Selected Past Arts-Related Work Experiences.
2013 to Present-Manage and facilitate free public arts/ crafts Pop-Up workshops at "Strangford Lough Gallery" in St. George's Market, Belfast, N. Ireland.
2016-Present -Creative Peninsula Open Studio workshops. Facilitated Crafts and Needle felting Workshops at Yard Gallery, Holywood and Ards Arts Ctr, NI.
2015 to 2017-Invited Visual Artist/ Arts Demonstrator at Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, Green Craft Village, England, UK.
2010 to 2013-National Trust/ Member of Castle Ward Arts & Craft Group: Did twice weekly sculpture and painting demonstrations for the visiting public.
2002 to 2010-Ards Arts Collective, Arts demonstrations, (pastels and oil painting), Ards Art Ctr, Newtownards, Co. Down,NI, Ran local arts group.
2006 to 2010-Managed 21 art groups project. NI/USA Community Arts Sector Exchange research project, across 6 states of MD, NJ, PA, NM, CA & WA.
2004 to 2007-Healing through remembering (HTR), Partnership between HTR and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Facilitated a series of workshops for
field managers on theme of: Owning History"/ Visual Arts project and oral histories. EU funded cross-community, socio-cultural programme.
2004 to 2006- Mount Vernon Archive, Loughview community Action Partnership, Belfast. I facilitated six research and archive theory/ practical workshops.
2005- QUB/ Ghandi-King- Ikeda-Peacebuilder's Exhibition, QUB//SGI. I helped install the travelling international multi-cultural Peace exhibition, Belfast.
2004 to 2005-'Cinderella does Strategy', Mount Vernon Pantomime for MVCDF, I facilitated costume making workshops for Gerri Moriarty's Play, Belfast.
2002 to 2004-'Friends Forever'. CArrickfergus Council/ Rotary Club, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. I facilitated a series of workshops on Arts/ Banner making.
2000 to 2002-"P.A.C.T 2"/ Cultural Tolerance/ Integrated Education Grant/EU Peace II, Arts and Culture Project; BallyEarl Community Ctr and St. Malachy's PS.
1999 to 2000-Star Neighbourhood Mural Project, New Lodge, Belfast. Facilitated painting workshops, Created 2 large murals indoors. Belfast, N. Ireland.
1999 to 2000-Ards Sculpture Symposium, ACNI/AAC, Ballywalter Gazebo Installation (20ft x 20ft x 20ft), Co. Down. 12 Artists from NI and Finland.
1999-ACNI/ "Year of the Artist", ACNI/ CArrickfergus Council/Millennium Fund. 83 mixed ability participants,5 days/week for 3 months, 5,000 piece concrete
mural (8ft x 17ft) Maritime theme: Millenia of Boat Making and Ship-Building in the Carrick area. Installed at carrick' Marina Building Front Wall.
1997 to 1999-Brookfield Industrial Estate/ Flax Trust Arts and Crafts Studios/ Belfast Bronze Foundry: Cast Bronze Paperweights. Managed foundry, Belfast.
1996 to 1997-Edenderry Industrial Estate, Belfast, UNIT 1B5A,Mixed media sculpture. Studio for Sculpture Project, North Belfast, N. Ireland.
1984 to 1996-Taught Sculpture at Towson State University/ Goucher College, MD, and MICA, Baltimore: Taught Sculpture to Undergrads (Year 1 -3) USA.