PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2024 NSEAD Award: Community Luminary Award Winner Recognised with Georgia Naish for this award for Sketchbook Circle for championing Art education, pushing boundaries and empowering change within the sector.
2024 Sketchbook Circle Residential in Birmingham (April) A three day course for artist educators, working with Ikon Gallery, the Midlands Art Centre, Stryx Community Cafe and Art Gallery, Eastside Projects and BMAG. Workshops led by Amelia Hawk and Andrew Gillespie.
2023 Sketchbook Circle Residential in Cambridge (April): Bringing together artist educators from all over the country to take part in a 3 day residential in Cambridge with workshops at Kettle’s Yard, The Wysing Arts Centre and Cambridge Art Works. This was a residential Elinor organised for Sketchbook Circle participants.
2022 Sketchbook Circle Residential in Margate (April): This was a 3 day course organised by Elinor for artists teachers to come together to make work. It consisted of workshops at Turner Contemporary, with Ollie Briggs from Arts Education Exchange, life drawing with Ruby Rare and a visit to Keith Brymer Jones in his studio.
2022 From the Studio to the Classroom (March): Organised by Elinor and Georgia Naish, this was a day of on-line workshops led by artists open to Form 6 students from across the country. There were 16 schools who participated for the day, which included workshops from Paul Raymond and Charley Peters and a talk from Lee John Phillips.
2021 Connecting and Creating from Home (July): Georgia and I curated a day course on Zoom, leading a workshop exploring making Art from Art and inviting Paul Raymond, Wild Press and Tansy Hagan to run sessions as part of the day.
2021 Connecting and Creating from Home (May): This Zoom course curated by Georgia Naish and myself included workshops by Ben Meredith and Sue Riley and an artist talk by Amy Ash.
2021 Connecting and Creating from Home (March): Georgia Naish and I curated a day event on Zoom, leading a practical workshop with sessions led by Roz Edenbrow and Sam Hobbs as well as an artist talk by painter Charley Peters.
2021 Native Creatives: Georgia Naish and I gave a talk about Sketchbook Circle to this tri-annual programme that is established to support artist educators.
2021 Young Artists’ Circle. Many of those in the main circle are parents and Georgia Naish and I established a circle for young artists which allowed an exchange between the children who often sit and work alongside their artist parents.
2020 InSEA Webinar ‘How does your identity as an artist teacher support your own wellbeing, and also enhance your classroom practice?’ Georgia Naish and I were invited to speak about the Sketchbook Circle project and the impact that it has on those within its community.
2020 Sketchbook Circle course (November): Georgia Naish and I curated a day event on Zoom, learning a practical workshop with sessions led by Lee John Phillips and Stephen Fowler.
2020 Connecting and Creating from Home (August): Georgia Naish and I curated a day course on Zoom working with Roz Edenbrow, Rosy Prue and running a workshop of our own.
2020 Sketchbook Circle workshops Oakham School (February): Georgia Naish and I curated a day course held in the Art department at Oakham School.
2018 Sketchbook Circle Residential in Berlin. I planned and led three days of workshops, gallery visits and site specific experiences in Berlin with Harriet Poole and Georgia Naish. Twenty Art teachers from the UK and Ireland attended giving themselves the chance to connect with their practice, meet other artist educators and to explore the city.
2017 Arnolfini Workshops: A weekend of workshops that I organised at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. Workshops were led by artist educators and participants had the chance to explore new materials and techniques.
2017 We Need to Talk About This: Changing Perceptions of Art's Role and Value in Society. A seminar at Slade School of Art which was an opportunity for art educators to discuss practices across institutions and qualifications frameworks. I gave a talk about the projects at Gerald Moore Gallery and the impact on me as an artist educator working in a school.
2017 Sketchbook Circle exhibition and workshops: I organised a day of CPD and an exhibition at Gerald Moore Gallery for the fourth consecutive year to celebrate Sketchbook Circle. Artist educators led workshops throughout the day with large numbers of participants attending from all over the country.
2016 Sketchbook Circle Summer School: At this two day summer school I organised at Gerald Moore Gallery there were a range of artist-led workshops giving participants the chance to try book-binding, contact photography and to explore a more conceptual approach using the gallery to display artworks.
2016 Sketchbook Circle exhibition and workshops: I organised and led a large CPD event at Gerald Moore Gallery with 75 art teachers attending from all over the UK. Practical workshops and an exhibition of work from Sketchbook Circle 2015. Supported by Big Draw and the NSEAD.
