Curriculum Vitae

 

Steffie Richards

Clovelly

188 Smalley Hill

Heanor Road

Smalley,

Derbyshire

DE75 7QY

01773 769656

07980646763

Email: steffierichards@hotmail.com

Website: www.steffierichards.co.uk

 

3)

 

1)

2)

 

4)

Image 1: Title "Jayde " Medium: Oil on Canvas with Projection 2004. 64" x 64"

Image 2: Title" Split Personality Medium Oil on Canvas 64" x 64" 2004

Image 3: Title: "Once There" life size 3D figurative study. Materials: Flax: PVA: Red Microlights. 2005

Image 4: Title: "Up Close and Personal" Medium Oil on Linen 72" x 72" 2006 part of a series

 

 

 

 

Education and Training

 

MA Fine Art Nottingham Trent University

 

Part time by RPT

Current

 

Keeping Art Safe (in Schools and the Community)

Jan 2008

 

The Art of Looking Sideways Training to be a Creative Agent with Black Country Creative Partnerships

Successful completion

Dec 2007

 

Arts Mark Award Advisor – training for mentoring young people 11 – 25 towards an Arts Mark award qualification at Bronze and Silver level

November 2007

 

Co-mentoring partnership programme Creative Partnerships Sage Gateshead.

Current ongoing

 

 

Health and Safety Training

June 2007

 

Cyprus College of Art – Summer Studio personal practice development

June / July 2007

 

Creative Partnerships - Training workshop for Science Olympics (Games) Event – 2007

January 2007

 

Evaluating Youth Arts ( Artsplan - Enyan)

December 2006

 

Focussing Creativity Business Training for Creative industries

November 2006

 

Dfes Learning through Creativity: Training for schools – Visual Arts

September 2006

 

Creative Partnerships Training for working with Special Needs

Current ongoing

 

Southwell Artspace Studio Programme

2006 - 2007

 

Nottingham Trent University BA Hons, Fine Art

2002 - 2005

 

Cyprus College of Art - Summer Studio

06 / 2004

 

 

Derby Wilmorton College

B-Tec Business Administration and Finance

1994 – 1995

 

Experience

Granby Primary School Commission project for Creative Partnerships / Assault events developing listening and speaking with children through Creativity; large outdoor and play areas painting

May 2007 – August 2007

 

Toot Hill Recycle: create Cityscapes from scrap materials

October 2007

 

Kingsway Primary School Mexican Arts Workshops: Exploring watercolour, Oils, Acrylics and Gouache with: with reference to Frida Kahlo.

Kingsway Primary School Painting traditional Mexican Masks

June 2007

 

Murray Park School Science Games workshops - Artistic Practitioner for – Creative Partnerships / Ignite Project

Feb 2007 – ongoing to March 13th 2007

 

Workshops with primary school combined outdoor workshops and sculptural project for Fairytale and fantasy site

Due April 2007

 

Forthcoming commission for Cross Cultural Project workshops relating three countries.

March/ April 2007

 

 

Artspace Southwell

Community Art workshop for children aged 4 – 16 in skills of casting. Casting hands – Discovery: looking at the cast hand and what it reveals.

July / August 2006 incl.

 

Artspace Southwell – Art Workshops – offering varying aspects of art and creativity on a "drop in" basis.

August 2006

Artspace Southwell – Support artist to Art Workshop in Felt making and creating a product – felt bags

 

Toot Hill School: Scrap Sculpture Community workshops x 4 10-16 yrs

Feb.2007

 

Toot Hill School: Figurative Sculpture workshops x 4 with Junior Academy

Feb.2007

 

 

Toot Hill School: Arts Academy – Big Painting

A series of workshops in painting large scale

Nov – Dec 2006

 

Toot Hill School: Family day: Casting memories: mould making, Casting and painting onto cast forms

Feb.2006

 

Toot Hill School: Mask making and decorating with acrylic paint

Summer 2006

Spring 2007

 

 

Holbrook Centre for Autism

Observational and support days spent with one group of 4 students leading to further observational and participant days and a project which supports the learning of symmetry.

2006

Ongoing

 

 

St Giles Special School

Observational support day spent with various classes and the current artists in residence

2006

 

Toot Hill School: Artist in Residence

Specialist School Status: Art and Sport.

Design, management and delivery of workshops:

Junior Academy Year 6: Figurative model making –" wire and modroc"; Self portraiture – "Conceptions v Fact"; Cast Mask making and decorating – "Festival".

