lesley collins M.A

 

lesley collins - Professional Summary:    

Coming from a professional artist background, it is very fulfilling to help students develop their own skills from what I have learnt as an artist. To create a stimulating work environment, full of enthusiasm is a ‘real joy’. Experiences in murals, installation, public art, fine art painting and drawing, printmaking (some textiles), 3D papier-mâché installations, art theory, have broadened my approach in class projects and wish to develop ways to incorporate art history, social issues that may work with other departments such as history or math. The more pupils can understand the world around them the better their own understanding in achieving/finding future goals.

During 2007 I completed my GTP Teacher Training, achieving NQT status. This had taken a few years to achieve as I had to attain a GCSE pass for Mathematics before my GTP.I have spent the last 3 years developing painting, exhibition/networking, digital photographic art and its use in assessments/drawing aids in art work, and would like to combine these skills within my teaching via more challenging multimedia projects. Although my range of foreign languages are limited my range of artistic languages are diverse. Having re organized past teaching projects/objectives/ assessment activities based on GTP training, (for instance), incorporating more whiteboard techniques to develop broader teaching strategies with step by step instructions as prompters or pupil participation in arranging designs in digital art or installation designs and one could say the most valuable method of teacher/peer/self assessment strategies.

What I’m looking for as an NQT, is to find a supportive and enthusiastic art team/institution so that I can contribute my arts experiences towards purposeful and rewarding projects. The projects highlighted within my CV documents the variety of challenging community arts activities which can transfer to the classroom. Please visit my web site in Picasa web albums les.collins@googlemail.com.

European studies in Barcelona and Rome broadened my outlook/expectations; formulating areas of cultural enquiry and experiences essential to any contemporary arts practice. Whilst time in Hungary revealed the opportunity of collating my entire art collection in order to reassess artistic directions and enquiries. Gathering photographic slides documenting my work prior to 1997 to compile a digital slide collection including work digitalized after 97 to current work and assemble web albums open to the public on Picasa will be useful in initial presentations/slide shows as a form of introduction to my teaching. My preferences are broad; I like to be with a caring and supportive team, within secondary education, (or FE, HE, community arts). I would instigate art visits to access artist‘s work/practices; instigate drawing/colour courses alongside investigations into different art languages and develop challenging projects within multimedia installation.

Being sensible to the economic changes, maybe the future lack of art posts means applying for general supply teaching? Which is no problem as it s really very interesting covering science lessons at one school, we finished with a test last day before Christmas break, the department was pleased with the results, easy with organised cover work.Experiences extend from museum/community workshops for young people of 6/16; Prison teaching; Secondary school education through to adult education (from non vocation to part time BA). These teaching experiences (artistic skills) in public art murals, community arts and installation, fine art painting and drawing, printmaking (some textiles), 3D papier-mâché installations, art theory, Digital developments previously explained could be implemented, for example, by developing a web site as an art gallery to find collaborative links with other schools in local/national/European institutions.

My Picasa website covers the range of activities achieved .Exploring the use of language in art…is a method ‘of thinking outside the box’. For instance, in critical analysis of Surrealism and understanding how to a variety of techniques can be used to build up a composition and uses of narrative. Uses of computer technology for pupil/peer/teacher assessment strategies are developments I have been adapting since my teacher training. Having re organized past teaching projects/objectives/ assessment activities based on GTP training, (for instance), incorporating more whiteboard techniques to develop broader teaching strategies with step by step instructions as prompters or pupil participation in arranging designs in digital art or installation designs and one could say the most valuable method of teacher/peer/self assessment strategies. In my last teaching post, introducing specialist artists, contributing to the performing arts department for visual props, displays, contributing to local authority competitions, as well as any other request made by other departments and after school activities were part of my role. Any employer will find me find me hardworking and enthusiastic, willing to adapt to systems/rules and situations as the flexibility in my employment record demonstrates.

