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2009:current
- Storytelling
and Art project
with adults with learning difficulties, Victoria Park Centre.
Exhibitions:
- Visual
Art Scotland, City Art Centre, Edinburgh. Awarded Powderhall Bronze prize.
2008
- Storytelling:
events
at Traquair House, Innerleithen. Bowhill Theatre, Selkirk. Eastgate
Theatre, Peebles. Schools, Borders. St.
Ronans Wells, Innerleithen. Smails, Innerleithen. Scottish Storytelling
centre, Edinburgh.
- Residency
at
Carlisle
University
under AA2A scheme, bronze casting.
- Project
based
artwork at Victoria Park centre, Peebles.
- Museum
project assistant,
‘Power of the Press’, 500 years of printing in Scotland.
- Painting
commission,
portrait, private
- continuing
to develop artwork and storytelling.
Exhibitions:
- Borders
Sculptors at Inverewe botanical gardens, Highlands
- Borders
Sculptors at Priorwood
Garden,
Melrose,
Borders.
- Mixed
exhibition, Gallery 4, St Abbs, Borders.
2007
- Public
Sculpture Commission: ‘Dwellings’,
coppiced and woven willow.- site specific sculpture and residency,
community element. Wooplaw Woods ,Lauder, Scottish Borders
- Stone
sculpture symposium, the
'Clach'- Kelburn
Castle.
Argyle and Bute.
- Mural
commission.’
The Doo Well’, designed and painted well head, St Ronans Wells,
Innerleithen. Featured on ‘Beechgrove
Gardens’,
Tern T.V. and in ‘D.G.B. Life’ Magazine.
- Freelance
sculptural
work for ‘Chalkworks’, Edinburgh.
- Teaching:
stone carving workshops at Carlisle
university.
- Storytelling
.
Aberdeen Storytelling and theatre Festival. Outsider Festival, Aviemore.
Honey festival, Innerleithen. Duns
Castle,
wedding party. Bowhill House, Selkirk. Various School visits in Borders
and Edinburgh.
Peebles and Selkirk Libraries.
- ‘Artfull’
-space for stories-mental
health and well being pilot project. Herdman
Flat
Hospital,
East
Lothian
(national initiative between Scottish Executive and Scottish Arts Council)
- Art+
Storytelling
City
Art Centre Edinburgh.
National Library of Scotland,
with Marion Kenny. Edinburgh.
- Museum
Project Assistant,
‘Ecce Romani’ Romans in Scotland
Exhibitions:
- ‘Faces,
Places and more Besides‘, 2 person show, with K., McQueenie,
- Old
Gala House, Galashiels.
- Flat
Cat gallery- mixed show, Lauder
2006
- Painting
Commission-,joint
with Kenneth McQueenie.- to design and paint narrow boat, ’Heironymous
Peypes’ afloat the Oxford Canal.
- Art+
storytelling; ‘The
big Draw’, National museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. ‘Travellers Tales’,
Chambers Institute, Peebles. ‘Green Man’ mask-making and stories,
Chambers Institute, Peebles,
- Environmental
art project: Victorian
Town Walk , Innerleithen. For S.B.C. museums service.
- Storytelling,
Aberdeen
Storytelling and theatre Festival Duthie Park. Edinburgh International
Storytelling Festival, the Netherbow Theatre, and various schools in
Edinburgh and Borders. Events for Borders Forrest Trust, and Wolfglen
Tipis.
- Museum
Project Assistant, ‘The
Guid Scots Diet’.
Exhibitions:
- His’n’
Hers’ , 2 person show, with K. McQueenie, Old Gala House, Galashiels
- Flat
Cat Gallery, Lauder;
- McHardy’s
Gallery, Peebles,
- Penicuik
Arts Centre,
- Chapel
st. Gallery, Innerleithen, -mixed shows.
2005
- Invited
to join the Scottish Storytellers Directory, as accredited
storyteller in the aural tradition.
