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)
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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.