Creative and academic mentoring sessions and surgeries - finding your way
With 25 years’ experience working alongside artists, designers, photographers and academics across disciplines in creative, health and science environments linked to higher and further education, I have a solid understanding of inclusion and the ups and downs of creative and academic practice, and supporting people to find their way.
I have delivered extensive numbers of one-to-one tutorials, portfolio and academic writing/curatorial/CV writing reviews either within higher education or privately and have mentored individuals for the last 20 years focussed to continuing personal and professional/creative development, those who are developing their teaching practice in further and higher education and in the pursuit of fellowship of Advance HE.
As a highly experienced art, history of art and design lecturer and academic developer I have a finely tuned eye for how creative practice can be built on, refined and contextualised in the art world from a practice base and art writing perspective.
One of my strongest skills is in personal and creative development, helping creatives and academics find new directions and redefine the possibilities for their practice-based activity and in their role contexts.
I also have expertise in supporting creatives develop written content to describe and enhance the concepts, theoretical elements of their practice as aspects of curation and display, CV re-development, or for web pages and blogs.
I regularly give surgeries with students, graduates, creatives and academics who wish to re-establish their practice after a break, raising a family or dedicating time to a full time career.
If you are at the point where you would like to collaborate together with an experienced eye and thinker who can also help you express or re-position your ideas, re-ignite and explore the potential of your practice or writing then please do get in touch. The options listed below are a guide, however each client is different, and sessions are tailored to your individual needs.
Mentoring + Professional Practice Clients include academics and students from:
University for the Creative Arts
University of Arts Bournemouth
University of Kent
Canterbury Christ Church University
EKC Group
Edinburgh College of Art
+ Independent Photographers, Artists and Designers
mentoring services include one-to-one:
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An ideal session tailored to you where we will collaborate to develop new direction you want to take and how to resource this with a targeted and stepped approach. Sessions may be recorded and will be followed up with summary and next steps for reflection and review. You will come away with a clear sense of ideas to kick start either creative, practical and/or theoretical activity.
Session Length 1.5 hrs £90
1.00 hr follow up sessions can be booked at the rate of £45 to review your ongoing practice and take time to reflect and refine/evaluate your activities
Or book a block of mentoring sessions, encompassing a 1.5 hr long creative kick start followed by 4 further sessions, £250
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These sessions are tailored to your individual writing requirements, and we will collaborate to develop the direction you want to take as well as build on developing your approaches for independent research, ideas generation, drafting, refining and editing strategies. Sessions may be recorded and will be followed up with summary and next steps for reflection and review. You will come away with a clear sense of ideas to kick start and hone your writing activity.
Session Length 1.5 hrs £90
1.00 hr follow up sessions can be booked at the rate of £45 to review your ongoing practice and take time to reflect and refine/evaluate your activities
Or book a block of mentoring sessions, encompassing a 1.5 hr long creative kick start followed by 4 further sessions, £250
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These sessions are tailored to your individual writing requirements, and we will collaborate to develop the direction you want to take to develop self-promotion and writing for curation and display as well as build on developing your approaches for independent research, ideas generation, writing, refining and editing strategies. This can also include CV development or refresh activity. Sessions may be recorded and will be followed up with summary and next steps for reflection and review. You will come away with a clear sense of next steps and ideas to kick start your writing activity.
Session Length 1.5 hrs £90
1.00 hr follow up sessions can be booked at the rate of £45 to review your ongoing writing practice and take time to reflect and refine/evaluate your activities
Or book a block of mentoring sessions, encompassing a 1.5 hr long creative kick start followed by 4 further sessions, £250