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- Lecturer in Art Culture and Education
- IOE - Culture, Communication & Media
- UCL Institute of Education
I teach on the MA Art and Design in Education and MA Museums and Galleries in Education. I studied art at Manchester Metropolitan University in the 90s and later Goldsmiths College, where I began research into the politics and aesthetics of liberal arts education. Since 2000 I have worked as an artist and taught art and contextual studies at colleges and universities across London. Alongside this I have worked as an artist educator at museums and galleries including Tate Modern (2004 - 2010), The Serpentine Gallery (2006 - 2009), The British Museum (2002 - 2005), The Hayward Gallery (2003) and Camden Art Centre (2006 - 2008).
My current research examines the legacies of fine art education formed under the welfare state within the contemporary 'neoliberal' university, and the ways in which historical models of the artist haunt, are mobilised and persist through pedagogy, marketing and the ‘educational turn’ in curating.
Other research interests include:
The hIstoriography and fantasies of the art school
Political economies of art and art education
The social production of art
Art education and critical thinking in schools
Materiality in the digitised classroom
Narrative and practice-led research methods
Lecturer MA Art and Design in Education
Lecturer MA Museums and Galleries in Education
Module Leader: ‘Material and Virtual Cultures’, ‘Alternative Models for Art Education’
Co-tutor ‘Practice Based Research in Art & Design’, ‘Contemporary Art and Artists in Education’, ‘Dissertation’ (studio practice & written routes)
Co-convenor and tutor 'Alternative Pedagogies for Artists and Educators' & ‘Learning in Galleries’, short course with Engage, The Journal for Gallery Education