Biography
My work in community arts provision spans a 30 year period as an arts practitioner managing projects and facilitating workshops within a culturally diverse area of London. I also taught courses in adult community learning for 8 years. I have an arts practice which incorporates social and visual methodology examining the value of local histories and lived experience of people through storytelling. Projects often involve an initial extensive research approach and involve collaboration with the public, other disciplines or artists. Dialogue is central to my working process, realised through attendance at community meetings, volunteering or incidental conversations with individuals. This allows me to identify where artistic activity can be beneficial and develop appropriate creative strategies. Current work is embedded in themes of housing, community activism and critiques of arts-led regeneration.
Education
2017-19 MA Fine Art - Art and Social Practice Middlesex University
2016-17 MA Artist Teacher and Contemporary Practices (1 Year) Goldsmiths University
2010-12 Diploma to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Canterbury Christchurch University
2004-05 Certificate in Person-Centred Art Therapy CONEL
1988-91 BA (Hons) Media and Design Portsmouth Polytechnic
1987-88 Art Foundation North Cheshire College, Warrington
1985-87 'A' Levels Art, Sociology North Cheshire College
1980-85 'O' Levels Eng. Language, Eng. Literature, Maths, History, Art Culcheth High School
Initiatives
2020 Food Bank Stories documenting stories of Community Cook-Up volunteers during Covid-19
2019 The Farm-Narratives of Home story telling project in collaboration with spoken word artist and BWF residents
2018 SA61-Home short documentary film made with Broadwater Farm estate resident
2017 Mark My Words tea party installation with SEND parents & academics in conversation, Goldsmiths University
2016 SA62-Home installation of resident’s responses to redevelop Broadwater Farm Estate
2015 SA63-Home altered estate agent signs installed on public land proposed for redevelopment
Exhibitions, Talks and Events
2020 Nature's Medicine short film about the allotment, Winkwell Artists, Open Door, Berkhamsted
2019 MA Graduation Show, Middlesex University
The Farm-Narratives of Home film projection and celebratory spoken word event Broadwater Farm estate
Right to Home conference artist presentation, Brighton University
The Collection Middlesex University group show Old Truman Brewery
2018 SA61-Home Lift-Off Xmas online film festival, City Lit Flicks The Cinema Museum, Housing event The Hub, Lordship Rec.
Public Assembly- How Do We Belong? MA interim show Ply Gallery, Crouch End
2017 SA62-Home installation at The Hub, Lordship Rec, Art Maze at Bargehouse Southbank, Show Home at Safehouse, Peckham
2017 Women’s Association Lordship Rec artist talk, The Hub, Lordship Rec.
2016 Night, Nature and the City artist-led group show, Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
2015 Synchronicity artist-led group show at Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
The Story So Far group show at W3 Gallery, Acton
2014 Expressive Observations artist-led group show at Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
2014 Social Media Conversations solo show at The Old Kitchen Gallery, Bruce Castle Museum
Community Projects, Workshops and Facilitating
2018-19 Teenscheme youth art workshops, Enfield Children and Young People's Service
2018 Clean Street, Clean Planet collaboration with Beautiful Bruce Grove & Bruce Grove School
Sketch & Paint on Location teacher-led drawing and painting sessions
Phoenix Rising collaboration with Art2View in The Tower, Bruce Castle Museum
Northumberland Park Decides banner-making workshop, Somerford Grove Adventure Playground
Sisterhood Zine collaboration with Somerford Grove Adventure Playground, Tottenham
Anarchist Book Fair lino-print workshop at Park View Academy, Tottenham
2016-19 Blooming Creations children’s workshops, St.Aidan's VC Primary School, Haringey
2015-16 Winkfield Resource Centre adult community workshops
2012-17 Art2View adult community workshops
2011 Playground Mural SENCO children’s workshops, The Brook & Willow School
2010 Junk Art family activity workshop, Coombes Croft Library, Tottenham
Playground Mural family learning workshops, Tiverton Primary School
Team Brazil family workshops and mural project, Noel Park, Wood Green
London Olympic mixed media workshop with young people at Arc Gallery, Tottenham.
