Curriculum
Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting 1st Class, Winchester School of Art, 1972-75
Postgraduate Librarianship, North East London Polytechnic, 1980-81
Postgraduate Diploma History of Art & Design, Winchester School of Art, 1989
MA History of Textiles and Dress, Textile Conservation Centre, 2007
Certicate in Botanical Illustration, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh passed with Merit, 2022
Employment History
Natural History Museum, London, Assistant Librarian, Botany Library 1978-84
Camberwell College of Art Library, London, Deputy Librarian, 1984-86
Winchester School of Art, Deputy Librarian, 1986-1988
Winchester School of Art, Head Librarian, 1988-2016
Winchester School of Art, Fine Art Tutor, 2014-16
Volunteer Archivist/Librarian, Shetland Textile Museum, 2019 -
Experience and skills
Art and design exhibition curation, collection management, events development and organisation, investigative research, public speaking, project management, writing for publication, leading workshops.
A selection of curated exhibitions, projects and workshops
Exploring watercolour, Creative Lab, Mareel, Shetland Arts, September 2022
Independent printmaking project, Highland Print Studio, Inverness, 2021
Project Manager, Shetland Textile Museum website redesign, completed July 2021
Exploring watercolour workshop, Peerie Shop, Lerwick, November 2019
An artist eye on colour an exhibition curated from the collections at the Shetland Textile Museum, Böd of Gremista, April – October 2019
Artist talks at solo exhibition Dazzled, Shetland Museum, Lerwick 2019
Watercolour workshops, Denmark during residency and exhibition, 2014-2015
Watercolour Club, Winchester School of Art, 2015-2016
In the loop, knitting past, present and future - an international interdisciplinary academic conference 2008–2018, with exhibitions, public talks, publications, and student projects
Artists Books Collection, building a collection, curating exhibitions, writing articles, organising events, giving public talks, 1986-2016