After graduating from Camberwell School of
Arts and crafts with a BA (Hons) in Painting, I gained a PGCE:AD. Then I spent
a few years teaching.
Next I worked full-time as an artist
gaining certain recognition including been selected for one of the 1000
residencies across the country awarded by The Arts Council England in 2000.
Also since late 1998 I began to exhibit
other artists work in my home. The organisation Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
became a formal not-for-profit limited company in 2004, and a Charity in 2008
with myself as Artistic Director.
I have a broad interest in the arts focused
on the visual arts. At Fermynwoods we were particularly interested in engaging
with the environment (both rural and urban) especially with our Forestry
Commission partnership, as well as current agendas in our locality. This was
achieved through exhibitions, education programmes, residencies and outreach
community projects.
I resigned from my position at Fermynwoods at the end of
2009 and I am now working independently. The main project I am presently
involved with is Deep Roots Tall Trees, which I initiated in 2011. DRTT
current project is OUR WOODS, a festival of over 40 events celebrating Corby’s
wonderful urban woodlands through music, dance, light, the arts, history,
woodland management and much more. I am also an observer of the Groundworks
Northants board.
www.deeprootstalltrees.org
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