Education
British Sign Language
Level One, Signature
January - July 2015

Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
Distinction, Level 4, City and Guilds
September 2011- January 2012, Blackburne House, Liverpool

BA Hons Embroidery
First Class Honours 
September 2005 - June 2008, Manchester School of Art 

Erasmus Exchange 
January 2007 – April 2007 Kunsthøgskolen I Bergen, Norway (Textiles Department) 

BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies: Art & Design 
Distinction
September 2004 – June 2005, Manchester School of Art 

Employment
Blue Room & Anchor Lead Facilitator, Bluecoat, Liverpool
April 2010 – Present

Freelance Arts Practitioner & Workshop Facilitator 
Clients include Voluntary Arts England, Wirral Autistic Society, Haworth Art Gallery, Blackpool Council and NHS Knowsley. 
July 2009 - Present
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Manchester School of Art 
December 2011 - April 2013

Artistic Assessor Arts Council England
January 2011 – December 2012

Selected Exhibitions 
Can I Use Glue Instead? PS Mirabel, Manchester, Jan- Feb 2015
Matchbox City Brink Liverpool, Touchstones Rochdale, People’s History Museum Manchester, Jul – Oct 2014
Connecting Threads MadLab, Manchester, Sept 2012
Stories in the Shadows  Sale West Youth Centre, Oct 2011
Kaleidoscope Haworth Art Gallery, May 2011
The Art of Caring Art Fair Macclesfield Town Hall, Oct 2010
Bollington Well Dressing Festival Tinker’s Clough Outdoor Installation, Jul 2010
The 4wards Lighting Project FY Creatives, Church Street, Blackpool, Feb 2010
Cheshire Open Studios Castle Parks Arts Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire, Oct 2009
New Threads Three Shires Textile Festival The White Gallery, Bollington, Jul 2009
Fresh Air Outdoor Sculpture Festival Quenington, Gloucestershire, Jun 2009
Bollington Arts Festival The White Gallery, Bollington, Cheshire, May 2009
Chorlton Arts Festival Arison Gallery, Manchester, May 2009
Make Do and Mend ArtLink Hull, Mar to Apr 2009