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.
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
2017 - 2020 Carefree, Penlee House Museum and Gallery, Cornwall Museums Partnership
Creatively working with care leavers to explore the possibility of offering a "Culture Pass' for children and young people in care and care leavers, 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 has involved weekly art sessions, visits to galleries and museums, event planning and residentials.
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 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
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
2017 - 2020 Carefree, Penlee House Museum and Gallery, Cornwall Museums Partnership
Creatively working with care leavers to explore the possibility of offering a "Culture Pass' for children and young people in care and care leavers, 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 has involved weekly art sessions, visits to galleries and museums, event planning and residentials.
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 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
