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INFORMATION ABOUT SUNNINGWELL TUTORS
Diana Bell MA Fine Art
Teaches mixed media courses in both 2D and 3D with an emphasis on contemporary
art practice. Her own work is sculpture, mixed media installation and public
art. Diana has exhibited in the UK, France, Germany and Romania and
has helped co-ordinate several European exchange projects. She has
a wide experience of artist residencies and examples of her public art can
be seen in the Oxford area. For more information www.dianabell.co.uk
Christine Burgess
Trained at Manchester College of Art, has taught in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire
for many years. She has exhibited regularly in the Oxford area and more widely
in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Bath, Cheltenham and Wales. She has work
in collections in France, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Sweden and USA She is
a past chair of Oxford Art Society and past co-ordinator of Oxford Confederation
of Artists & Makers (OXCAM) which campaigned for better exhibition facilities
for artists in Oxford. She is a member of Oxford Sculptors Group.
e-mail: christineburgesshunt@02.co.uk
Emma Cavell
Gained a 7302 City & Guilds qualification in delivering learning
at Abingdon College in 2004. Went on to teach Creative
Mosaics in adult education at Abingdon College in 2005.
Worked for the WEA in 2006 teaching mosaics to young mums at the
Blackbird Leys Family Centre, Oxford. Has taught basic mosaics
to day patients for therapeutic benefit at the Didcot Day
Centre. Emma runs creative mosaic workshops for children
and adults at Cornerstone Art Centre, Didcot (as well as her own
regular courses at The Freeman Hall, Harwell) and has also
organised student exhibitions for Abingdon College, All Saints
Church in Didcot and Didcot Library. Has taught creative mosaic
workshops at Sunningwell School of Art since 2005.
www.memorablemosaics.co.uk
Davina Chapman
Graduated
from De Montfort University with a B.A.(Hons) degree in Fine
Art. She has exhibited work in Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire. Davina has many years experience working
within the education department of the Museum Service where
she facilitates and organizes arts based workshops and activities.
Susan Drew
Studied at Central St Martins School of Art and Design,
(BA Hons) Ceramics, followed by a Masters at Cardiff College
of Higher Education. After graduating she moved back to Oxfordshire
and set up a workshop producing decorative wall pieces and
thrown decorative domestic-ware exhibiting widely through galleries
and craft shows.
Neil Drury
For over fifteen years he has worked and exhibited as a painter and printmaker
mostly in and around Oxford. Whilst his output is varied in style and medium,
his one creative constant is the expressive use of colour. In his teaching
at museums, art schools, abroad and at his studio, enjoying and understanding
colour is again very much a keynote. A keen interest in art history informs
all his work and travel schedules to galleries, museums and exhibitions at
home and abroad.
Pam Foley
Pam maintains a
sculpture studio practice in Farthinghoe, just outside of Banbury,
and has been involved in art for over 25 years. Her background
is in teaching to children and adults at schools in her native
USA (San Francisco and the Bay Area) as well as in the UK. She
is originally from New England USA, but now lives in Jericho,
Oxford. Although
her artwork is synthesis of traditional representations depicting
the human form her particular interest is in artefacts and
archetypal imagery, and it's relevance to contemporary times. Pam
has exhibited, and has work in private collections in the USA,
France and in the UK. She can be contacted at email: pfmail@btinternet.com and www.pamfoley.co.uk
Ron Freeborn
Retired Head of the Art Department, Didcot Girls' School after 30 years. Currently
teaching life drawing at St Mary's Wantage and Sunningwell School of Art.
He has exhibited in Newbury, Henley, Blewbury and Oxford. Paintings in private
collections in all 5 continents and is represented in the Government
collection. His work can be seen at shopart.uk.com.
Ron Freeborn organises trips for artists to Venice annually.
