Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, June 2025 – ongoing
Education Facilitator – Planning and leading creative workshops for babies, young children, families and seniors. Mini- Explorers, Mini Makers, Express and Good Times.
Meadow Arts – ‘Visual arts charity delivering projects in unexpected, often rural places.’ Oct 2025 & Nov 2023
Facilitating family collage at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, in response to Leah Gordons work ‘Monument to the Vanquished Peasant’.
– Embroidery workshops in Pershore Abbey and Pershore High School – responding to ‘Deluge’ by artist Hilary Jack
The Barber Institute of Fine Art, Oct 2025 & Feb 2025
A series of creative workshops at St. Edwards Primary School exploring a range of visual arts techniques.
– Facilitation of Family Workshops creating ‘Our City’ using paper collage.
Big Brum Theatre in Education – ‘Moments of Wow’. Sept-Dec 2024
Delivery of participatory creative arts workshops in six North Solihull Primary Schools in response to the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’.
James Brindley Academy – Birmingham Children’s Hospital & Schoen Clinic, Newbridge June & Dec 2024
Textile workshops, stitch, collage and beading, specific to curriculum themes and the interests of the children.
Joshibi University Tokyo, Japan – Sagamihara & Suginami Campus. Oct 2024
Presentation of ‘Creativity as a Platform For Growth’, exploring ways that creative opportunities can enrich both personal and academic development.
Birmingham City University – Visiting Lecturer School of Fashion and Textiles. Jan-April 2024
Guest Lecturer for PGCE Art & Design – School of Education & Social Work Jan 2024
Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools, Artist in Residence. Lillian De Lissa 2003-2023, St. Thomas Centre 2021-2024 & Newtown Nursery Schools 2021-2025
Providing a wide range of creative opportunities, materials, methods and techniques to engage children aged 2, 3 & 4. This involved action research, working with parents and delivering teacher training.
As an active member of the governing board I promoted a thorough understanding of creative teaching and learning for everyone involved in making important financial and policy decisions. I had the extra responsibility of ensuring highest quality provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Joshibi University at B.C.U August 2006- ongoing. Mixed media, fine art, sculpture and textile workshops including tutorials and assessment. Degree & M.A students from Tokyo studying a range of Japanese creative disciplines. This is a summer school for degree and post graduate students to come and explore the many elements of a British Art and Design course. I provide creative challenges and design briefs in drawing, painting, 3D & sculpture, textiles, fashion and photography. https://www.instagram.com/joshibi_summer_school_bcu/
Abingdon and Witney College, Oxfordshire – Early Childhood Degree 2019, 2020, 2023
Workshops focusing on the importance of creative teaching and learning in early years. Looking at how to support inclusive and adaptive learning using open ended materials such as organic materials, wire and clay, learning extensions and making constructive observations.
RHS Diploma – Certificate in Practical Horticulture 2022
Birmingham City University, P.G.C.E – Art & Design – Jan 2021 Zoom/Virtual seminar and workshop on Creative Teaching & Learning.
Birmingham Educational Partnerships – Dec 2020
Zoom/Virtual network meeting delivery – Developing Creativity in Primary Level Pupils
AccessArt, DrawAble Aug 2020 – https://www.accessart.org.uk/straight-line-drawings/
BMET – Sutton Coldfield & Mathew Boulton College Sept 2018 – 2019
Fashion and Textiles – Level 3 Diploma Art & Design. Traditional and contemporary techniques and skills. Photography – Creative techniques and embellishment.
Qualifications & Training – just a few of the outstanding opportunities I have taken part in.
- Pre-schools of Sweden Study Tour, Stockholm Oct 2008
- Forest Schools Study Tour, Denmark Sept 2006
- Reggio Emilia Study Tour, May 2005
- South Birmingham College Aug 2002. Youth Work: Arts & Young People, Advanced/Community Partnership Award 2002/03
- Royal College Of Art, London 1998-2000, M.A Mixed Media Textiles
- University Of Central England 1992-1995, Fashion &Textiles B.A (Hons) Embroidery
Employment History
P.A.C.T – Prince Albert Community Trust, 2011- 2018 Prince Albert, Highfield and Heathfield Primary Schools, Birmingham – Creative Facilitation Nursery to Yr6 Working alongside the teaching team to extend the children’s learning experience using creative means, thought and process. Development of the environment to initiate and support independent learning. Jan 2017- Early Years Unit Development – Consultation on environment development and overseeing full integration of child centered practice with a focus on creative learning.
Netherton Park Children’s Centre, Dudley – Artist in Residence Sept 2011-2012
Working creatively with babies, children and their carers to extend learning possibilities and develop new skills.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council – Creative facilitation and practitioner training Sept 2005-2010
For five years I worked with babies, children up to 4 years old, parents, carer’s and educators in Sandwell to investigate the value of creativity in early year’s settings. This interaction included giving training to Nursery and Children’s Centre practitioners, facilitating regular creative workshops for parents and children in Early Steps sessions, and consultation with a range of settings regarding their inside and outside environments. Delivering a series of sharing sessions at the Training and Development Centre in Sandwell about the importance of creative experiences and environments. This included ‘Providing creative opportunities to educate, excite and engage children from all over the globe’ and ‘ How to enable children using creative learning environments’.
‘IDEAL’ Intercultural Drawing for European Adult Learning – Drawing facilitator
During 2010 I took part in discussions and workshops in London and Budapest around the subject of how drawing can benefit adult learners. This was an action research project and worked in partnership with 6 European creative arts institutions.
June 2006 – Allenscroft Primary School, Kings Heath. Creative Partnerships ‘Feed Me’ Vegetable dying & collage of table cloths for celebration feast, Yr1
Feb 2006 – Orchard Special School, Sandwell. Workshops to enable response’s to a range of different materials, so to develop site specific art pieces for the new school building.
Dec 04 – Feb 2005 – Ikon & St. Edmund School – Birmingham. Delivery of ‘Writing in Space’ a project based on work by African artist George Adeagbo. In collaboration with poet, Roz Goddard.
Nov 2004 – Flying Start – Birmingham City Council. Delivery of professional development and business set up seminar
August 2004 – Gallery 37 – Birmingham City Centre. Lead artist – Craft & Textiles ‘Morph-Haus’. Partners with Stourbridge College & SAMPAD