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Papers and Publications:
Between the Floors: Art School Atmospheres / Conference Paper / Group for Learning in Art and Design Higher Education: Gathering Ourselves Symposium, Central Saint Martins. 2023
’Between illumination and darkness: Blackpool’s contemporary arcade atmosphere’ / Book Chapter / Consuming Atmospheres: Designing, Experiencing and Researching Atmospheres. London: Routledge / 2023
Insights: Public Lecture Series: Sharing recent research from The (Amusement) Arcades Phd Project and drawing coastal connections to current Holden Gallery exhibition: The Scholar Stones Project by Yelena Popova / Holden Gallery, Feb 2020
Rethinking Seaside Amusement Arcades through Sensation and Affect / Conference Paper / Royal Geographical Society Mid-Term Conference, MMU, April 2019
Sensation and Affect down at the Seaside Arcade / Conference Paper / The Royal College of Art NAFAE Student Research Conference, March 2019
Slots o’ fun! / Article / Holiday Issue of Modernist Magazine, Autumn 2018
Sounding the Seaside Amusement Arcade / Presentation / Institute of Place Management, Manchester, May 2018
Sensing the Amusement Arcade / Conference Paper / Provoking Discourse: Annual Postgraduate Research Conference / Manchester Metropolitan University, March 2018
Reconsidering British amusement arcades in the 1980s through the sensory and the temporal / Conference Paper / Recording Leisure Lives: Men’s Women’s and Children’s Leisure in 20th Century Britain Conference / University of Bolton, April 2017
Artworks and Exhibitions:
‘Clay stills from stone circles: WIP’ (clay pressings) and ‘Circling the stones: Beermat as artwork’ (photo, fieldnotes, beermat print) / Group Exhibition / The Stone Circle: Exploring ritual landscape at O! Peste Destroyed, Manchester, April 2024
‘Barber Shops of Levenshulme’ (film) in collaboration with Kamran Ali / Screenings/Exhibitions: Cinema in the City hosted by FACT Liverpool (13/08/2021), Bankley Studios & Gallery (21/11/2021), HOME Manchester Open Exhibition (24/01-27/03/2022) and Cinema Screening (26/02/2022)
‘Sounding the Seafront’ (series of seaside arcade soundwalk-works) / Conference Exhibition / a-n Assembly conference, Sept 2021
‘Coin-Operated: Seaside Amusement Arcades’ (film/photos/found objects/place-writing)/ Solo Exhibition / Fish Factory Gallery, Cornwall, July 2019
‘The (Amusement) Arcade’s Project’ (photo and accompanying written synopsis) / Group Exhibition / Images of Research at The Holden Gallery, Manchester, March – Sept 2019
‘Funland cafe’ (photo) / Group Exhibition / Sense of Place at White Room Gallery, Sheffield, Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
‘Fruit Machine’ (film) / Group Exhibition / Process at Bankley Studios & Gallery, Manchester, May – June 2016
*see instore for details (performance/intervention) / Virtual Interactive Exhibition / The Trafford Centre, Dec 2015
‘The Blue Guide’ (photo-collage) / Group Exhibition / Mapping Memory at Unfold: British Art Show Fringe, Leeds, Oct – Dec 2015
‘The Amusement Arcades Project: Soundscape” (sound installation) / Bankley Open Call at Bankley Studios & Gallery, Manchester, Oct 2015
'‘Photo, Postcard, Slide, Postcard, Photo’ (photo) / Group Exhibition / The Imaginary Museum: Art Library as Archive at Leeds College of Art and Leeds Central Library, Leeds, March – May 2015
Residencies:
Artist Residency at Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, developing archive of seaside and seaside arcade soundwalks. July 2021
Artist Residency at Fish Factory Studios & Gallery, Cornwall, exploring Cornish amusements culture. July 2019
Lecturing:
Senior Lecturer and Fine Art Pathway Lead for Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Levels 3/4) / Manchester Met University, 2023 - Present
Lecturer for Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Levels 3/4) / Manchester Met University, 2015 – 2023
Lecturer for Contextualising Practice in Art/Design/Media (Levels 5) / Manchester Met University, 2015 – 2022
Lecturer for Independent Research Project Art and Design (Level 6) / University of Salford, 2017 – 2018
Unit Leader for ‘At Your Leisure’ Special Topic for Design (Level 5) / Liverpool Hope University, 2017
Lecturer for Art and Design History and Critical Study (Levels 4/5) / Wigan School of Art, 2016 – 2017
Education:
PhD ‘The (Amusement) Arcades Project’ • Interdisciplinary Art and Geography PhD Scholarship at Manchester Metropolitan University • Supervisory Team: Dr Jenny Holt, Dr Tim Edensor, Dr Steve Millington • Due for completion in 2024
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education • Manchester Metropolitan University • 2015 – 2017
Postgraduate Certificate in Post Compulsory Education specialising in Art and Design • University of Bolton • 2014 – 2015
MA Visual Culture • Manchester School of Art • 2011 – 2013
BA (Hons) Illustration • University College Falmouth • 2003 – 2006
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design • University College Northampton • 2002 – 2003
Professional Development Courses:
‘Environment and Carbon Literacy’ • Manchester Metropolitan University • 2023
‘An Empowered Approach to Embedding Contemporary EDI values in creative education’ • University of the Art London • 2022
’Audio Visual Practice as Research’ • Birkbeck University of London • 2022
‘Soundwalking: Designing and Incorporating Sound into Urban Design’ • School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University • 2022
‘Art Criticism’ • Central Saint Martins, UAL • 2011
Further Creative Sector Work:
Instagram Researcher in Residency / Postgraduate Arts and Humanities Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University / May 2021
Project Co-ordinator for Exhibiting Research: A Training Programme for Academics / Manchester Metropolitan University, May 2018 – June 2019
Project Co-ordinator / Archives Alumni: Social Media Student Work Campaign Project / The Visual Resources Centre, MMU, 2014
Exhibitions and Contemporary Interventions Developer / Manchester Art Gallery, 2012
Permanent Galleries Audio-guide Project / The People’s History Museum, 2012
Exhibitions Co-ordinator / Sutton House, Hackney, The National Trust, 2011
Creative Campaigns Project Manager / Redstone, 2011. Clients included The Department for Culture, Media & Sport, BBC, TATE, UKTV, Big Lottery Fund.
Business Development Account Manager, Key Account Manager / Bridgeman Art, 2007 – 2011. Clients included Pearson Group Ltd, Penguin Books, The Guardian, The Times, The National Portrait Gallery, Historic Royal Palaces, TATE.
Exhibitions Assistant / The Association of Illustrators, 2007
Exhibitions Assistant / Imagination Ltd, 2006
Areas of Expertise:
Visual culture, sensory ethnography, art history and theory, fieldwork, site-writing, image making, soundwalking, curating and exhibitions, investigative art processes, art education, working with archives.