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 school groups (Primary and Secondary) 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.
- Delivered a CPD workshop for teachers based on the workshop series.
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 school groups (Primary and Secondary) 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.
- Delivered a CPD workshop for teachers based on the workshop series.
Hospitalfield, Angus, Lead Artist on Young Artists Club
2022
May – October 2022
The Young Artists Club offered time and space to young people aged 14-18 to meet on Saturdays and encounter the visual arts, using Hospitalfield’s heritage and garden as a starting point.
- 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 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
- Contributed to the project evaluation: ran a participants’ feedback session and wrote a report for funders .
May – October 2022
The Young Artists Club offered time and space to young people aged 14-18 to meet on Saturdays and encounter the visual arts, using Hospitalfield’s heritage and garden as a starting point.
- 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 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
- Contributed to the project evaluation: ran a participants’ feedback session and wrote a report for funders .
Forgan Arts Centre, Fife, Children’s Art Club Workshop Leader
2022 – 2023
Immersive art activities for children aged 5-12
- Planned and delivered creative workshops for young children during school holidays with activities including costume-making, soap-carving, printmaking, collaborative drawings and working with clay
Royal Drawing School, Young Artist Programme Tutor
2016-2019
Young Artists programme offers students aged 15-18 weekly tutored sessions on Saturdays, with funded places available. Drawing Club does the same for children aged 10-14. I worked with both age groups.
- Planned and ran weekend sessions with young people at venues including The Whitechapel Gallery, National Gallery and Ashmolean Museum, often using the works and collections as starting points
- Timetabled each ten-week term, ordered and sourced materials, and documented the sessions; worked with an assistant and occasionally with a model to run life-drawing sessions.
- Led 1:1 portfolio reviewswith sixth formers applying to do Art Foundation
2016-2019
Young Artists programme offers students aged 15-18 weekly tutored sessions on Saturdays, with funded places available. Drawing Club does the same for children aged 10-14. I worked with both age groups.
- Planned and ran weekend sessions with young people at venues including The Whitechapel Gallery, National Gallery and Ashmolean Museum, often using the works and collections as starting points
- Timetabled each ten-week term, ordered and sourced materials, and documented the sessions; worked with an assistant and occasionally with a model to run life-drawing sessions.
- Led 1:1 portfolio reviewswith sixth formers applying to do Art Foundation