PERSONAL PROFILE
- exhibiting textile artist and lecturer in textile design
- running own business successfully for 9 years
- committed to enriching students by inspiring them to express themselves imaginatively through artistic personal exploration
- ability to relate to and empathise with students of all ages
- excellent time management, organisational and communication skills
- self motivated, enjoys challenges, meets deadlines and targets
COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES, COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS
since launching my own business (major ones listed)
Dec 2005 ´Friendship UK´ Project, Byker and Chopwell primary schools
Nov − Dec 2005 ´Verge´ Christmas selling exhibition, The Store, Dipton
Sept − Oct 2005 Fusion exhibition: ´Structures´ − Farfield Mill, Sedburgh
July 2005 ´Rainbow Recycled Face´ hanging , Harlow Green Infants, Gateshead
February 2005 Prism exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
May 2004 Pathways exhibition, Museum of London
April − May 2004 Textile workshops with staff and pupils, Atkinson Road Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne
March 2004 Character wallhangings for new library, Colegate Primary School, Gateshead
Feb − April 2003 Harry Potter style House Banners at Pelton Junior School, Gateshead
Nov 02 − Jan 2003 ´Christmas Present´ selling exhibition, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Nov − Dec 2002 Pantomime Alphabet Quilt, Tyne View Primary School, Gateshead
May − June 2002 ´Jubilee Residency´ Whalton, Northumberland (flags, banners, shakers)
April − Oct 2002 Fusion ´Footprints´ exhibition on Egypt: Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne and Oriental Museum, Durham
April 2002 ´Happy Hearts´ Project, (supported by Common Knowledge) Wrekenton.
Two quilts for St Oswald´s and Felldyke Primary schools
March − April 2002 Weaving workshops at The Customs House to support Jilly Edwards´ ´Journeys and Journals´ exhibition
Nov 2001 ´Exploring Art´ workshop, Swalwell Primary School. Printed and stitched composition on Egypt for exhibition, Shipley Art Gallery (spring 2002)
April ∑ July 2001 Residency (supported by The Customs House) at East Boldon Infants School to create textile hanging to celebrate over 100 years of learning
Jan − April 2001 ´TEXTILES ALIVE´ Project in 3 South Shields schools celebrating ´sense of place´. Temple Park Junior School´s hanging temporarily exchanged with Wuppertal´s; commemorating 50 years of town twinning
Sep − Oct 2000 Great North Run Millennium Arts Festival (Year of the Artist Project)
Sep − Oct 1997 Wall hanging Project with women from Ethnic Minority Communities celebrating European Year Against Racism - Sunderland Social Services
June − July 1997 Banner making project with Black Youth Forum, Newcastle upon Tyne, linked to ´Eastern Edge´ Exhibition, Laing Art Gallery
May - July 1997 Community Artist - RELAX 97 - West End Community Health Festival: Street Parade 19 July 1997, Newcastle upon Tyne
May - June 1997 Artist in Durham and Newcastle schools for silk painting Christmas card competition for Catholic Care (winning designs sold nationally)
May 1997 Textile Wall hanging Project for South Tyneside Multi-Cultural Project
May 1997 Exhibition of my students´ work at Westgate Hill School for the visit of HRH the Princess Royal
April - May 1997 Residency at Ovingham School, Northumberland, teaching papier mâché
Nov 96 - Jan 1997 Exhibition - own work: Edmunds Cabinet, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Oct 96 - Jan 1997 ´Our Friends in Europe´ - an exhibition of children´s art from EURO ´96, DISCOVERY Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
July - Sep 1996 Summer exhibition at Blackfriars, Newcastle upon Tyne, after being selected to join Northumbria Makers co-operative, November 1995
June - July 1996 Community Artist - RELAX 96 - West End Community Health Festival: Street Parade 26 July 1996, Newcastle upon Tyne
April - July 1996 Textile Wall hanging with PSM Stroke Club, Newcastle upon Tyne
April - June 1996 Community Artist for Eurofest: EURO 96 ´Our Friends in Europe´ banner project for Street Parade 8 June 1996, Newcastle upon Tyne
March 1996 ´Working for Women´ art exhibition, celebrating International Women´s Day and the start of ´Visual Arts Year 1996, UK´, Stanley, Co Durham
prior to launching my own business
March 1995 International Women´s Week art exhibition, Stanley, Co Durham
1993 Textile piece selected for Woman´s Hour Quilt to celebrate 75 years of women’s suffrage − now permanently housed at V&A Museum
April 1991 Freelance Arts Tutor for Gateshead Community Education Service
Studio 2 Fowler's yard,
Back Silver Street,
Durham DH1 3RA
0191 383 0831