Freelance
Facilitator, Workshop Leader and Coordinator
My main area of self-employment has been a commitment
to developing, delivering and evaluating educational arts workshops and projects
for a cross section
of children, young people and adults, in a wide variety of contexts and settings.
Many of these roles have been ongoing, under the canopy of work for one
organisation or project.
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 Nov
05 - present: Coordinator and Facilitator, CUBE Young People's
Magazine and related projects
Cube is a professionally published termly magazine, distributed in libraries,
secondary schools and community spaces throughout Sheffield. As a creative professional
I've been training young people through Cube for 3 years.
In
my new role I deliver across the full spectrum of training
that comes under the board canopy of Cube
Magazine. This year [2006] I am developing an online version of the magazine
at www.cubeweb.org.uk and
expanding our internet radio station at www.radiowaves.co.uk.
I've also created a cross country writing competition called PHOTOFICTION,
to encourage young people's writing in addition to making new links, partnerships
and opportunities for the magazine and its young people.>> |
There are a wide range of strands to my Coordination and Facilitation
roles at Cube which include: Liaising with external partners such as schools, printers, designers,
distributors, volunteers, creative professionals, and industries,
and anyone who can aid or support Cube and its young journalists.
Developing and coordinating interesting, balanced and varied work
placement blocks by providing training, mentoring, stimulus, challenge
and varied activity for each individual and team.
Creating
new and interesting opportunities through outside sources and
nurturing
long term partnerships to meet the needs of Cube’s
young people in relation to journalism and creative media output.
Delivering appropriate industry training across the media fields
of journalism, radio, web, illustration, film and photography.
Encouraging personal development through team experiences, debates
and discussions, and through individual mentoring.
Providing detailed feedback and work references to each individual
and school.
Managing the magazine and its related platforms as a whole including
proof reading, observing deadlines, budget and illustration support.
Mar
2003 – present: Artist in Residence & Multimedia Workshop
Leader for digital and photographic projects - Abbeydale Grange School
I have revived an unused darkroom through funding and run darkroom
and digital photography sessions. I’ve also created a number of themed workshops
and mini projects in other digital areas such as web design, animation and
film, and supported cross-curricular creativity in areas such as sport, drama
and language. As a multimedia artist I’ve built a visual identity for
the school through it’s Media Arts status, including a website
and postcards. www.agsmedia.co.uk
2002
- present: Festival Photojournalist & Interviewer for publicity
and documentation
LOVEBYTES International Festival of Digital Arts,
Sheffield
Lovebytes has employed me for 3 consecutive festivals to document their prestigious
International Festival of Digital Arts. Through photography, in depth interviews
and voxbox style sound-bytes, I create user-friendly web galleries, documenting
each set of events. Selections of my work are also used in publications and
further publicity. Go to www.lovebytes.org.uk and
click on the documentation area to view.
March
05 – Jan 06: Youth Arts Worker - St. Mary’s Community
Centre
I work as part of a team devising and delivering creative sessions for the
junior youth group and on occasion the senior group. Past activities have included
cultural visits, photography and t-shirt designing.
Sept
2004 – July 2005: Multimedia Artist - CUBE Young People’s
Magazine, part time facilitator.
I
was employed to support young people in all aspects of the production
of articles and visual content for the magazine, such as research
and people skills. I delivered photographic, illustration and web
design skills as a way of broadening their understanding of media
channels of delivery and expression.
March
2001– Dec 2004: Workshop Leader, Coordinator and Development
Worker
Site Gallery, Sheffield – Independent Multimedia Gallery
My educational work at Site Gallery has had many strands and variations, since
1998.
Main
role throughout: developing and delivering a wide range of innovative educational
projects, courses and workshops in response to: the exhibitions programme;
facilities on offer; qualifications criteria, outside initiatives and a broad
diversity of adult and young people groups.
Extensive
work with secondary school students through developing and delivering
the Multimedia Programme, Inter_active!, over several years; and
through schemes such as Aim Higher, Gifted & Talented, Developing
Creativity, Widening Participation.
Active
encouragement and development of long-term partnerships within
the community, for example Young Women’s Housing Project,
Nomad, Roshni, Awaaz and Abbeydale Grange School.
Developmental
roles through community liaison, case studies and reports. Contribution
to research and education methods, here and abroad, through partnerships
such as Engage and FAME [Forum For Active Methods].
July – Sept
2002: Programme Coordinator & Support Artist - Connexions
Summer Arts Programme
AMP, Sheffield – Arts & Media Project
AMP employed me to coordinator, oversee and support a diverse programme of
workshops for young people which took place in four target areas of Sheffield.
The position involved programme coordination, liaising and planning with artists,
youth centres and young people. I also supported artists on a number of the
workshops, including a photographic mural opened by the Lord Mayoress in Burngreave
and dance and crafts sessions. The project concluded in a written report.
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