2009 Playground Mural family learning workshops, Bruce Grove and Downhills Primary Schools, Tottenham
Art Club after-school children’s workshops, Broadwater farm Primary School, Tottenham
Kid City foundation level children’s workshops, Tottenham
Rocket-making children's workshop South Grove Children's Centre, Tottenham
3D Downhills Park Scene children's workshop Art in the park, Downhills Park, Tottenham
Winter Wonderland children's workshop Park Lane Children's Centre, Tottenham
Junk Art children's workshop, St.Francis de Sales Primary School, Tottenham
Brambly Hedge Weaving family activity workshop Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow
Wood Sculpture family activity workshop William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
3D Epping Forest Scene family activity workshop William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
Going to the Dogs family activity workshop Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow
Outlook Care painting workshops for adults with learning disabilities, Leytonstone
2008 Playground Mural children’s workshops, Broadwater Farm Primary School
2007 THAT Festival children's art workshop Crouch End, Haringey
2006 Playground Mural family learning workshops, Chestnuts Primary School, Tottenham
Playground Mural family learning workshops, Downhills Primary School, Tottenham
2005-09 Love Art family activity workshops, Sure Start and Haringey Libraries, Tottenham
2004 Playground Mural family learning workshops, West Green Centre, Tottenham
2003 Playground Mural family learning workshops, William Harvey School, Tottenham
1998 Penta Housing workshops for adults with learning disabilities
1997-1999 The Camden Society workshops for adults with learning disabilities
1994-1995 Elizabeth Fitzroy Homes workshops for adults with learning disabilities
Teaching
2009 -18 Associate/Sessional Tutor adult community and offender learning
Haringey Adult Learning Service (2009- 2016), The Manchester College (20011-2012)
Workers Education Association (2014- 2018)
Public Works
2019 Clean Street, Clean Planet mural, Bruce Grove, Tottenham
2018 Celebrate large-scale mural painting, Café Lemon, Tottenham
2015 Famous Artists murals and collection boxes for Haringey Shed Theatre, Tottenham
2010 Children's Book Characters mural painting for creché facilities, Wood Green Library.
2005 Tiny Teeth mural paintings Duckett Dental Surgery and Makan Dental Practice, Haringey
1997 Bushman hunting scene & Ndbele design notice boards, Sedia Hotel, Maun, Botswana
Curating
2019 MA Grad show Middlesex University
2018 MA student interim exhibition, Ply Gallery, Hornsey Town Hall
2017 Show Home artist-led exhibition, Safehouse, Peckham
2016 Art2View community exhibition, The Original Gallery, Hornsey Library
2014/15 Haringey Adult Learning student exhibition, The Original Gallery, Hornsey Library
2009 Outlook Care student exhibition, William Morris Gallery
2000 The Camden Society student exhibition, Kentish Town
Selected Press
2017/18/19 Tottenham Community Press, 2020 SHAC Social Housing Action Campaign
Art Disciplines
Photography, Film-making, Writing, Drawing, Collage, Mixed Media, Watercolour & Acrylic Painting
Volunteering
Community Cook-Up and Covid-19 Food Bank, Northumberland Park estate, Tottenham
Secretary, Friends of New Road Park
Other Work
2017- ongoing Picture Framer: Frameworks Gallery, London
2015-17 Dog walker: Various clients
2001- 2004 Early Learning Librarian: Sure Start & Haringey Libraries
1994- 2000 Support Worker: Leonard Cheshire, The Camden Society, Reliance Care, Elizabeth Fitzroy
My work in community arts provision spans a 30 year period as an arts practitioner managing projects and facilitating workshops within a culturally diverse area of London. I also taught courses in adult community learning for 8 years. I have an arts practice which incorporates social and visual methodology examining the value of local histories and lived experience of people through storytelling. Projects often involve an initial extensive research approach and involve collaboration with the public, other disciplines or artists. Dialogue is central to my working process, realised through attendance at community meetings, volunteering or incidental conversations with individuals. This allows me to identify where artistic activity can be beneficial and develop appropriate creative strategies. Current work is embedded in themes of housing, community activism and critiques of arts-led regeneration.
Education
2017-19 MA Fine Art - Art and Social Practice Middlesex University
2016-17 MA Artist Teacher and Contemporary Practices (1 Year) Goldsmiths University
2010-12 Diploma to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Canterbury Christchurch University
2004-05 Certificate in Person-Centred Art Therapy CONEL
1988-91 BA (Hons) Media and Design Portsmouth Polytechnic
1987-88 Art Foundation North Cheshire College, Warrington
1985-87 'A' Levels Art, Sociology North Cheshire College
1980-85 'O' Levels Eng. Language, Eng. Literature, Maths, History, Art Culcheth High School
Initiatives
2020 Food Bank Stories documenting stories of Community Cook-Up volunteers during Covid-19
2019 The Farm-Narratives of Home story telling project in collaboration with spoken word artist and BWF residents
2018 SA61-Home short documentary film made with Broadwater Farm estate resident
2017 Mark My Words tea party installation with SEND parents & academics in conversation, Goldsmiths University
2016 SA62-Home installation of resident’s responses to redevelop Broadwater Farm Estate
2015 SA63-Home altered estate agent signs installed on public land proposed for redevelopment
Exhibitions, Talks and Events
2020 Nature's Medicine short film about the allotment, Winkwell Artists, Open Door, Berkhamsted
2019 MA Graduation Show, Middlesex University
The Farm-Narratives of Home film projection and celebratory spoken word event Broadwater Farm estate
Right to Home conference artist presentation, Brighton University
The Collection Middlesex University group show Old Truman Brewery
2018 SA61-Home Lift-Off Xmas online film festival, City Lit Flicks The Cinema Museum, Housing event The Hub, Lordship Rec.