- Project-Based:
‘Elements’
D.V.D, art and music project with Drake Music, and centre users at
Victoria Park. Premiered at Eastgate Theatre Peebles.
- Environmental
Art and
history. Town walk, Peeles. S.B.C. museums service. ’Into the Woods’
Innerleithen and Walkerburn, schools, Borders Forest Trust.
- Teaching
Art class, Innerleithen
- Freelance
Sculptural
for Chalkworks, Edinburgh.
- Storytelling
and Art :’Children
1st‘, Edinburgh. ’Out of the woods’ Borders Forest Trust,
Peebles. ‘Travellers tales‘, and ’Bairns’, , S.B.C museums
service, Peebles. ’Green Man’ stories and mask making, S.B.C. museums,
Peebles.
- Storytelling:
Aberdeen
Storytelling and Theatre Festival. Liberton community festival, Edinburgh,
for ’Wolfglen Tipis‘. ‘Hands on Archaeology’ day, Glentress
Forrest. St. Ronans school, and st Ronans residential home, Innerleithen.
‘Storyteller for the Day,’ Netherbow, Edinburgh.
- Appointed
Museum Project Assistant, part time post with Museum and Galleries
service, Borders, ongoing.
Exhibitions:
- Thirlstane
Castle,
Lauder
- Chapel
st gallery, Innerleithen
- Flat
Cat Gallery, Lauder. Mixed shows.
2004
- Artwork
Published ‘Tweed
Rivers’ -in anthology of new work by artists and writers inspired by the
Tweed and tributaries. publishers
- Teaching
Stone
-carving , public w/shops, Coldstream
Museum.
Slide lecture, Galasheils Studio Club,
- Freelance
sculptural
work for ‘Chalkworks‘, Edinburgh.
- Project
based Environmental
Art project , Peebles , S.B.C. museums service. Liberton Carnival,
mask-making w/shops, for ‘Wolfglen Tipis‘.
- Storytelling:
St Ronans Primary School, Innerleithen. Borders community Orchestra,
Selkirk and Kelso. Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh,
storytelling and craft w/shops for ‘Wolfglen Tipis’.
Exhibitions:
- Invited
Artist, Studio Club Annual show, Old Gala House, Galasheils.
- ‘
Stoneworks’,
Coldstream
Museum.
Mixed shows.
2003
- Illustrations
published in
‘Organic
Way’
horticultural magazine, H.Y.D.R.A.
- Project-based:
Art
workshops with centre users to create Mural, Victoria Park centre,
Peebles. Environmental art project at st.Ronans Wells Interpretive
centre, Innerleithen, S.B.C.museums service.
- Craft
workshops: Liberton
Gala day, Ocean Terminal and the Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh; and
Jedburgh Jail, for ‘Wolfglen Tipis’
- Freelance
Sculptural work for ‘Chalkworks’, Edinburgh.
- Storytelling:
Thornilee forest.
Exhibitions:
- Gallery
83, Banff,
Aberdeenshire.
- The
Wynd gallery, Melrose.
- The
Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder, Mixed shows.
2002
- Art:’
Field
of Scarecrows’ artwork for c.d cover, Carnyx & co. Slide lectures,
Peebles Art club, and Fortwilliam art club, under S.A.C. scheme.
- Freelance
sculptural work for ’Chalkworks’ Edinburgh.
- Craft
workshops,
at Liberton carnival, and Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh,
for ‘Wolfglen Tipis’
Exhibitions:
- Sacred
and Profane’, Clocktower Group show, the Picture Gallery, Peebles.
- Christmas
show, with Kenneth McQueenie, Penicuik Arts Association.
2001
- Public
Sculpture Commission,
the’Pirn Project’, completed and installed on hill fort in
Innerleithen. Open studio days,and schools visits. Public ’Opening’
celebration featured on regional T.V. Border News.
2000
- Public
sculpture commission: Pirn
Hill , Innerleithen. Seven bass relief panels designed, and carved in
sandstone. Commissioned by Scottish Borders Council and Tweed
Interpretation Project.
