Following a career of over 20 years, working in some of London’s major art museums, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, The National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A, I have for the past fifteen years consolidated my knowledge of the cultural sector and devised MA and Post Graduate modules which explore the nature of cultural policy, education and entrepreneurship in museums and galleries. In my former role at Tate and the National Gallery, I acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the works in those collections as well as the structure, organization, marketing and management of these and other large organisations. I am an experienced lecturer and art historian I have written, devised and run my own courses at Goldsmiths college, University of East London, Kingston University, The American University in London and Bologna University and have presented papers for conferences in Slovakia, France, Portugal, Serbia, Italy and Abu Dhabi.
I have also been employed as a consultant and lecturer in professional museum organization and entrepreneurial museum thinking in Abu Dhabi, Doha and Uzbekistan.
I am a lively teacher and good communicator, I use a variety of teaching techniques, an interactive approach and always incorporate outside visits and invited speakers in the courses and modules I devise. Feedback from my students is usually excellent and many of them continue to keep in touch after they have completed their MA.
I am organised, methodical and have experience of tutorials and dissertation marking. In addition, I am well connected and have contacts in a range of cultural organisations.
Using the art museum as a frame, I encourage students to be aware of the management of major visual art collections, acquisition policies, methods of display, sponsorship, marketing, communication and interpretation. In April 2012, I was awarded a University of London doctorate for my thesis, which focused on written interpretation in the art museum; how museums communicate information about the works they display and how the complex structure of cultural venues affects the way we consume the cultural offer.
