Teaching and Workshops
My Illustration practice informs teaching and workshop delivery. Throughout my career as a Freelance Educator, I have worked with a diverse age range including: Primary, Secondary, Post 16 and community groups in schools, museums, community and University settings.
I currently work at Nottingham Trent University with students studying Illustration and Graphic Design. I have additionally delivered short courses and drop in workshops for students to attend across different campus sites.
When working as a Museum Educator, projects have included devising and delivering workshops for the ‘Leonardo Da Vinci: 10 drawings from the Museum Collection’ exhibition at Nottingham Castle, The National Lottery, British Art Show, BBC Masterpieces in Schools, Princes Trust Poetry Quest, The National Centre for Craft and Design and Creative Nottingham North. Alongside teaching, I additionally devised teacher aid resource packs for the National Gallery’s Take One Picture project to accompany the Nottingham Castle gallery experience.
The aim of school and community workshops is to produce collaborative artwork which can be displayed and celebrated.
A collaborative RSE project working in collaboration with Challenge Nottingham, RSE Day and local schools on illustrating change.
A collaborative project with teachers where pupils worked on producing a class picture book, looking at colour, composition and word and image.
Examples of collaborative artworks made by pupils hand drawing elements which were then assembled digitally and framed.
Examples of collaborative artworks with pupils responding to paintings displayed at Nottingham Castle Long Gallery. These artworks were displayed alongside the Gallery collection.
Examples from an annual workshop which takes place at Newstead Abbey, responding to the architecture and colours of Newstead Abbey.
In 2022 I worked with Nottingham Museums Learning Programmes Officer and local writer to celebrate a recent procurement of a DH Lawrence portrait exhibited at Newstead Abbey for a Heritage Lottery funded project on DH Lawrence, producing online and in school art education resources and workshops for Primary and Secondary school pupils. Click here to download an online resource pack.
Community Workshops
Artwork for Newark Friendship group working with Writer Clare Harvey.
Bulwell community project for Creative Nottingham North working with poet Leanne Moden.
