Creating in Cornwall and Italy Whenever I am asked about where I come from, live and work I struggle to give an accurate answer and realise the reasons for my ambiguity. The pattern throughout my childhood was to feel I lived both in Cornwall where each year I spent 3 summer months, and in Rome […]
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Qualifications 2002 MA Fine Art Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall1988 PGCE Art Teachers Certificate, Goldsmiths College, University of London1985 B.A. Honors Degree in Fine Art (First Class), Falmouth School of Art, Cornwall Secondary School Education1978-80 The New School, Rome, Italy1975-78 The School of St Clare, Penzance, Cornwall1973-75 Deutsche Schule, Rome Italy Present Employment Freelance artist
Writer Mary J. Oliver and I have taught and exhibited together for nearly twenty years. Currently we are both working on projects relating to the past and the nature of memory. Mary has just published an unusual memoir. ‘Jim Neat, The Case of a Young Man Down on His Luck’. She uses a mix of
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Celebrating 10 years of workshops in the ‘World of Children’ I have been part of teams of artists over the past 10 years designing creative activities for children during WOMAD festival. Every year we respond to the set theme and the field is buzzing with creative children making costumes, flags and headdresses. The workshops are
The National Trust, Trelissick engaged in a series of creative programming and interpretation to improve the visitor experience resulting in an increase in visitor numbers. Jane Pugh (former) Creative Programme Manager, at Trelissick explains the thinking behind this commission: Christmas is a special time of year and, for some people, visiting their favourite National Trust
Il Labirinto Festival Calvi dell’Umbria, Italy 2017 I had an opportunity to show this piece of work in Italy as part of a yearly festival held in the medieval town of Calvi dell’Umbria. Initially created for Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and making reference to my connections to Cornwall and Italy, I was delighted
The project was led by Dance Republic 2 and was a bespoke multi academy Aspire trust schools project at Caerhays Garden and Trebah Garden in Summer 2017. The intention was to bring together teachers and pupils from a group of schools to work together, fostering a greater sense of community and belonging between schools that
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National Trust Trelissick commissioned me to interpret the life of one of the richest owners of Trelissick House. ‘A fresh interpretation that was of the highest quality, fun and engaging, was what we wanted and what we got from Alessandra. In addition, she created a show-stopping exhibition piece that literally made visitors to National Trust
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In 2017 I was part of a team of artists, designers and writers developing an exciting new resource within an existing space at Cornwall College in Camborne. Hidden inside a 1970s office complex deep in the heart of Cornwall, The Writers’ Block is a curious new world created by writers, teachers, theatre-makers and artists. I
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In collaboration with writers, dancers and performers this project was set in the dark Carnglaze Caverns. The children were involved in a dance performance with the backdrop of the caves in this alternative and atmospheric venue. Parents came to see the performance and climbed the many steps down to the lower caves walking through an