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Memberships/Committees
Glasgow Connected Arts Network (Member)｜Working Class Creatives Database (Member)｜ HO.RR Curatorial Collective (Co-founder)｜Gush Residency (Committee Member)
Work Experience
Feb ‘17 - | Curator | Continual projects
Co-founder of ho.rr collective: a dual curatorial collective with Holly O’Brien bringing community-focused moving image events to Glasgow spaces, recent programme ‘Projections’ is ongoing.
Curating a series of events, exhibitions and projects across Glasgow, including Projections (ho.rr) (ongoing), Intermission (ho.rr) (2022), Peer In (independent) (2022), Would You Like to Get to Know Me? (Independent) (2021), and Blue, Green, and Everything InBetween (independent) (2020). Commissioning and supporting artists in the development and production of their work. Research, risk assessments, artist contracts, curatorial texts, budgeting, and fundraising. Design production and print of publications. Work with external suppliers, transport, and venues. Designed websites, wrote copy, and created content for social media, incl. Soundcloud and Vimeo. Documentation, photography, video, editing.
Sep ‘23 - |Community Engagement Officer | Glasgow School of Art
Engaging daily with various stakeholders within GSA’s local and expanded networks to advance the university's public engagement strategy.
Duties include:
Spearheading creative initiatives with local community and public body groups to co-produce a programme of activity that platforms capacity building, inclusivity, and learning.
Developing civic engagement strategies for GSA’a extended outreach
Curating exhibitions on campus for external groups, including Central and West Integrated Network, Maryhill Integrated Network, Garnethill Multicultural Centre and Wing Hong Chinese Elderly Centre.
On the Environmental and Social Justice Framework board to develop idea milestones and achievements as GSA’s committed endeavours to improve its impact.
Leader of GSA’s Climate group comprising staff, students and Garnethill community members
Delivering lectures for the PGT elective Socially Engaged Practice and the Art of Dissent
Collecting and archiving oral histories of local accounts for Garnethill’s legacy project
Sept ‘23- Present|Project Manager - The Neighbourhood Project | Fire Station Artists’ Studios | Dublin
Outreach and recruitment for community representatives, residents and local organisation staff members to join the project, administration tasks, facilitation of meetings, digital design, delivery of materials related to the project and development of new concepts for community initiatives.
Duties include:
Facilitating creative programmes for socio-economically disadvantaged children and young people
Securing funding through fundraising, application writing and partnerships
Developing a manifesto for socially engaged projects and strategies
Engaging local residents in events, projects and well-being activities
Delivering workshops in archival management, collecting oral histories and co-producing zines to create a legacy of civic pride for Dublin 1’s community
Oct ‘21- Sep ‘23 | Project Manager |icecream architecture | Glasgow
Project manager for digital and in-person community projects, including The Levenmouth Regeneration Project, Remembering Together: Co-creating Covid Community Memorial, Innovating Communities, Learning for Resilience, Maybole Regeneration Project and more.
Duties include:
Design and delivery of digital toolkits: learning relay maps, workbooks, cultural probes
Service Design and User Research to deliver regeneration programmes
Planning and delivering educational activities for school and youth groups, including workshops, digital painting, sensory activities, sculptural prototyping, and photography collage-making
Facilitation of online consultation events, including steering groups, stakeholders and community representatives
Budget management, reporting, and evaluation, tender writing and collaboration recruitment
Design thinking training online to groups of up to 33 people
Curating, developing and delivering public artworks in civic spaces
Improving and maintaining project KPIs
Active travel and capacity building across Scotland
Writing master plans and strategies and developing frameworks for stakeholder engagement
Writing copy and press releases
S.W.O.T assessments
June - September ‘21 |Curator in Residence, Studio Pavilion, Glasgow
As a Curator in Residence working on community-engaged projects at Studio Pavilion, my role was integral in advancing the gallery's audience interface and expanding its outreach.
Duties include:
Identifying local stakeholders in the community who represented target groups, including women's support networks, neurodivergent groups and mothers and family groups, fostering meaningful connections between the arts and local communities.
Forming a steering committee with the stakeholders and facilitating dialogue by encouraging opinions on the space and their involvement in various art-related activities.
Developing relationships with community artists and volunteers working in the area who might partner with the gallery through collaborative projects.
Monitoring and evaluating the success of the engagement strategies through Behavioral Change Evaluation and focus groups to measure changes in behaviour, attitudes, and perceptions resulting from the curated programme.
Curating and producing a public programme of screenings and intergenerational workshops, which took place on-site.
Hosting a final exhibition, inviting local groups to engage with the space, which provided refreshments and paper resources to connect with the gallery in the future.
Jan - June 2021 |Researcher/Curator Wave Particle, Glasgow
As a Researcher and Consultation Facilitator at WAVEParticle engagement agency, I was crucial in supporting project management, conducting research, and facilitating consultations on large-scale regeneration projects, including the District Regeneration Framework with Glasgow City Council.
Duties include:
Working closely with the project manager, and providing essential research, evaluation, and data collation support.