2015 Sketchbook Circle: An exhibition of work from Sketchbook Circle at the Baltic on Tyneside. Alongside this were a series of workshops for artist teachers. I led a workshop exploring the concept of play through writing, reflection and sculpture.
2015 Making Things. Arts Practice in the Doctoral Form: I participated in an exhibition of work alongside other doctoral students in the department of Art, Design and Museology.
2014 TEA Sketchbook Circle Exhibition and Workshops: I organised and led a large event for art educators at Gerald Moore Gallery. I curated an exhibition of work from the TEA Sketchbook Circle and organised a day of workshops led by teachers from around the country. There were 80 people attending and it was supported and attended by the NSEAD and the Campaign for Drawing.
2014 IJADE Publication: Artist Teachers Exchange: Reflections on a Collaborative Sketchbook Project for Secondary School Teachers
2014 What's the Value of Art? I organised a national project where art teachers made artwork in response to this question 'What is the value of art?' in order that they could be displayed in classrooms across the country. The images were exhibited alongside Bob and Roberta Smith's work as part of Deptford X on Creekside. They are now available as part of NSEAD resources. I also ran a workshop for the Art PGCE students at Goldsmiths in association with Deptford X.
2013 IJADE conference: Artist Teachers Exchange. This paper given with Susan Coles was an opportunity to evaluate and reflect upon the first TEA Sketchbook Circle.
2013 TEA conference at the National Gallery: I presented to the conference about the Sketchbook Circle project I established for TEA and gave a presentation about the use of drawing at Gerald Moore Gallery.
2013 TEA Sketchbook Circle: I established this circle of artist teachers as a development of the TEA project. In this first year there were 29 participants. This collaborative project has a very active Facebook group and in 2014 over 100 teachers took part nationally (as well as many teachers setting up circles in their own regions, schools and classrooms.) In 2017 the circle has nearly 300 members in the UK and Europe and a Facebook group of over 800 members. sketchbookcircle.com.
2012-13 TEA: Thinking Expression Action. I took part in this funded supported by the NSEAD, Campaign for Drawing and NADFAS. It focused on the use of drawing within learning contexts and involved art teachers writing case studies and developed an active on-line community. I had a case study exploring opportunities in the gallery included in the project.
2012 IJADE conference: I gave a paper introducing Gerald Moore Gallery exploring the collaborative learning that takes place throughout the organisation.
2012 In Mercy for a Trespass: An outdoor installation at Manor Farm heritage site in Ruislip, London, inspired by the history of the site, where there used to be a motte and bailey castle and manorial court, and made in collaboration with Emily Orley and Constantine Gras
2009-2012 The Art Department. A collective of artists and designers working in educational field in a collaborative project ‘The Homework Club’. Set up in collaboration with Tanya Paget.
2009 The Patina of Antique Filth. A site-specific immersive installation with sound by Tim Dutton at Shunt Lounge, London. In collaboration with Emily Orley.
2009 'Hampstead Road: an art installation documenting the history of a site.’ Paper delivered at Sites of Performance: Mapping/Theatre/History, a three day conference at Nottingham University.
2008 Mediatised Site Performance Festival, Dance City (Newcastle Upon Tyne). The culmination of a six month interdisciplinary online project involving artists from all over the world. (http://mediatisedsites.net)
2008 Meme 1,2 and 3: web-based dialogues with Emily Orley. Work was posted online in response to the city to develop a visual correspondence.
2009 Hampstead Road. A site-specific installation with sound at the Camden People’s Theatre with sound by Tim Dutton. In collaboration with Emily Orley. (March)
2009 Two Journeys Ending in One Place. A short film made in collaboration with Emily Orley and Abi Priddle documenting two journeys across London ending at Warren Street Underground station.
2007 State of Ignorance. Installation and photographs at Execution, Brick Lane. In collaboration with Emily Orley.
2007 Traces of Mr Shillibeer. Photographs taken in and inspired by the Pleasance Theatre, Islington. In collaboration with Emily Orley.
2007 The Way to be Rich according to the Practice of the Great Audley. A small exhibition of photographs taken in, inspired by, the Mayfair Library. In collaboration with Emily Orley.
2006 Sketchbook Circle. A year-long postal project allowing seventeen artists to work collaboration
2006 Found Lunatic by Inquisition. A site-specific installation at the Hoxton Distillery, London. Created in collaboration with Emily Orley.