Year 13: Body casting 1:1

GNVQ: Figurative model making and drawing

Senior Academy Year 7 & 8: Oil painting

Design, Management and delivery of Life Drawing classes and Oil Painting classes with Community Adults.

Family day workshops: ‘casting family memories’ making hand casts and painting their memories onto the cast.

Liaison with School Management, Community Arts, Heads of department and Art Department in development and evaluation of the Artist in Residency and workshops. Address of Health and Safety issues.

2005 - 2006

 

Newstead Primary School

Liaison with teachers and department heads to design, develop and deliver workshops with year 6 pupils focussing on colour and self portraiture through the mirrored image.

09/2004

 

Ashfield School

In partnership with St Wilfred’s Church to support and evaluate participant’s levels and requirements for project using 3D sculpture, printmaking, painting and cast mask making.

03 / 2004

 

Cherry Tree Hill Infants School

In partnership with Derby Audi Group to develop and deliver workshops with Year 2 pupils with severe learning difficulties

05 / 2004

 

Skills

Oil Painting, Acrylic and watercolour, Drawing, model making,casting techniques, body casting, video film and editing, Sound, Textiles - including embroidery, clothes making, tapestry, exploration into 3D construction as painting; Broad ICT skills; Health and Safety training.

Ongoing

 

Exhibitions

Currently creating 2 bodies of work towards first solo exhibitions

Current

 

 

Artspace Southwell "ANON 360" lottery exhibition

Jan 2008

 

 

Harrington Mills "Allotments" touring exhibition

Dec 2007 and Jan 2008

 

Bonington Gallery Group exhibition "Town and Country"

Feb 21st – March 9th 2007

 

Artspace Southwell Group exhibition "Process"

10th November – 30th December 2006

 

Artspace Southwell Open Studios exhibition

4th / 5th November 2006

 

Liverpool Biennial "Independents" 2006 - Exhibition "Brinskmanship " at 11 Wolstenhome Square. Liverpool

October 2006

 

Artspace Southwell DrawingSpace ‘The Inaugural Exhibition’

03 / 2006

 

 

Nottingham Trent University

Fine Art Degree show

05 / 2005

 

Junction 7 Compound’

Ilkeston Rd, Nottingham

03 / 2004

 

Award / Selections

Sci-lympics working with Creativity and the Sciences programme for schools

Feb. 2007

 

Liverpool Biennial Selection for the Independents Exhibition " Brinksmanship"

Oct.2006

 

Creative Partnerships Selection for specialist training ( paid ) for working with Children with Special needs and Autism

2006

 

Cooper Parry Selection - Contemporary Art Competition Derby

2004

 

Commissions

Derby Primary school To create an Fairytale / Fantasy area in the grounds of a and Build a Wren-den

April 2007 onwards

 

Large scale paintings for emerging band "The Tommies"

2006

 

Royal Army Corps Personnel caricature

2003

 

Portrait – Mrs.C.Johnson (Widow)

2003

 

Bibliography

Image of current work used for advertising Southwell Artspace inclusion to Open Studios week

For November 2006

 

Arts Council England East Midlands News Issue 16: Work featured as part of " A Successful Partnership"

02 / 2006

 

A-n Magazine: Work featured in relation to Artspace Southwell opening venture

02 / 2006

 

Mansfield Chad: promotional - Artspace Southwell

11 / 2005

 

Newark Advertiser – promotional press release with peer artists for Artspace Southwell

11 / 2005

 

Toot Hill School Community Arts promotion for as Artist in Residence with various Newspapers and school press releases.

09 / 2005

 

Evening Post Promotional press release for "Slug and Lettuce" Art Competition Nottingham

2003

 

Interests

Contemporary Arts, Athletics and Sport including: Marathon and Half Marathon distance running for charity / fundraising and Swimming. Improving creativity in schools

Ongoing

 

References

 

 

Rev. Richard Davey

Chairman:

Artspace Southwell

c/o Nottingham Trent

University

Clifton Campus

Clifton, Nottingham

Tel: 0115 8483279

Derek Sprawson

Senior Lecturer

c/o Nottingham Trent University

School of Art and Design

Burton Street

Nottingham

Tel: 0115 9418418

Frances Ashton –

Community Arts Co-ordinator

c/o Toot Hill School

The Banks

Bingham

Nottinghamshire

NG13 8BL Tel: 07967276969

 

Enhanced CRB

Current enhanced disclosure status from Creative Partnerships and Public Liability Insurance to 5 million.