[Updates coming soon]

Jan 2005 Heroes and Villains photography project
Inspired Millennium Galleries soon to come Gerald Scarfe, Heroes and Villains exhibition, I planned and delivered a day workshop encouraging students to explore the heroes and villain theme in traditional and contemporary portraiture, thought various creative tasks. This followed with a studio portraiture session where students worked with myself to develop ideas around these themes, followed by digital editing. The finished work was displayed in the education area of the Gerald Scarfe exhibition, at Millennium Galleries.
Norton College 16 HND, BTech students (17/18 years)
In conjunction with Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust and Norton College

July 2002 /03 / 04 /05 continuing Digital Journeys – A yearly workshop in model making and computer animation (4 hours)
In this workshop participants created a frame-by-frame animation story using models and landscapes they made from clay and other craft materials.
Sheffield Site Gallery A work as part of the Sheffield Show-commotion animation festival, 14 – 18yrs [2nd year]

Inter_active! was a yearly programme of self contained arts & skills workshops that I ran on bimonthly Saturdays throughout the year (open to public 14-21yrs)
Nov 2004 Fake photos – celebration of the digital editing work explored through Inter_active!
Oct 2004 Video editing using Hitchcock films footage – relating to Ciradet & Muller exhibition
May 2004 Creating soundtracks – sound editing (assisting)
Mar 2004 Alternative printing sessions exploring experimental darkroom processes.
Feb 2004 Video editing in Imovie around the theme of horror and suspense (tied in with exhibition)
Nov 2003 Animation – in the style of an old silent movie
Oct 2003 Shooting & printing basics in B&W
Sept 2002 Film Stills – Using props, projections & digital cameras
Nov 2002 Experimental printing
Jan 2003 Digital Imaging ‘Doppelgangers’ theme
March 2003 Web design & GIF animation
May 2003 Video shooting & editing in Imovie, ‘Abstract music video’

Fused workshops [collaboration of yearly workshops between Site Gallery & amp [Arts & Media Project] working with different young peoples groups. The aim was to encourage better engagement and understanding of art exhibitions, through using elements of Site Gallery exhibitions to create workshops
Feb 2004 Workshop exploring the theme of playground gossip and bullying using video and sound with a group of young mentors formed from their experience of this. (Assisting)
March 2004 Digital imaging/photography exploring horror and the supernatural
March 2003 Workshop in creating interactive shadow projection inspired by Minim++ exhibition (assisting)
May 2003 Workshop around the theme of dance and movement using photography

Dec 2003 Video shooting and editing using Imovie
Two session workshops, first shooting forage using the theme of the Continental markets that visited Sheffield and the second editing into a short film with music
Site Gallery Young Women’s Housing Project

July 2003 - Sept 2003
Workshops developed & delivered under Workshop Leader WIDENING PARTICIPATION contract at Site Gallery. Aimed at marginalised community groups
Young Women’s Housing Project Studio dress up, B& W printing, digital imaging & exhibition
Manor Youth Project Self contained themed workshops in digital imaging & photography
Deaf Youth Centre Digital portrait workshop
SOVA [Millennium Volunteers] Self contained themed workshops in digital imaging & photography
AWAAZ Asian Women’s Training & support Skills based workshops in digital imaging & photography
Head ways [Head Injuries group] Self contained B&W printing, pinhole camera and photogram workshop
Nacro [Life skills group] SLR landscape location workshop, followed by 2 B&W printing sessions

July 2003 Digital Photography & Photoshop skills
Supporting local Heeley residents photograph their neighbourhood and then work on touching up selected photographs in Photoshop
Heeley Com. centre/Site Residents from Heeley community centre

June 2004 International Photography & performance workshops
These workshop were part a wider educational project between partners from Spain, Finland and the UK [Site Gallery / CEDI]. As part of our second international meeting in Finland, we presented and shared our individual methods of working through evaluation, case studies and recreating successful workshops we run with community groups at the gallery. My work as a workshop leader with community groups has contributed to a final international booklet of working methods.
Viitakivi Centre, Finland FAME – Forum for Active Methods in Education [Aimed at groups at risk] www.fame-europe.org

April/June 2003 Supply teaching in Photoshop / B&W/colour printing & presentation techniques
Various sessions supporting students with project work and presentation techniques
Norton College OCN Year 2 & National Diploma students

April 2003 Workshop exploring pinhole photography and photogram techniques
The 4 hour workshop explored a basis science of photography through experimenting with photograms and pinhole photography
Site Gallery Nadfast Children’s activity group [Young people 7 to 11 yrs old]

Sept 2002 Workshop creating imaginary film stills & fictional scenes using a range of experimental studio lighting techniques and a digital camera
Participants were encouraged to bring their own props in and create imagination factional ‘film’ stills.
Sheffield Site Gallery As part of ‘Interactive’ – events and activities for young people, 14 – 18yrs

Jan 2002 Using photography and digital imaging to create photographic trickery
A workshop introduction to using photography and image manipulation techniques to create photographic illusion, to coincide with the MAGIC exhibition showing at the gallery at the time.
Sheffield Site Gallery As part of ‘Interactive’ – events and activities for young people, 14 – 18yrs

Jan 2002 Full day introductory workshop in B&W photography
The workshop was intended as an introduction or refresher into the main areas of B&W photography, including using SLR cameras & lens, processing film and darkroom printing.
Sheffield Site Gallery Training session as part of ‘Hey Presto’ a partnership between Site Gallery and regional universities, exploring links between magic and art (learners: range of undergraduates)

Jan 2002 Introductory workshop in FLASH animation
A workshop introduction to Flash animation for the web, using basic animation techniques.
Sheffield Site Gallery As part of ‘Interactive’ – events and activities for young people, 14 – 18yrs

April 2001 Image manipulation and digital camera workshop
Participants took pictures of each other using a digital camera and went on to discover some simple manipulation techniques using Photoshop, leaving with a printout of their achievements.
Millennium Gallery Part of ‘Older Learners Day’

Oct 2000 - Feb 2001 HTML & web workshops and skill sharing
Workshops I’ve delivered involved; learning basic html, effective use of images on the web, planning navigation and site briefs, making html tables, design tricks and Gif animation (users of all ages/backgrounds)
Access Space / RTI A community Internet space, with an emphasis on learning and sharing transferable skills, running on recycled and discarded computers and a free operating system and software.

August 2000 Animation Workshop - an introduction into animation using Director 6, Gif Animator,
Kai’s Power Goo, PhotoShop and a digital camera
The workshop consisted of an a brief introduction into animation and it’s history, discussing the present exhibition ‘Horse Show’ in relation to older methods of animation. This preceded tutoring in basic animation techniques using new technology to bring to life the photographic stills of ‘animals in motion’ produced by Muybridge in the 1800’s.
Sheffield Site Gallery As part of ‘Interactive’ – events and activities for young people, 14 – 18yrs

Jan 1998 & Nov 2001 ‘Virtual Reality’ - an introductory workshop in photographic manipulation using Photoshop
The workshop consisted of a presentation of my work, followed by tutoring in Photoshop techniques and photo related manipulation.
Sheffield Site Gallery As part of ‘Interactive’ – events and activities for young people, 14 – 18yrs

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