- Freelance
sculptural work
for ‘Chalkworks’, Edinburgh.
Exhibitions:
- ‘Sculpture
in the Sun’, Teviot
Water
Gardens,
Jedburgh.
- Flat
cat Gallery, Lauder.
- Clocktower
Group, Peebles Arts Festival.
- Christmas
show, Blackwood Gallery, Hawick.
1999
- Painting
Commission,
to design and paint ‘Heironymous Peypes‘, a long boat, afloat Oxford
Canal.
Joint project with Kenneth McQueenie.
- Freelance
sculptural work
for ‘Chalkworks, for Wallace
Monument,
‘T’ in the Park, and Royal Bank of Scotland.
- Lanterns
commissioned by Carnyx& co, Gala Concert, National
Museums
of Scotland,
Edinburgh.
Lantern making workshops for charity ,‘CHAS’.
Exhibitions:
- Clocktower
Group, Chambers Institute, Peebles.
1998
- Freelance
sculptural
work for ‘Chalkworks’, Edinburgh,
Croyhill altar, and coins, N.M.S.
- Artwork
for C.D.cover, Carnyx& co.
- Lanterns
for Storytelling event, the Netherbow, Edinburgh.
Exhibition:
- ‘Women
Artists‘,Phobe Anna Traquair benefit show, Edinburgh.
1997
My
Son was born.
- Freelance
sculptural work
for ‘Chalkworks’, Edinburgh.
- Project
Development worker,
p/t , for ‘Enlighten, Action for Epilepsy’, Edinburgh.
1996
- Public
Sculpture Commissioned, ’Souvenir’,
National Museum
of Scotland,
Edinburgh
- Freelance
sculptural
work with ‘Chalkworks, Edinburgh.
- Assistant
Manager,
Y.M.C.A, Penicuik, Midlothian.
1993-1995
- 36
Illustrations for
children’s book ‘Maxwell’ by Patsy Dyer, seeking publication.
- Freelance
sculptural work
for ‘Chalk and Grime’
- Post
Graduate certificate
in Community Education, (part time) Moray House, Herriot
Watt
University,
Edinburgh.
Exhibition:
- ’Flesh
and Blood’, Lancaster.
1992
- Freelance
sculptural work,
‘Chalk and Grime’, figures for castles, visitor centres, and British
Rail.
- Tactile,
sensory environment, Installation
created during residency at Woodlands
Special
School,
Aberdeen.
- Lantern
-making and parade, with
Unemployed Workers Centre, Native Festival, Aberdeen.
Exhibitions:
- Scottish
Society of Artists, Royal
Academy,
Edinburgh
- Uttershill
Castle
Exhibition, Penicuik
- Penicuik
Arts association Annual Show.
1990-1991
- Artist
-in Residence in Midlothian,
developed
practical classes for ages 8-80,exhibitions, community arts and
performance projects included Hobby Horses for Bonnyrigg gala day and
collaboration on ‘Crystal Cracker’, a mixed ability interagency
pantomime in Dalkeith.
- Teaching,
painting
and drawing , summer school, Lancaster
University.
- Stone
Carving public
workshops, animated trail, with’ Company of the Imagination‘., Alston,
Cumbria.
- Freelance
sculptural work
for ‘Chalk & Grime‘, environmental artists.
- Fire
sculptures and
drumming with Test Department, Beltane celebration, Carlton Hll, Edinburgh.
Exhibitions:
- Penicuik
Arts Centre, Canal Centre, Ratho.
- Native
Gallery, Aberdeen.
- SOLO:
‘Start
to Finish’- documentary of residency. Dalkieth, and toured Midlothian.
( supported by Scottish Arts Council and Midlothian District council)
1988-1989
Moved
to Scotland
- Arts
Worker with Ethnic Minorities,
(p/t) Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh.
- Performing,
drama and community arts projects, able bodied and special needs groups.
Constructed tactile music-sound environment , Royal
School
for the Blind.