 

 

lesley collins - Professional Experience:    

LECTURING AND INSTRUCTION/TEACHING EXPERIENCES

 

1988/89: Grimsby Wintringham Secondary: Ages 11-18 Years, Painting, printmaking, and drawing. Part-time, one year contract, No 68387769

1990/93: Grimsby college of art and design: Adult education, lecturing on foundation course, adult access, B-Tec and Non-Vocational courses in painting, printmaking and drawing. Part-time, one-year contracts renewed; No.61/992884

1990/91: Grimsby Franklin 6th Form College: Ages 16 — 18years, GCSE and A-Level art and design, Part-time, one year contract.

1991: hull polytechnic: Visiting lecturer and weekend workshop for the part time B.A Course.

1991/92: Grimsby Western Secondary Ages 11 — 16 years GCSE art part-time one-year contact.

1992/93: Doncaster H.M.P. Moorlands, young offences prison, art part-time one-year contract No. 05001538047100354.

1993/94: Grimsby setting up community workshops: Ages 5 16 at the Heritage Centre Museum, Cleethorpes Nature House and in Barcelona Spain.

1994/97: Grimsby setting up Artlandish Community Arts reg. Charity. Liaised within departments of N.E.Lincs, Social Services, Youth Services and local schools etc: Established and maintained a five-year business plan; fund raising over half a million pounds. Partnerships were developed with national lottery charity board; Safer Communities; D of E; S.R.B; E.R.D.F and other major fundraising bodies. Won 1 prize in the novelty

Section of Cleethorpes carnival 1996; B.T Environmental Award 1996; 2nd prize in the community arts section in 1996

1997/02: Practising artist and from May 2000 supply teaching at local secondary schools in art and general subjects.

2002-7: Lindsey school and Community Arts College, ages 11-18,

GCSE and A level art and design

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

1987 Imperial Studies solo exhibition, Cheltenham

1987 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

1988 Hunting group, Mall Galleries. London toured to Falmouth and Northampton

1988 Manchester Academy Annual Open, Athenaeum Gallery

1989 Royal Society of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries London

1993 Freshney Place Shopping Mall with Associated Grimsby Arts, Grimsby

1993 South Bank Jazz Festival with Associated Grimsby Arts, Grimsby

1994 Caja de Madrid, Barcelona Tallers Oberts

1994 Barcelona XI Marató de l’Espectacle, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona

1996 Artlandish group show, Hull Royal Infirmary

1997 Solo Exhibition Klongtoi Bangkok

1997 Solo Exhibition Thailand

2008 Solo Exhibition at Peter‘s Pieta, Salföld, Hungary

2009 Solo Exhibition, Salföld, Hungary.

 

AWARDS AND COMMISIONS

 

1987 Awarded Gloscat Travel Scholarship Rome Bursary at the British School of Rome

1993 Barcelona installation at Freshney Place Shopping Centre Grimsby

1993 The Barns Mural private commission Barton upon Humber

1993 The Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre Mural Project in conjunction with Blue Peter Award for Best Children’s Museum 1993

1993 Nature house Mural children’s project Cleethorpes

1994 Murals 3 sites in the Barrio Gótico, Barcelona

1994 Children’s Pavement Art, Arc de Triomf~ Barcelona

1994/97 Further projects, funded by Yorkshire and Humberside Arts, N.E.Lincs, National Lottery etc. during work with Artlandish.

2002 Healthy Eating Mural, National Health Primary Care Trust; Scunthorpe Market.

 

 

lesley collins - Education: 

1984/87: BA (hons) Fine Art, Gloscat.

1990/92: MA Fine Art Theory, Humberside Polytechnic.

1993/94: MA in European Studies in Barcelona and Winchester.

2005/06: GTP Teacher Training in secondary art at Lindsey School and Community Arts College

 

 

lesley collins - Interests:    Travel, people, community arts, reading [ Not Updated Yet ] 

 

 

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