National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Freelance Gallery Educator
October 2022 – current
- As a freelancer for the Learning and Engagement Department I produce practical workshops for schools at the National Galleries (National and Modern), working with the collection and introducing Primary and Secondary school groups to art processes and practices.
Freelance Gallery Educator
October 2022 – current
- As a freelancer for the Learning and Engagement Department I produce practical workshops for schools at the National Galleries (National and Modern), working with the collection and introducing Primary and Secondary school groups to art processes and practices.
National Galleries of Scotland, Online
Creative Approaches to Drawing
November 2022 and 2023
- I ran two series of online workshops with teenagers across scotland, on experimental approaches to drawing. Topics included mark-making, mindfulness, trompe-l'œil, maps, drawing from memory, tone, collage, frottage and found materials.
- I delivered a CPD workshop for teachers based on the workshops.
Creative Approaches to Drawing
November 2022 and 2023
- I ran two series of online workshops with teenagers across scotland, on experimental approaches to drawing. Topics included mark-making, mindfulness, trompe-l'œil, maps, drawing from memory, tone, collage, frottage and found materials.
- I delivered a CPD workshop for teachers based on the workshops.
Hospitalfield, Angus
Lead Artist on Young Artists Club
May – October 2022
- Led on the design and delivery of the Young Artists Club project, a 20-week programme of arts activities designed to increase access to the arts for a targeted group of young people aged 14-18 living in Angus, including SEN students, young carers and refugees learning English as a second language
- Delivered sessions across a range of making practices including drawing, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, zine-making and animation
- Engaged creatively with the collections at Hospitalfield – art, gardens, house – as a way to think about big ideas (environment, institutions, art history, identity and gender) in a local and accessible way
- Produced a final exhibition with the young people, including site-specific installations in the historic house
- Sourced materials within a budget and managed an assistant, evaluating the session with them every week. I contributed to the project evaluation by running a participants’ feedback session and writing a report for funders
Lead Artist on Young Artists Club
May – October 2022
- Led on the design and delivery of the Young Artists Club project, a 20-week programme of arts activities designed to increase access to the arts for a targeted group of young people aged 14-18 living in Angus, including SEN students, young carers and refugees learning English as a second language
- Delivered sessions across a range of making practices including drawing, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, zine-making and animation
- Engaged creatively with the collections at Hospitalfield – art, gardens, house – as a way to think about big ideas (environment, institutions, art history, identity and gender) in a local and accessible way
- Produced a final exhibition with the young people, including site-specific installations in the historic house
- Sourced materials within a budget and managed an assistant, evaluating the session with them every week. I contributed to the project evaluation by running a participants’ feedback session and writing a report for funders
Forgan Arts Centre, Fife
Children’s Art Club Workshop Leader
2022 – 2023
- Planned and delivered art workshops for children aged 5-12 during school holidays. Activities included costume-making, soap-carving, printmaking, collaborative drawings and working with clay. We worked in the classrrom, woods and gardens.
Children’s Art Club Workshop Leader
2022 – 2023
- Planned and delivered art workshops for children aged 5-12 during school holidays. Activities included costume-making, soap-carving, printmaking, collaborative drawings and working with clay. We worked in the classrrom, woods and gardens.
Royal Drawing School, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Young Artist Programme Tutor
2019
- Planned and delivered two blocks of term-time tutored sessions for 15-18 year olds on Saturdays, taking place in the Education room and in the museum.
Young Artist Programme Tutor
2019
- Planned and delivered two blocks of term-time tutored sessions for 15-18 year olds on Saturdays, taking place in the Education room and in the museum.
Royal Drawing School, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Drawing Club Programme Tutor
2017-2018
- Led Saturday sessions throughout term time, with children 10-14. We used exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery as a starting point for their own creative work, and were based in the studio there.
- The programme included drawing trips around the East End, to markets and a city farm.
Drawing Club Programme Tutor
2017-2018
- Led Saturday sessions throughout term time, with children 10-14. We used exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery as a starting point for their own creative work, and were based in the studio there.
- The programme included drawing trips around the East End, to markets and a city farm.
Royal Drawing School, London
Young Artist Programme Tutor
2016-2017
- Planned and ran weekly tutored sessions for young people aged 15-18 (with funded places available) at the studios at the Royal Drawing School and also at the National Gallery.
- Timetabled each ten-week term; ordered and sourced materials; worked with an assistant; worked with models to run life-drawing sessions.
- Led 1:1 portfolio reviews with sixth formers applying to do Art Foundation
Young Artist Programme Tutor
2016-2017
- Planned and ran weekly tutored sessions for young people aged 15-18 (with funded places available) at the studios at the Royal Drawing School and also at the National Gallery.
- Timetabled each ten-week term; ordered and sourced materials; worked with an assistant; worked with models to run life-drawing sessions.
- Led 1:1 portfolio reviews with sixth formers applying to do Art Foundation