Curriculum Vitae/ Resume
EDUCATION:
Cumbria Chamber Of Commerce And Industry & Cumbria Institute for the Arts, Carlisle, UK.
Feb ’05 – May ’05
Creative Business Course for Artists.
Institute Of Education, London, UK Sept ’02 – June ’03
PGCE Secondary Art and Design. Teaching certificate for England and Wales, teaching ages 11 to 18. Induction year completed at St Aidan's County High School, Carlisle, UK.
University Of Humberside, Hull, UK Sept ‘93 - June ‘96
BA (hons) Fine Art - 2:1 (1st in Theory- Gender and Ethnicity Studies)
Specialising in Women's studies, painting, installation, and sculpture.
Cumbria Institute For The Arts, Carlisle, UK Aug ‘92 - June ‘93
B-tec Nat. Dip. Art and Design
SOLO PAINTING EXHIBITIONS:
Foxes Cafe Lounge Series of Pastels alongside photographs by David Alcock Abbey St, Carlisle - September 2009
Carlisle Central Library Photographic interactive exhibition on the demolition of St Aidan's School - July 2009
The Artfinder's Gallery Series of Pastels 6 Queen Avenue, Liverpool, 6th November - 2nd December 2006
Ribborn Jazz Bar, Series of Paintings. El Born, Barcelona. January -March 2001.
Internet Exchange, Paintings and Drawings. Les Rambles, Barcelona. June- September, 2000.
The Bagel Shop, Series of Collages and Drawings. Calle Canuda, Barcelona. December 1999– January 2000
OTHER:
Gossipgate Gallery, Alston, Cumbria. Spring show 2009
Circle Bar, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. 2008- 2009 Ongoing display
Art in the Park, Windsor, Ontario, canada June 2006, June 2007. Display of work
Glasgow International Art Fair, George Square,Glasgow, Scotland, April 05.
Joint showing of work with Eleventh Hour Art Studios (co-op studio. Member of committee.)
Manchester Art Show - Manchester, UK, October 2005 - Represented by Artsquare Gallery
Artsquare Gallery, Muswell Hill, London UK – August 2005 to Sept 2006
ART PROJECTS:
Mentor for Creative Futures Cumbria, January 2010 to present.
Mentoring a fellow artist on how to organise and deliver workshops and residencies within schools.
Creative Practitioner for Creative Futures Cumbria, January 2010 to present.
Working with schools on creative enquiries.
Artist educator for Tullie House Museum and Gallery, February 2010.
Working with artist Karen MacDougall to deliver creativity sessions based on the 'Clouds Descending' Exhibition by Jem Southam.
Design Week Art Program for Art Gallery Windsor, Windsor, Ontario July 2007
Designed and delivered 5 days of art camp looking at different aspects of design for children aged 6 to 12.
March break Art Program for Windsor Printmakers' Forum, Windsor, Ontario March 2007
Designed, promoted, facilitated and delivered 5 different days of art projects for children aged 7 to 13.
Community Living Art project Walkerville Collegiate, Windsor, Ontario, June 2006
2 session Collagraph print project with Community living students during exam time at the high school. Voluntary project.
Voluntary Art classroom Assistant, Walkerville Collegiate, Windsor Ontario, March 2006 to June 2007
Working with grade 10, 11 and 12 students, including high level classes on WCCA programme. Assisting with projects through practical help and idea development. Design and presentation of greek mythology project.
CNIB Eye on the Arts Volunteer, November 2005 to February 2006
Art Auction and Fundraiser at Art Gallery Windsor for Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Committee member for organisation of event. In charge of soliciting artwork from local artists for event.
Printmaking Workshop Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. 12 Feb 2005
Whole day workshop, demonstrating and helping children silk-screen print onto t-shirts.
Community Project. St Aidan's County High School, Carlisle. February 2005
After the flooding of the city and school on January the 9th, pupils and the local community were invited to paint images on the ruined sports hall floor in response to the flood and Tsunami, within a large atlas outline.
Public Mural. Roadhead Village Hall, Cumbria. August 2002. 4ft x 8ft. Acrylic on board.
Commissioned by the Bewcastle Heritage Society to illustrate the local history of Border Reivers (Elizabethan border rebels), showing a scene of Reivers driving cattle back across the border to Scotland, past Christenbury Crag, after a night raid.
Community Mural Project. Bewcastle School, Cumbria. June 2002. 4ft x 8ft Acrylic on board.
Joint project with the above. Worked with school children through story-telling and drawing workshops to create a mural based on the children’s perception of the Border Reivers.
Public Mural. Roadhead Village Hall, Cumbria. August 1992. 6ft x 8ft. Emulsion on board.
Commissioned by the Bewcastle Heritage Society. An Illustration of the sacking of Bewcastle in the 15th Century during the period of the Border Reivers.
The Warren Youth Resource Centre, Aug to Nov ‘96, Queen’s dock, Hull.
Worked as a voluntary art room worker, supervising and encouraging underprivileged teenagers. Participated in Exhibition at the Princes Quay Centre.
Rosie AlcockVisual Artist
This site was updated in June 2006.
