I enjoy working with the community and have been fortunate to be involved in some very exciting projects. I work with people of all ages and abilities. The versatility of Willow makes it an ideal medium for working with the community, be it basic weaving skills, which can be used to make simple basket or small decorative pieces, or larger frame works for puppets and lanterns.

August 2002 - "Stepping Out"
Lead Artist for Carnival School - Dumfries, Scotland. Working with performance Artists and Makers to deliver workshops covering, Puppetry, Costume, Performance and circus Skills. Workshops catered for 6 - 14 yr. olds and worked towards a 'Grand Finale' performance.

August - September 2001 and 2002 - "St Ninian Festival Residency"
Artist in Residence- Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland.
Liaising with resident drama tutor to produce costumes, props and lanterns for Youth Plays and a Procession held during the Festival. Workshops were also provided for adults and the local youth groups to produce silk banners and handmade paper books.

August 2002 - "Summer Art School"
Sanquhar Academy, Sanquhar Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Working with two other Scottish Artists to deliver workshops in Mosaic, Batik, Silk Painting and Costume and jewellery design, for 11- 15 year olds.

August 2002 - "Graffiti Project"
Lochside, Dumfries and Galloway. Project working with Teenagers and Film Artist to Produce an Animated Graffiti Film to be publicly projected.

March - August 2002 - *What's In your Head" & "Bodies Apart"
Collaboration with Joe Hodges - Dumfries and Galloway Health Board, Scotland. Two Projects working with Primary School children using, photography, film, poetry, printing and body casts to describe the feelings of today's youth. Selected work from the projects was used to create multi media instillations.

May 2002 - "Adult Stress Relief Sessions"
Family Learning, Stranraer- Scotland. A series of Silk painting classes as part of a regional Stress relief project.

March 2002 - "Spring Art School"
Lead Artist for Primary School Holiday Project. Working with 3 other Artist to deliver workshops in papermaking, Silk painting, Mosaic, Batik and felting techniques

Oct - Dec 2001 - ' Express Yourself '
Adult education classes teaching a broad range of art and craft techniques. The acquired skills and techniques were then combined and used by individuals to produce a piece of work reflective of themselves

October 2001 - 'Story Telling Week'
Lead Artist for Story Telling Project, Lochside New Community Schools Centre Dumfries, Scotland. Working with four other Artists the project provided a fun and creative approach to books and stories, this was achieved by a broad range of Tactile and sensory stimulating activities, combining making and performance techniques.

June 2001 - 'Celebrations'
Lead Artist on project working with a team of 4 other local Artist to provide a week of workshops for forty-five 5 - 12 yr. old students (Lochside, Dumfries, Scotland). The week provided a broad range of making and performance skills, culminating in a 'Celebration Extravaganza' which incorporated a procession through rooms representing celebrations from around the world, ending with 'right here, right now' a celebration of the participants themselves.

November 2000 - 'Growing Up'
Residency working with young people (4 - 16 yr. olds) from Dicks Hill community Centre (Stranraer, Scotland) to create and publicly display a multi media instillation representing important personal aspects about growing up.

November 2001 - ' Water'
Over 5 sessions the members of Newton Stewart ARC of whom have varying physical and learning disabilities, Created Felt and silk hangings, clay 'refection' pools and handmade paper to represent water in the surrounding area.

September 2000 - 'Earth Works'
Series of workshops with primary school pupils using tactile natural materials i.e.: seeds, berries, grass and reeds, stone of varying sizes, leaves and flowers to produce temporary pieces of work, which were photographed as a permanent record.

May 1999 - August 2000 - 'Sheela McGig'
Working with 3 other local artists to produce woodland art events incorporating Instillation, interactive sculpture, costume, puppetry, performance and film.

November 1999 - January 2000 - 'Burns Night Lantern Procession'
Series of workshops with primary school children and various community groups to produce basic and feature willow and tissue paper lanterns for Robert Burns Procession in Dumfries Scotland

July - August -1997 - 'Charter 88 Velvet Revolution Tour'
Designing making and setting up props and backdrops for musical and visual production performed at universities and nightclubs to promote awareness of civil rights.

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