Take a look at my work in the images and writings or the Arbor on the Iris website.

I AM INTRIGUED BY THE PROCESSES OF TIME AND SPACE AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE WITHIN PHOTOGRAPHY. IN RESPONSE , I MAKE AND ENJOY WORK WHOSE CONCERNS ARE WITH NOTIONS OF JOURNEY, MEMORY & MORTALITY

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CAREER HISTORY

Project Coordinator

The Arbor Darkrooms & Gallery 1995 - Research Associate. The Women's Photography Project Staffordshire University 1994 -1995 Co Founder & Acting Project Coordinator The Arbor Darkrooms & Gallery 1991 -1995 Photography Development Worker Monocrone Women's Photography Collective 1991-1994 Research Commission. Photography Directory East Midlands Arts 1992-1993 Festival Coordinator Derby Photography Festival 1991 Front of House Metro Cinema. Derby 1989-1992

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Freelance Workshops.

Specialist Tutor 1990 - Derby Community Arts; Derby Museum & Art Gallery; The Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Site Gallery, Sheffield. Monocrone Women's Photography Collective. P/T Tutor 1991-1994 Staffordshire University. P/T Workshop Tutor 1993

EDUCATION & TRAINING

BA (Hons) Photographic Studies University of Derby. 1986-1989 City & Guilds 744 Photography South Nottinghamshire College of Further Education. 1984-1986 'Understanding NVQ's' Council for Voluntary Services. Derby 1995 'Desire by Design' University of Westminster. London 1995 'Messages into Europe' Signals National Photography Conference. Bradford 1994 'E for Equality' Women in the Arts Conference. Birmingham 1993 'Everyday Formalism' Jan Groover. Photographers at Duckspool 1993 'Creating Reality' Mari Mahr. Photographers at Duckspool 1993

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Coordination & Administration

Voluntary & subsidised arts sector experience including: writing funding & sponsorship applications, reports & planning documents; policy making & project development; identifying training needs & resources; devising & operating office systems; project & event management including: facilitating workshops & educational activities; budgeting & bookkeeping; organising & chairing meetings; networking & initiating project links; community darkroom coordination including: operating membership schemes; managing darkrooms & equipment; liaising with artists & organisations; management of volunteers and casual staff¢.

Teaching & Photographic

Formal & informal education sector experience including: programming & teaching workshops on & off~site; running projects, courses & workshops to specific requirements for schools & specialist groups; facilitating workshops to groups and individuals; outreach and commissioned work to all levels & abilities; researching and preparing teaching materials & packs. Location & studio work; small to large formats; Black & White Fine printing to archival standards; alternative processes: Cyanotype, Van Dyke & Gum Bichromate as specialism; handmade & artists books; freelance & exhibition work; commitment to development of personal practice. 

Exhibitions, Marketing & Publicity

Programming a variety of gallery & non gallery venues including: liaising with artists and organisations; curating, hanging & presenting exhibitions; marketing, designing & producing publicity materials for a variety of projects & events including: writing press releases, newsletters, leaflets & promotional materials; event marketing & publicity distribution; liaison with press and radio.

Other

Knowledge of & commitment to Equality of Opportunity; awareness and interest in current photographic debates; effective team working; self motivation & time management; excellent written & visual presentation skills; Apple Mackintosh word processing & desk top publishing experience; full clean driving licence.

COMMITTEES & ADVISORY ROLES

Photography Advisor. West Midlands Arts 1994 - 95 Founder Member & Secretary. Her Camera Has Wings Photography Group 1991 - Director & Advisory Committee Member. The Arbor 1991 - 95 Steering Committee Member. Derby Photography Festival 1994 - 95 Midlands Planning Committee. Women's Photography Festival 1993 -94 Community Sub Committee Member. Derby Arts 2000 Bid 1994

EXHIBITIONS HISTORY

"4 Kilos of Art' The Arbor Darkrooms and Gallery, 1996. 'The Nude' Silberblick Gallery, Berlin 1995. 'Small Objects of Desire' The City Gallery. Leicester 1995 'Measuring Myth & Memory' The Arbor Darkrooms & Gallery. Derby 1994 'Stones in Her Pockets' Acton Community Arts National Touring Exhibition 1994 'Beyond The Portrait' Touring Show. Her Camera Has Wings Spring Gardens Arts Centre. Nottingham Castle Museum 1994 'The City'. Regional Commission Her Camera Has Wings. Derby Photography Festival 1993 Her Camera Has Wings. International WomenÕs Week Derby WomenÕs Centre 1992 'Under our Hats'. Monocrone WomenÕs Photography Collective Talentwide Gallery. London 1991 'The Otherside of Photography'. International Conference & Publication Amsterdam 1990 Untitled Group Exhibition Crompton Gallery. Derby 1989 International Exhibition for Women Photographers Osnabruck 1988

AWARDS

Touring Exhibitions Grant. East Midlands Arts 1993 Training Bursary. East Midlands Arts 1992 Earp Legacy Travel Award. University of Derby 1989

INTERESTS

Bookmaking, Cinema, Gardening, Music & Reading.