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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