Facilitating online 8-hour workshops with breaks in between for the District Regeneration Framework with Glasgow City Council.
Researching funding resources, managing stakeholder engagement, and contributing to developing project reports.
Ensuring the project manager had the necessary research insights and data to make informed decisions and monitor progress effectively.
Producing evaluation documents that assessed the effectiveness and impact of the engagement agency's initiatives.
Preparing comprehensive reports highlighting key findings, recommendations, and lessons learned. These evaluation documents were essential in improving future projects and demonstrating the agency's commitment to evidence-based practices.
Supporting the development of research papers and publications by conducting literature reviews and compiling information into publication zines.
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 | Project Manager, Real Nation, Dublin
Managing and leading several major projects, including Creative Schools with Dublin City Arts Council, Our World Irish Aids Awards with the Department of Foreign, The Student Enterprise Awards with Local Authorities, Young Scientist and Food Dudes.
Duties include:
Managing teams of up to 15 team members
Leading call and recruitment campaigns
Design and delivery of educational programme for audiences from ages 5 - 18
Planning budgets for up to four years
Monitoring and maintaining KPIs
SWOT analysis
Biweekly reporting with clients
Pitching new concepts for programmes and writing tenders for new opportunities
Educational programming and monitoring
2018 | PR Coordinator, Blue Medium, New York City
Duties include:
Media sweeps for six clients, developing and maintaining relationships with media networks, event concepts and production.
Creating all production materials with Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Content creation and curation, social media lead, and website content editor using WordPress.
Producing social media content plans, evaluations and reporting to the director.
Attending events and building client relationships
2017 - 18 | Exhibition Production, American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Contributing to set design and production, including interactive, sensory activities for public youth groups for two major exhibitions, including Our Senses and Oceans: Unseen. Activities for public audiences comprise digital and interactive games, light installations, and immersive sculptures.
Duties include:
Monitoring and evaluating engagement
Report writing for the curatorial team
Editing documentation of exhibition for museum archives
Designing and developing prototype models for public displays
Hosting exhibition team meetings and pitching new ideas to the team.
Leading tours around the museum for secondary and primary school groups and researchers
2017 | Assistant Curator, Toth Gallery, New York City
Duties include:
Managing PR, artist liaison, and exhibition curation for artists Hector Frank, Matthew Tierney
Budgeting and KPIs for events
Handling artwork, shipping, insurance policies
Selected Curatorial Projects
2024 Artist and Workshop Facilitator, City Makers, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
2024 Curator, artist, facilitator, Shadows in a Theatre Box, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2023 Curator, Projections of Love, French Street, Glasgow
2022 Curator, Intermission, Studio Pavilion, House An Art Lover, Glasgow
2022 Curator, Peer In, Studio Pavilion, House For An Art Lover, Glasgow
2021 Curator, Would You Like to Get to Know Me?, publication & exhibition, Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
2021 Curator, Joan Eardley Centenary Celebrations, WAVEparticle, Glasgow
2021 Freelance Curator, GSA Showcase, Tramway TV, Tramway, Glasgow
2020 Curator, The Tradeston Project, Audio Artwork Series, (Online), Glasgow
Moving-Image Works
2024 Where They Care
2023 A Rock and a Hard Place
2022 Stomp Through
2022 The Glove
2021 Gestures
2020 Industrial Landscapes
2019 How They Moved at the Time
2018 Like Lovers Do
2016 Rotovated Text
Selected Writing and Publications
2023 Projections of Love, publication, ho.rr collective, Glasgow
2021 Nonbinary thinking, publication trio, Glasgow
2021 Blue, Green, and Everything Inbetween, publication, independent, Glasgow
2021 Speaking-with-communities, writing, Glasgow
2015 - 18 Writer and Editor, Ban an Ti publication, Dublin
2016 Aesthetica Magazine: Top 100 Emergent Artists
Selected Talks, Workshops, Screenings and Residencies
2024 Screening, International Women’s Day, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
2023 Invited talk, University of Glasgow, Sustainable Urbanism, Glasgow
2022 Workshop Leader, Recollection, Studio Pavilion, Glasgow
2022 Resident, Studio Pavilion Summer Residency, House For An Art Lover, Glasgow
2022 Screening, House for an Art Lover, Estate, A Reverie, Glasgow
2022 Exhibition, House for an Art Lover, Intermission, Glasgow
2022 Exhibition, House for an Art Lover, Peer In, Glasgow
2022 Invited talk, History of Art Symposium, University of Glasgow
2021 Screening, The Barrowland Ballroom, Would You Like To Get To Know Me?, Glasgow
Education
2020 - 21 MLitt Curatorial Practice, Glasgow School of Art jointly with University of Glasgow (High Distinction)
2012 - 16 BA (Hons) Fine Art and Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design (1:1)
Training, Certifications, Memberships
2022 Committee Member, Gush Residency, (Pipe Factory and French Street) Glasgow
2022 Founder, HO.RR Curatorial Collective
2019 Adobe Premiere Pro Essential Training, Academy of Film, Fashion & Design (Online)
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