Arts Development, Management and Research

Evaluation - Facilitation - Mentoring - Research - Strategy - Practice

Specialising in arts, youth and recreation

The kinds of things I can offer are help with organising seminars, group facilitations, consultancies, running workshops, mentoring, research and evaluation.

I am a practising artist, which means that I understand the pressures and realities of the fluid lifestyle of creative practitioners.

I am currently Lead Artist for The British Ceramic Tile Percent for Art from the Factory Extension, I am developing community workshops for the community of Heathfield

In particular I know the Devon area well having lived and worked there all my life. I have been part of a pottery collective, Contemporary Studio Pottery in Chagford for nearly eight years running a Ceramic Gallery and Master Classes of top International potters linked with their exhibitions.

I have a good track record of fund raising and managing arts projects. I was part of the group that set up STRAW (Skills Training and Visual Arts Week) that ran Nine days of Art in 2000, 2002 and 2004. My particular interest was in getting professional development courses for artists delivered in ways that are accessible and at the times they are needed. As the chairperson of STRAW I line managed the coordinators and ran how to get the best out of your arts week courses.

I have strong teaching skills holding an adult education-teaching certificate but I am also able to teach to all ages having worked in schools as a freelance artist and worked on residencies for DAISI and Big Hand Little Hand of Devon Guild of Craftsmen.

I am part of a larger network of consultants, which means I can tap into a larger skills base and I have been working on various projects that are currently in the process of development, The Duchy Square Regeneration Project in Princetown being a potential flagship project for the Arts in Devon.

I am also involved with working to get an indoor Youth Activity Centre for young people in the Teignbridge Area. The group 'Moorskating' has run 2 SK8 events, obtained Funding for a video 'The Indoor Way' and for a feasibility study into the creation of such a centre; they are currently working with Youth Services to develop plans for a centre.