Get in contact with me if you wish to hire me as an educator or artist, or to discuss any opportunities. You can search this website for examples of my work, alternatively, go to my LinkedIn profile.
Qualifications:
I gained a MA in Education and PGCE from the Institute of Education, University of London. I am DBS checked, have public liability insurance and have been trained in safeguarding, as a fire marshal and first aider.
Freelancing and museum education
As a freelancer, I have taught design, art and architecture to older people, adults, young people and children in museums and art galleries, where often the institution’s collections and exhibitions are used as inspiration. I’ve led in-person and online creative workshops exploring how to draw using traditional and digital media and model-making techniques at many world-class museums and cultural organisations including:
– British Library
– Design Museum, London
– Historic Royal Palaces: Tower of London
– Museum of the Home
– National Portrait Gallery
– Sir John Soane’s Museum
– Victoria and Albert Museum
– Wallace Collection
– Watts Gallery
– Westminster Abbey.
At the Zaha Hadid Foundation I devise and lead workshops using experimental techniques to inspire new ways of exploring architecture for adults, and lead design workshops and summer schools for students. For 13 years, I led workshops at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, teaching adults and children to use technology such as coding, 3D printing and iPad drawing to make art with architecture as the inspiration. In the RIBA’s Explore and Make workshops for over 50s I was devising and leading art sessions where participants were supported to explore a different media each month in person and online.
Secondary schools
I was a full-time art teacher in schools working across London. I have experience teaching all age groups, in particular Key Stages 3 to 5 in the state sector, either working in tandem with other teachers and educators, or leading lessons on my own. The focus of my teaching was art and design, where I would find ways to bring architecture and the work of architects into the classroom. Whilst devising schemes of work and supporting students’ learning, I also oversaw the welfare of my students.
Examples of work created by participants from my past workshops with different ages and audiences
