Above: Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2023) Light Organ sculpture project.
My work as an artist educator and facilitator spans over 20 years across museums, galleries, heritage sites, schools and community settings. It is a distinct and dedicated strand of my work, with its own portfolio site.
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This artist-in-residence at Darnall Community Nursery explores an enquiry research question; ‘How does using a creative approach in the sensory space and outdoor art workshop space develop and improve language and communication outcomes for children with english as an additional language?’ This project focused on developing the multi-sensory space together with the outdoor learning resources and find new ways to encourage communication both verbally and non verbally.
This book documents a year long research project run at Royd Nursery Infant school as part of Creative Partnerships programme. ‘From Reggio to Royd’ was inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach practiced in Pre-schools in Northern Italy. The project invited the children to explore the classroom and non-classroom spaces within the school and make decisions about improving them. Our documentation focuses on the relationship between the artist, teacher and children as they work together. The book shows the changes made to the school environment and decribes our thoughts and learning experiences along the way. We hope it will provide inspiration and information for both teachers and artists interested in child-led learning.
