ART EDUCATION | TATE ST IVES

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:

LOOK GROUPS

Based on the ‘Book Group’ model. Successfully using a Heritage Lottery Fund grant in 2012, the Tate team set up an autonomous network of public, art focussed, interest groups across Cornwall.

TATE TOWN PROJECT

Part of the Heritage Lottery Funding for the successful extension to Tate St Ives in 2018 specified better engagement of the gallery with the local community. To help with this I created a series of ‘Living Sculptures’ up and over which edible plants grew and were harvested.

HAYLE YOUTH PROJECT

Invited by Tate to work with this group of teenagers, to transform their Youth Club garden into a useable, growing space. Together we created a willow domes, living fences and lots of good memories!

TALKING ART

A regular series of workshops based on the current exhibitions, designed and created specifically for people who are Visually Impaired since 2015.

FIRST THERE IS A MOUNTAIN

Delivering artist Katie Patersons vision to deliver a participatory artwork inviting families on Porthmeor Beach to sculpt sand into micro-geologies.

BEACH ART EXPLORERS

An ongoing project since 2017 to connect families during the busy summer period with art and Porthmeor Beach next to which Tate St Ives stands. The activities link current exhibitions with the natural landscape.