filipa Stubbs

Designed and taught talking textile sessions for Wallace Collection 2008 onwards

Ran Arts Award program for x3 summer, week long program at National Gallery

‘Art week’ for 10 years; week long art sessions for 15 + children at home with parental assistance

Worked as gallery assistant in Oxford Gallery, Oxford

Adult education sessions for mostly Wallace Collection; from 1997, working with Community groups such as, care homes, intergenerational projects, Smart; St Martins art, Capital A, Mungo House, all three places for the homeless to create, arranged two exhibitions at the Wallace Collection, Roma group sessions.

Also

Two years weekly art sessions at the local army barracks to the newest intake to Bassingbourn barracks from 2003-6

Taught Gilding, Wax/encaustic, Ceramic, Printing classes.