Pauline Gibson
Studied painting and ceramics at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham. She has exhibited
work in ceramic, ceramic mosaic and paint. Her painting, some times abstract,
is based on observation and reflects her interest in colour, perception
and light. Her ceramic sculptures are based on natural forms. She taught
ceramics and art in secondary schools and adult education and has been a
tutor at Sunningwell for 19 years. www.paulinegibson.co.uk
Pat Gove
Graduated from
the University of Wales, Aberystwyth with a degree in Fine
Art. Has been teaching water colour painting
in Oxfordshire for the past 15 years, latterly at Cumnor and
Kennington Community Education Centre, Abingdon & Witney
College and Denman College. Exhibits during Artweeks
and at other venues in and around Oxford.
Kassandra Isaacson
Born in the USA, and resident in Britain since 1967.
Trained in Britain at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford in
1976. Taught painting and drawing for many years until
recently for Adult Education at North & West Oxford Adult
Education. As well as organising and leading a series of
Summer Life Drawing Intensives, she has taught regular drawing
workshops in the Ashmolean and Christ Church Picture Gallery.
Has also taught life drawing at the Ruskin School, Oxford
College at Oxpens and Wolfson College. Has participated in
many exhibitions, including The Royal West of England, OPC, OAS,
MAO, The Arnolfini in Bristol. Has work in public and
private collections, including The Churchill and Radcliffe
Hospital collections, and the permanent collections of Hertford
and Wolfson Colleges. A Founder member of Oxford
Printmakers she has also served over the years on many
committees including Oxfordshire Artweeks,
Kids@Art, The Oxfordshire Area
Arts Council, North & West Oxfordshire Education Committee and
as the Hon. Secretary for Oxford Art Society.
Alison Jones
Graduated from Camberwell College of Applied Arts, London with a B.A. Hons
degree in ceramics. Since then has become a member of the Oxfordshire Craft
Guild and has set up her workshop in South Oxfordshire. Alison explores the
human form and exhibits figurative drawings, collages and ceramics. Teaches
pottery and figurative sculpture courses at Sunningwell and is a tutor in
a variety of education establishments, as Artist in Residence and Arts Youth
Worker. www.alisonjonesceramics.co.uk
Anna Lever
Became Director of Sunningwell School of Art in 1995 after many years of experience
working in course administration. Over the past fifteen years her interest
in sculptural ceramics has led to many exhibitions locally and in London.
She is a member of Oxford Art Society and the Royal Society of British Artists
and was the winner of the RBA Annual Sculpture Award in 1990. In 2001 she
exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Beth Palmer
Beth Palmer was born in Oxford, grew up in Nigeria
and returned to the UK at the age of 16. She studied
Art at Epsom Art College followed by London University, at
Whitelands College (part of the Roehampton Institute) where
she completed a combined degree in Art and Religious Studies. She
gained an Honours in 1980, specializing in ceramics, and then
completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Beth has
spent much of her spare time in her ceramics workshop concentrating
on handbuilt ceramics made in stoneware fired crank and porcelain,
many based on the landscapes and colours of West Africa. Recently
she has been working in crank, white earthenware and mixed
media, in particular combining handmade paper, textiles, wood
and ceramics .
Jane Pollard
Her creative experiences and interests have mainly
been in two-dimensional art forms. Since obtaining her degree
in textiles, she has enjoyed working with surface design in
mixed media and exhibiting in group events. Has considerable
teaching experience with students in secondary education and
is currently involved with teaching art and design in further & adult
community education.
Sarah Wenden
Studied at Hornsey, Central & Slade Schools of
Art, London. She was a Junior Fellow at Cardiff School of Art
and then taught at various art schools. She is a landscape
painter living in Oxford who has exhibited widely in London,
Oxford & elsewhere.
Anthony Wilder
Gained a
BA degree from Bath Academy of Art and a PGCE from the University
of Reading. He taught Art at Theale Green
School and then spent thirteen years as Head of Art at Denefield
School in Reading. During this time he enjoyed a sabbatical
year painting, part of it in Italy. Since 1994 he has
divided his time between part time teaching and painting. In
1998 he left school teaching for tutoring in adult education
and to continue painting and other business interests. His
painting, which is predominantly in watercolour, is about feelings
for particular places. In November 2006 he published
a book on a group of Victorian artists who lived in his home
town of Wallingford.
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