Faces of Oxfordshire – As Project Co-ordinator with Oxfordshire County Council I successfully applied for £75,000 from Arts Council England for a programme of socially inclusive visual arts projects running through 2007. This required working effectively with Oxford Inspires, Modern Art Oxford, OVADA, Kids @ Art, OFVM – Centre for Film and Digital Media, Fusion – Oxford's Community Arts Agency, and Oxford University Museums and Collections.

 

South Hill Park Arts Centre – As Head of Visual Arts I was responsible for managing a team of 12 staff, including resident artists, education staff, and the overall exhibition programme for 7 spaces. The artists I have worked with include: 

• Sebastian Blackie (ceramics)
• Tom Barnett (ceramics)
• Andy Glass (ceramics)
• Flora Gare (installation)
• Jilly Edwards (textiles)
• Susan Collins (multimedia)
• Alice Kettle (textiles)
• Janek Schaefer (sound)
• Neil C Smith (sound)
• Kurt Jackson (painter)
• Disinformation (new media arts collective)
• Pam Skelton (various media)
• C:CRED (arts collective)
• Lee Simmons (various media)
• Jan Gaska (printmaker)
• Sue Baker (printmaker)
• Matt Sherratt (ceramicist)
• Graham Hudson (ceramics)
• John Gillett (new media)
• Billy Childish (painter, poet, performer)
• Nick Moore (musician/painter)
• Andrew Sabin (various media)
• Kyp Kyprianou and Simon Hollington (various media)
• Stanza (new media artist)

 

I have worked with the following organisations while at SHP:

• Sonic Arts Network
• Film and Video Umbrella
• Artpoint
• ARC+
• SCAN
• Fotonet
• AXIS
• TEG
• Association of Illustrators
• Arts Council England
• Open Hand Open Space; Gun Street Gallery; Gallery 435
• Many other galleries throughout England

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford – As the first Collections Manager at this institution, I cared for the wellbeing of this collection and oversaw their documentation including loans and transportation. I also worked on delivering the exhibition programme, working with students and volunteer. I also advised artists who were interested in working with the collections.

 

The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – I was the Assistant Curator at this museum working on a Lottery funded refurbishment, and also worked on a wide variety of temporary exhibitions.

 

Compton Verney, Warwickshire – As a short-term contract, I worked on the labelling and documentation of the permanent collections prior to the opening of this museum.

 

EDUCATION

• MA Museum Studies, University of Leicester
• BSc Archaeology, UCL
• Post-foundation Studies, Leith School of Art