Public Assembly- How Do We Belong? MA interim show Ply Gallery, Crouch End
2017 SA62-Home installation at The Hub, Lordship Rec, Art Maze at Bargehouse Southbank, Show Home at Safehouse, Peckham
2017 Women’s Association Lordship Rec artist talk, The Hub, Lordship Rec.
2016 Night, Nature and the City artist-led group show, Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
2015 Synchronicity artist-led group show at Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
The Story So Far group show at W3 Gallery, Acton
2014 Expressive Observations artist-led group show at Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House
2014 Social Media Conversations solo show at The Old Kitchen Gallery, Bruce Castle Museum
Community Projects, Workshops and Facilitating
2018-19 Teenscheme youth art workshops, Enfield Children and Young People's Service
2018 Clean Street, Clean Planet collaboration with Beautiful Bruce Grove & Bruce Grove School
Sketch & Paint on Location teacher-led drawing and painting sessions
Phoenix Rising collaboration with Art2View in The Tower, Bruce Castle Museum
Northumberland Park Decides banner-making workshop, Somerford Grove Adventure Playground
Sisterhood Zine collaboration with Somerford Grove Adventure Playground, Tottenham
Anarchist Book Fair lino-print workshop at Park View Academy, Tottenham
2016-19 Blooming Creations children’s workshops, St.Aidan's VC Primary School, Haringey
2015-16 Winkfield Resource Centre adult community workshops
2012-17 Art2View adult community workshops
2011 Playground Mural SENCO children’s workshops, The Brook & Willow School
2010 Junk Art family activity workshop, Coombes Croft Library, Tottenham
Playground Mural family learning workshops, Tiverton Primary School
Team Brazil family workshops and mural project, Noel Park, Wood Green
London Olympic mixed media workshop with young people at Arc Gallery, Tottenham.
2009 Playground Mural family learning workshops, Bruce Grove and Downhills Primary Schools, Tottenham
Art Club after-school children’s workshops, Broadwater farm Primary School, Tottenham
Kid City foundation level children’s workshops, Tottenham
Rocket-making children's workshop South Grove Children's Centre, Tottenham
3D Downhills Park Scene children's workshop Art in the park, Downhills Park, Tottenham
Winter Wonderland children's workshop Park Lane Children's Centre, Tottenham
Junk Art children's workshop, St.Francis de Sales Primary School, Tottenham
Brambly Hedge Weaving family activity workshop Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow
Wood Sculpture family activity workshop William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
3D Epping Forest Scene family activity workshop William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
Going to the Dogs family activity workshop Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow
Outlook Care painting workshops for adults with learning disabilities, Leytonstone
2008 Playground Mural children’s workshops, Broadwater Farm Primary School
2007 THAT Festival children's art workshop Crouch End, Haringey
2006 Playground Mural family learning workshops, Chestnuts Primary School, Tottenham
Playground Mural family learning workshops, Downhills Primary School, Tottenham
2005-09 Love Art family activity workshops, Sure Start and Haringey Libraries, Tottenham
2004 Playground Mural family learning workshops, West Green Centre, Tottenham
2003 Playground Mural family learning workshops, William Harvey School, Tottenham
1998 Penta Housing workshops for adults with learning disabilities
1997-1999 The Camden Society workshops for adults with learning disabilities
1994-1995 Elizabeth Fitzroy Homes workshops for adults with learning disabilities
Teaching
2009 -18 Associate/Sessional Tutor adult community and offender learning
Haringey Adult Learning Service (2009- 2016), The Manchester College (20011-2012)
Workers Education Association (2014- 2018)
Public Works
2019 Clean Street, Clean Planet mural, Bruce Grove, Tottenham
2018 Celebrate large-scale mural painting, Café Lemon, Tottenham
2015 Famous Artists murals and collection boxes for Haringey Shed Theatre, Tottenham
2010 Children's Book Characters mural painting for creché facilities, Wood Green Library.
2005 Tiny Teeth mural paintings Duckett Dental Surgery and Makan Dental Practice, Haringey
1997 Bushman hunting scene & Ndbele design notice boards, Sedia Hotel, Maun, Botswana
Curating
2019 MA Grad show Middlesex University
2018 MA student interim exhibition, Ply Gallery, Hornsey Town Hall
2017 Show Home artist-led exhibition, Safehouse, Peckham
2016 Art2View community exhibition, The Original Gallery, Hornsey Library
2014/15 Haringey Adult Learning student exhibition, The Original Gallery, Hornsey Library
2009 Outlook Care student exhibition, William Morris Gallery
2000 The Camden Society student exhibition, Kentish Town
Selected Press
2017/18/19 Tottenham Community Press, 2020 SHAC Social Housing Action Campaign
Art Disciplines
Photography, Film-making, Writing, Drawing, Collage, Mixed Media, Watercolour & Acrylic Painting
Volunteering
Community Cook-Up and Covid-19 Food Bank, Northumberland Park estate, Tottenham
Secretary, Friends of New Road Park
Other Work
2017- ongoing Picture Framer: Frameworks Gallery, London
2015-17 Dog walker: Various clients
2001- 2004 Early Learning Librarian: Sure Start & Haringey Libraries
1994- 2000 Support Worker: Leonard Cheshire, The Camden Society, Reliance Care, Elizabeth Fitzroy
