CURRICULUM VITAE
Twenty-five years experience of working with a wide range of museums, galleries and heritage sites. Extensive experience of development and management of arts/heritage and learning projects, programmes and resources for adults, families, schools and young people. Excellent organisational and management skills. Experience of recruiting and training volunteers.
Freelancer Creative Producer
Currently developing art and heritage project in collaboration with Birkbeck’s MA Victorian Studies course and the Salvation Army’s Heritage Centre. This project will include a public engagement segment and commissioning a contemporary artist to respond to research about vulnerable women in the Hackney/ Clapton area who were housed in Knitting Homes in the late 19th Century.
London Borough of Newham
December 2019 - present
Heritage Producer
Working with communities to celebrate Newham Heritage Month 2020. Developed bespoke training sessions and in response to Covid -19 restrictions adapted live programme to online events through project website. https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
January 2019 - August 2019
Family Consultant
Development of a Family Tour (Kitchen Garden)
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William Patten Primary School, Hackney
September 2015 - present
Creative Producer
Clean Air project. Devised and managed a whole school project to create a soundscape that gave voice to a children’s concerns and anxieties around air pollution in their area.
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Freelance Arts Producer
Advising and arranging artists residencies for KS1 and KS2 in animation, sculpture and installations.
New Unity Church
Jan - Feb 2019
Volunteer Adviser
Working with New Unity on their HLF interpretation plan which explores the heritage of the Meeting House in Newington Green where Mary Wollstonecraft attended.
Bow Arts Trust
Sept 2017 - Jan 2019
Project Manager for Raw Materials: Textiles
Key Responsibilities:
Managing a project exploring the heritage of the textile trade in the Lower Lea Valley. Recruiting a community steering group and supporting them in their research. Organising training in oral history techniques and editing text for blogs and essay writing.
Working with two commissioned artists and co-curating an exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery.
Collated data and wrote evaluation report for HLF.
Wellcome Collection
April - August 2018
Youth Programme – Artist / Facilitator
Key Responsibilities:
Managing a family resource development - youth co-production project. I worked with a group of young people on work experience to make a family resource for the Teeth exhibition. This also included commissioning and managing an illustrator, writing for a family audience, presenting and pitching ideas. I edited the student’s work and prepared the resource for print.
Foundling Museum
2016 - 2019
Freelance Arts Educator
July - August 2018
Schools Co-ordinator (cover for sick leave)
Key Responsibilities:
Managed the school's provision through a period of change at the Foundling Museum.
Ran sessions for KS1- KS3 in citizenship, history and literacy
Managed a large-scale event which featured author Jamila Gavin.
The National Portrait Gallery
Sept 2005 - Nov 2017
Family Programmes Manager
Key Responsibilities:
To devise and manage a programme of activities, events and resources for families linked to the Gallery’s displays and collections. To diversify and expand audiences through engaging events Devise and develop resources for families to explore exhibitions and collections.
August 2004 - Sept 2005 Maternity Leave
2002 – August 2004
Public Programmes and Adult Education Manager
Key responsibilities:
To devise and manage a Public Programme of talks, events, study days and conferences linked to the Gallery’s displays and exhibitions.
The Geffrye Museum
1997 - 2002
Community Education Coordinator
Key Responsibilities
Devising a series of activities and events for the Public Programme, as well as developing community-based projects for families and adults with limited access to the arts. Developed a series of workshops using the herb garden as a resource for the local community.
Flashback - Islington Local History Project
1986 -1990
Assistant Supervisor
Researched and wrote copy for trails, education packs and displays on local history topics including Dickens in Islington, LGBT writers and Famous Women.
Education
BA (Hons) Visual Theories (Grade 2:1)
University of East London 1993 -1996
Other Skills and Training
Deaf Awareness Training with RNID,
Arts Administration Course with Islington Theatre Group.
Makaton level 1,
Dementia Awareness course