Employed as a Specialist with Tate since 2005, the role has involved researching, creating, planning & delivering lectures, workshops, gallery resources and tours for the general public, Tate Members and private groups of all ages. In addition to this longer projects working in collaboration with Tate staff and outside partners include:
Asked to join as a tutor in 2015 to specialise in outdoor landscape courses based at the historic School of Painting studios in St Ives, Cornwall. There is now a yearly programme of courses, workshops, life drawing and events for which I research, plan, create and deliver both face-to-face and online.
“What worked for me was masses of individual attention and encouragement and positive support, the opportunity to sketch outside. These 2 days have opened doors I have been longing to open. Thank you Greg” – Debs Blyth.
Although the programme changes yearly, some highlights include:
Originally invited by Falmouth College of Art PhD Research Student Annie Lovejoy in 2008 to join her on a residency in the local coastal village of Portscatho. The success of this 3 year project in engaging the local community, re-introducing local crafts (willow coppicing and traditional crab pot making) and building bridges between local businesses and residents helped me to win the Unlocking Cornish Potential award in 2011.
A working relationship with Professor Daro Montag built on this, and led to involvement with environmental art research projects through the RANE research cluster and visiting lecturer status on the Art and Environment MA course.
From being an artist delivering workshops at their Environmental “Art In The Park” event in 2018 I was invited to run a series of sold out ½ day workshops for members of the public connecting them with the natural and urban landscapes surrounding the gallery.
Wanting to connect the public to some of their more inaccessible sites, The Cornwall Wildlife Trust contacted me and together we designed a series of popular ½ day environmental art workshops. They included:
Designed to connect participants with the Natural world and their place in it. I offer to take individuals, or small groups, from the outdoor studio into the woods where we make together an object, using traditional hand tools and techniques, which is then taken home by the client. Participants can choose from the following objects to make depending on season and material availability:
Longbow
Arrows
Hurdles
Garden Gate
Chair
Stool
Shavehorse
Spoon