I'm
interested in anything pretty much; working to commission, undertaking more illustration
projects, animations, collaborations etc. Also interested in teaching and workshop projects or ideas in this country or elsewhere.
Please have a look at my Etsy shop where you can purchase things effortlessly!
You can see a fairly detailed CV if you scroll down the page, and you can have a look at some other sites of interest if you have time on your hands!
www.repeatpatterns.freeuk.com.
www.willteather.com
www.rengrangrecords.co.uk/dubfromatlantis
Sarah Beare CV
Personal Profile
· Highly motivated, well organised with management experience
· Adaptable, enthusiastic, confident and friendly
· Maintenance of a diverse practice alongside a career in education
· Experienced in many practical and digital creative techniques
·
Eager
to explore new areas of skill or understanding
Aspirations
In the academic sphere I enjoy teaching and guiding students early in their creative careers. I am passionate about passing on the knowledge I have of methods, techniques and approaches, equipping students with skills for use now and in their futures. Developments in my intellectual and creative interests mean that moving into an academic role would be the most appropriate direction for my career to take and I'm seeking a professional role that makes full use of my skills and experience, and which has the potential to reward the energy that I will invest in it.
In my own work I'm developing the illustration side of my practice, in particular as it relates to the challenges facing developing world and my growing knowledge and understanding of those issues. I also have an applied creative practice that incorporates modelling, animation and photography as a means of exploring the human form.
Creative Skills
Digital
Photography for
animation, use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for drawing, text, layout,
video editing with Final cut pro, Dragon Stopmotion, Premiere, use of laser
cutter and APS Ethos software, interactive projects with Macromedia Director,
administrative duties with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Practical
Drawing (life drawing, scale drawing), model making and casting, animation,
laser cutting, papermaking, bookbinding, photography, printmaking
(screenprinting, collography, monoprinting), glass firing
Creative Practice & Recent Projects
Illustration and Graphic Design
· More and Better Food - Digitally drawn illustrations for a book published by Strategies for Hope, for use with community groups in Sub Saharan Africa (http://stratshope.org/b-cc-09-food.htm).
· Permaculture Posters - Illustrations and layout (in two languages) of posters for teaching Permaculture (sustainable agriculture) design in Malawi. The posters are now in use in many African countries and are being translated into isiZula (South African language) and French (http://www.sarahbeare.com/page4.htm).
Animation Projects
· 'Playing in Time' stop-motion animation was shown in two major exhibitions at The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, and in Akita, Japan ('unearthed' and 'Jomon Renaissance' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpAGt9_rhmI)
· 'Get Hooked!' an interactive how-to-crochet instructional CD-ROM
· 'Visual Haikus' a team project about Haiku poetry, with animated text
Curation of photographic exhibition
· 'The Chirombo Village Photo Album' came about when I lent a camera to two Malawian Schoolboys who took hundreds of pictures, a selection of which make an intimate and beautiful portrait of contemporary African village life.
·
Shown
London at the Foundling Museum and in Norwich at the Playhouse, and is used at
fundraising/awareness raising events in Britain. (http://www.sarahbeare.com/page5.htm)
Studio Project
· The Twelvemo Project explores the female form and issues of identity through the use of a fully articulated 14cm tall puppet, modelled by hand and cast in resin.
· The project includes sculpture, installation, photography, animation and poetry. (http://www.sarahbeare.com/page2.htm)
· An interview and images of the Twelvemo Project was included in the catalogue for the 'unearthed' exhibition (details below)
Career in Education
Qualified teacher of Art and Design in Further and Higher Education, with experience of varied post-compulsory educational student groups, from a training centre for un-employed adults, to Further and Higher Education establishments, independent organisations, schools and individuals. I have worked in many roles, as technician, personal tutor, visiting lecturer and am now in a managerial position. In all these roles I have been passionate about passing on skills to students and developing exciting, stimulating, creative and supportive working environments and resources and communicating clearly.
Drawing Workshop Manager at Norwich University College of the Arts, from 2007-date
· Delivery of life-drawing, mark-making, paper-making and book-binding (etc) Open Access workshops to students at all levels of study
· Facilitation of tutor-led workshops booked by courses, in life-drawing, mixed media, collaborative work etc
· Facilitation of single student bookings and assistance in the workshop
· Creation of handouts relating to the above and other workshops
· Line management of technician and life models, raising contracts, administering pay claims
· Management and maintenance of the Drawing Workshop and Model Making Studio, including budget management (Excel)
Short Course Tutor, at other sites from 2001-07
Generation and delivery of evening and weekend workshops in life drawing, bookbinding and papermaking at schools 6th forms, arts centres, and private groups. Most recently at Norwich School (independent school 6th form) Anteros Arts Centre in Norwich.
Lecturer in Art and Graphic Design, at City College Norwich from 2001-07
· Delivery of workshops to students on Nat Diploma, Access to Art, and Open College Network Art and Design courses
· Generation and writing of project briefs in collaboration with the Course Teams
· Personal tutorial responsibility on two courses
· Creating of teaching resources for using with students
· Writing lesson plans and schemes of work
· Curriculum development
· Field trips
Visiting Tutor at Norwich School of Art, 1999-2001
· Foundation Course, team teaching drawing and sculpture projects
· Visual Studies Course, visiting 2nd Year tutor
Visiting Tutor and Artist in Residence at Broadland Council Training Centre, 2000-01
· Delivery of workshops in drawing with the right side of the brain, fired glass work, printmaking
· Development of the facilities at the centre including purchase and installation of a kiln and small intaglio press
Foundation Course Technician at Norwich School of Art and Design, 1990-2
· Maintenance of materials and equipment
· Problem solving with students on the Art and Design Foundation Course
Training & Qualifications
HNC Multimedia at City College Norwich 2002-04 (Pass)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Post Compulsory) at City College Norwich, 1997-99 (Pass)
BA Honours Degree in Fine Art Printmaking at
Norwich School of Art & Design 1992-95 (2:1)
Publications, Exhibitions etc.
·
More and Better Food - Farming, climate change, health and the
AIDS epidemic
by Anne Bayley and Mugove Walter Nyika (ISBN 978-1-905746-16-3)
·
Unearthed: A Comparative
Study of Jomon Dogu and Neolithic Figurines
by Douglas Bailey, Andrew Cochrane and Jean Zambelli
(ISBN-10: 0954592123 ISBN-13: 978-0954592127)
· Made to Measure exhibition celebrating the hidden culture, crafts and aesthetics of domestic miniaturism at the Fusion Screen in the Forum Norwich
· Year of the Artist in 2001, one of a thousand artists' residencies during the Millennium year funded by the National Lottery
· Membership of Icograda, the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (http://www.icograda.org/)
· Membership of Indigo Indigenous Design Network (www.indigodesignnetwork.org)
Funding Raised
· Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (2010)
£1500 towards costs of visit to Japan to conduct workshops. Supported by Simon Kaner of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture and currently in planning.
· Chirombo Village Photographic Exhibition (2008)
£550 raised through sales of prints to pay school fees for two students in Malawi
· Permaculture Posters (2006 & 2008)
£2500 for printing of the posters from the Malawi Association for Christian Support
£1200 privately raised towards costs of research trip to Malawi to make the posters
· Year Of The Artist (2000)
£3000 Millennium Lottery Funding for residency at Broadland Council Training Centre
Interests & Other Information
Travel, whether for work or pleasure, world music, guitar playing and reading. I'm currently enjoying books about the human hand (Sennet, Crawford and Wilson). I speak fluent French, have a clean Driving License and an Enhanced CRB check (2007)