Emma Saffy Wilson
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I have worked as a freelance community artist since graduating in 2000, delivering arts projects in a variety of settings, from galleries and museums to more predominately community based settings.  Through a lot of the work I do I aim to encourage disengaged young people on the fringes of dangerous or risky behaviour, or young people who would not normally engage with the arts to develop their creative skills and participate in the arts if they so wish.  I feel passionate that the arts should be accessible for all.



Education

1997 - 2000 BA Hons Degree Studio Ceramics Falmouth College of Arts
1992 - 1994   HND Multi Media  Plymouth College of Arts

Training & Professional Development

Arts Award Advisor  Gold, Silver, Bronze, Discover & Explore                           
Child Safeguarding and Protection
Arts Development Training run through ENYAN/Artswork
NLP Foundation – Working with Challenging Behaviour
NLP Practitioner
Member of Engage
AIR Member

Member of Newlyn Society of Artists

Examples of Employment

 2015 - 2021                       Visiting Lecturer Falmouth University

 2017 - 2020                       Carefree, Penlee House Museum and Gallery, Cornwall Museums Partnership

Creatively working with care leavers to create a "Culture Card' for children and young people in and leaving care which would initially allow them free entry to seven Cornwall Museums Partnerships museums and galleries with the possibility of extended to all museums and galleries. The project involved weekly art sessions, visits to galleries and museums, event planning and residentials. 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjg9Oj44DDM

2018 - 2019                             Active Plus - Exchange Gallery Penzance


Ran a series of fortnightly creative workshops for vulnerable adults currently not in employment who had barriers to access mainstream training and education.

2017/2018                               Tate St Ives - Hayle Youth Project

Managed a creative project with children & young people at Hayle Youth Project engaging them in the arts if they so wished. This involved beach trips, visits to Tate St Ives and weekly 'studio sessions' at their youth project basis. This culminated in an exhibition of their work at Tate St Ives

2016                                         Radiant Space, Effervescent, Plymouth

Dog Show, an exhibition which looks at our relationship with man’s (and woman’s) best friend,Designed and curated by a group of nine and ten-year-old children from Plymouth, I worked with the local community by offering a 'pooch Photo Booth' as part of the exhibition.

2016                                         Switch Festival, Tate St Ives

Devised a consultation tool in the form of a custom made photobooth to encourage the general public to engage in Switch Festival run by Tate St Ives, the booth was also used as a signpost to Tate St Ives gallery.

2016                                         Calling The Shots, Bristol  with Exchange Gallery, Penzance

Ran a series of workshops with young film makers using photobooth equipment to create surreal stories and storyboarding

2015                                         Tate St Ives Pop Up Studio  Video link vimeo.com/128132471

Managed and facilitated an experimental pop up studio with Tate St Ives. Temporarily taking over a disused tea room, creating an ‘open studio space’ for 15–25 year olds. The project posed the question: without a huge marketing campaign, would young people turn up?  Report here page 66  https://www.phf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Circuit-Test-Risk-Change_2019.pdf

2008 – 2014                            Trelya, Penzance       

Established a creative and informal way of allowing children and young  people at risk of social exclusion to work within a welcoming studio space and engage with contemporary art. Young people have been involved in a wide range of opportunities, from entering (and winning) National Art Competitions, having their work shown at the Saatchi Gallery to working towards Arts Awards.  As a result of this intensive arts programme Trelya has just been the first youth justice provision to be awarded Artsmark Gold Status.

Jan 2007 – Dec 2007              Trelya, Penzance                               

Managed and co-ordinated a creative local history project with vulnerable and at risk children & young people. The result of the project was a book 
“A Slice of Treneere” which was awarded a commendation at the Holyer an Gof Awards 2008.

Sept 2006 – March 2007          Arts for Health, Cornwall   

Consultancy with the local community and users of a proposed local Health clinic to inform an Arts and Health Strategy for the building and to develop detailed proposals for specific arts interventions on the site.

April – May 2006                    Cornwall Arts Marketing    

Devised and delivered a creative consultancy project for the Region of Culture Campaign, consulting working women in a small rural local community.

June 2004                               Cornwall County Council     

Managed and designed a creative launch for “The Compact”, a Cornwall-wide agreement between statutory agencies and the voluntary and community sector.

Dec 2004 – May 2005                        Trelya, Penzance                   

Managed a creative project with children & young people most at risk of offending & re-offending, surrounding issues of anti-social behaviour orders, which resulted in a pack of playing cards being produced that have been distributed nationally

Feb 2003 – April 2004                        St Buryan School                   

Art residency collaborating with Creative Partnerships & Newlyn Art Gallery - featured in Engage Publication "This is My Gallery"

Feb 2003 – April 2003                        Trelya, Penzance                   

Managed and produced a  photographic project Neighbourhood Renewal Fund with children and young people at risk of social exclusion which culminated in producing a postcard pack catalogue to accompany an exhibition.

July 2002 – Sept 2002                        Trelya, Penzance                   

Running a summer scheme of varying activities for children and young people at risk of social exclusion

July 2002                                               University of the First Age - Dance Agency Cornwall         

Collaborative Summer scheme project, which included clay, dance, music and drama

Other Examples of Freelance Practice

Nov 2001 -2002          Newlyn Gallery                          Saturday Art Class, Thursday Art Extra Class
Jan 2002 – May 2002  KEAP                                         Mud sculpture workshops at the Eden Project
Jan 2002 – Feb 2002   St Ives International              Ceramic outdoor installation with Nancealverne
April 2002                   St Ives International                 Teaching ceramic techniques to both primary & secondary
                                                                                          school teachers as part of the Ceramica Festival
Nov 2001                    Newlyn Art Gallery                      Ceramic project with the John Daniel Centre
July 2001 – Sept 2001 Penwith Play, Penzance          Running a summer activity scheme for 8 – 14’s


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