- Freelance
set design,
Theatre in Education and various small shows,
- Tactile,
Sensory Environment, installation
created at Westerlie
School,
Scottish Council for Spastics, Edinburgh.
- Lantern
Making workshops
and parade, pilot for ‘Glasgow
all Lit up’, Drumchapple, Glasgow. For Welfare State International.
- Teaching:
art,
at Moorehouse
School
for maladjusted children, Bathgate. (part time)
- Celebratory
Arts- attended
Summer school of Welfare State International, Functional Arts;
performance, pyrotechnics, puppetry, lanterns…(part funded by Theatre
Workshop and Scottish Arts Council).
Exhibitions:
- ‘Prehistory
to Contemporary’, The Young Artists Club, Budapest,
Hungary
British Women Artists Diary Exhibition’ York
Festival. ’
- Felicity
Bowers and Mary Kenny ‘at ‘The Edge’, Bath.
1986-1987
- Public
Sculpture, ’Souvenir
of Tomorrow’ site-specific monumental work created during two summers
invitation to the International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Villanyi,
Hungary. ( approx. 2.3m.h, 10m diameter, 60 tonnes) Travel funded by
British Council.
- Fire
and music spectacle
created for closing of Symposium. Joint prize winner.
- Freelance
stone
carving and restoration.
- Props
for Natural Theatre co. ,Bath.
- Teaching:
stone
carving workshops at ‘Changing Places’ and ‘Access‘, Bristol.
- Visiting
lecturer at Gloucester,
Cheltenham
and North
Staffordshire
Colleges
of Art.
Exhibitions:
- The
Hannah Pechar Gallery, Surrey.
- Camden
Arts Centre, London.
- ‘Alternative
Contemporary Arts Fair’, Assembly Rooms, Bath.
- ‘Contemporary
British Women Artists’ Gunnersbury
Park,
London.
1984-1985
- Public
Sculpture’
Flying the Kite’, site specific sculpture, created during Stone
Sculpture Symposium, Isle of Portland, Dorset. (approx. 2.3m.h, 3.2m x
1.2m).
- Site
Specific commission, ‘Big
Grinning Fish’, Atsitsa, Skyros,
Greece
- Teaching:
stone
carving project with ‘approved teenagers’, Y.T.S. Bristol. Women’s
Road show, Bath Technical college.
- Public
carving workshops accompanying Exhibition, Wales.
- Freelance
stone carving restoration and masonry
- Studio
Burnt Down.
Exhibitions:
- SOLO:
The
Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe, Wales.( sponsored by Welsh Arts
Council)
- Central
Gallery, Bath,
Cleveland Gallery, Bath,
Neville Gallery, Bath.
- ‘Journey
of a kind’, Bristol Cathedral.
- Civic
Centre, Southampton,
Dorset.
- ‘
Witches’
King St. Gallery, Bristol.
1982-1983
- First
Sculpture commissions.
- Freelance
in
stone carving and restoration trade. Various jobs including finials,
spires, architectural details, fireplaces and mullion windows, cornices,
capitals, bosses etc.
- Crockets
for St.
Giles Cathedral. Edinburgh.
- Conservation
volunteer, West Front, Wells Cathedral. Somerset.
- Plaster
technician, Bath
Academy of Art.
Exhibitions:
- Festival
Gallery, Bath,
- Walcot
Reclamation, Bath.
EDUCATION
and TRAINING
- 1993-1995:
Post graduate certificate in community education.( part time). Moray House
Institute, Heriot
Watt
University,
Edinburgh.
- 1980-1981:Apprenticeship
training: Barry Baldwin & co. Bristol,
as stone carver and restoring mason. ( awarded grant for tools from
C.O.S.I.R.A)
- 1977-1980:
Bath
Academy
of Art, Corsham, Wiltshire. 2.1(hons), Fine Art Sculpture.
- 1975-1977:Bournville
School
of Art and Crafts, Birmingham.
General and foundation course.
- Born
Birmingham,
1959.
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