Equality and Quality in Visual Arts...
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The Art House
Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2TE
Tel: 01924 377740
Fax: 01924 312018
Minicom: 01924 377310
Email: info@the-arthouse.org.uk
Registered Office: The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2TE
Company no: 3345162
Charity no: 1063671
Staff:
Anne Cunningham, Chief Executive
Email: annecunningham@the-arthouse.org.uk
Anne joined The Art House in March 2010 after spending most of the last decade working for the Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. There she managed multi-stakeholder programmes to develop creative stakeholder and artist engagement in hospitals, schools and spaces across Scotland. Her programmes had a direct influence on Scottish Government’s Policy and she went on to work as far afield as Mexico, Finland, Poland and London- and receive a citation from UNESCO and the OECD.
Prior to the Lighthouse, she worked for Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust and has undertaken consultancy for a wide range of clients- including The Childrens’ Parliament, National Galleries of Scotland, Stills Gallery, Talbot Rice Gallery and CABE. She was also on the executive committee of Voluntary Arts Scotland and a Trustee of HOT, Edinburgh.
Anne has a degree in History of Art and a postgraduate in Museums and Galleries in Education, from Edinburgh University and University of London. She enjoys long distance cycling (especially up hill!) and anything that involves getting wet.
Lisa Noyce, Administrator
Email: info@the-arthouse.org.uk
Lisa joined the Art House in July 2007 after working for Wakefield Council in the revenues department for a longer than intended 8 years. With a background in the performing arts it was a great relief for Lisa come to work for The Art House and find her way back to an arts environment.
Lisa is originally from Wales and came to Yorkshire as a student in 1994. She obtained a BA Hons Degree in Contemporary Dance from the University of Leeds (Bretton Hall Campus) in 1997 and continues to maintain a general interest in Dance.
Elinor Unwin, Project Manager - Artists in Wakefield
Email: elinor@the-arthouse.org.uk
Elinor joined the Art House in January 2011. Prior to this she was Studio Development Manager for Westgate Studios, Wakefield. Here she led the day-to-day management of the organisation, including internal and external communications, strategic development, partnership building, and stakeholder management, before sadly taking the organisation into administration. Her background is in Research, Audience Development & Marketing, which has developed through roles in Film London’s Audience Development Team, where she focused on assessing and managing National Lottery grants linked to film exhibition and education; and ABL Consulting, a management consultancy firm working solely with Arts and Heritage clients. Elinor has an MA (Hons) in Business Studies, University of Edinburgh and a MRS Certificate in Social & Market Research.
Elinor is known amongst her friends as the one who can’t control herself from dancing whenever she hears music (even when out shopping), the sporty one who seems to have been given the gift of being super coordinated, and a bit of a film nerd. She’s also great at eating (hence the need for a lot of physical activity) and can consume her dinner at twice the speed of most other people.
Laura Slater, Print Technician
Email: printstudio@the-arthouse.org.uk
Laura joined the Art House as print technician in 2010 alongside this role Laura runs her own bespoke printed textile design company, and she also works as lecturer in Surface Design at the University of Bolton and as a creative practitioner at The Hepworth Wakefield.
Laura has an MA in Mixed Media Textiles from The Royal College of Art. Her practice is informed by the interaction of colour pattern and the translation of drawing and printmaking concepts onto cloth. Laura works closely in collaboration with others in translating her printed designs into bespoke interior products.
When not elbow deep in printing ink, Laura is usually ‘the one wearing all the pattern’ and can be frequently found fettling and rummaging around at car boot sales satisfying her need to collect.
Wilf Eccles, Premises Officer
Email: wilf@the-arthouse.org.uk
Wilf joined The Art House in January 2012, previously working as a cleaning supervisor for St Clements Cleaning Services and as Health and Safety Co-ordinater/Caretaker at JCT600 in Leeds. Wilf came from an Engineering background, qualifying as a motor vehicle mechanic in 1975 then moving on and joining the Coal Board. Wilf was Assistant Mechanical Engineer at Stillingfleet Mine until he was made redundant in 2004.
Wilf is a born and bred Pontefract lad with interests in music and motorcycling, touring Europe every year often covering over 2,000 miles by motorbike in a week.
Board of Trustees:
John Harris
Chair since 2009; John Harris CBE DL MA LLM
John has had four careers - as a solicitor, as a senior executive manager including as CEO, in business as a management consultant and founder executive director of a SME company, and as a non-executive director of national, regional and local organisations ( social housing, special education, NHS including a special hospital, security and police, energy industry, sustainability, development, the arts). Currently, amongst other NED roles, he has been chair of the government convened industry UK Coal Forum since 2007 (having been chair of the Coal Authority 1999 - 2007) and chair of the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency Audit Committee since 2004 and is a member of the Agency Owners Advisory Board. He was awarded the CBE for 'services to industry' and is a Deputy Lieutenant (South Yorkshire).
Jill Hague trustee since November 2010:
Jill has worked for HSBC/Midland Bank for 30 years with a wide range of roles across west Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester. Currently responsible for supporting a team of Commercial Managers looking after customers with sales of up to £30m. Previous roles have included running a number of branches, being a Commercial Manager and working as part of a regional team.
Kerry Harker – trustee since November 2010:
Kerry Harker founded PSL [Project Space Leeds] in 2006, with fellow artist/curators Pippa Hale and Diane Howse. PSL opened its doors in a 500 square metre ground floor space in the city centre in 2007. Since then it has staged a programme of curated projects, showing contemporary art across all media, and with artists working both locally and internationally. A public programme accompanies the exhibitions. Kerry Harker is also Exhibitions’ Curator for Harewood House Trust in Yorkshire, and she sits on the 2012 Cultural Task Group for Leeds, focusing on the city’s offer in the run-up to the London Olympic Games. She is a member of the Contemporary Art Society and the Art Fund.
Paul Oberg, BA(Hons) CA– trustee since November 2010:
Chair of Finance and Risk Committee
Paul Oberg Paul is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He has fourteen years post-qualification experience in a variety of roles and organisations, initially in the private sector, from manufacturing to banking. He is currently Head of Finance and Performance Management, with Solace Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives. Immediately prior to this, he worked in the charitable sector, as Finance & HR Director with Eureka! The National Children’s Museum.
Nigel Wilson – trustee since 2010:
Nigel has spent 30 years in the construction industry following graduation, working on major projects in London, Manchester and Leeds. His most recent project has been the new Pinderfields hospital in Wakefield.
Chris Cowen – trustee since 1995:
For more than 20 years Chris worked directly with visual artists, training them, employing them and supporting them through major projects. Thereafter she worked more closely with organisations who in turn employed and supported artists. More recently Chris has have worked as a welfare benefits caseworker and she is currently a Project Manager for Kirklees Citizens Advice.
Richard Lee - trustee since September 2011:
Chair of the HR Committee
Richard has worked for City of Wakefield MBC since 1986. He is Service Manager Human Resources Infromation and Performance with responsibility for over 50 staff. As well as his involvement with the strategic approach to service alignment, improvement and performance. He has personal senior line management experience of front line services with direct involvement in the management of significant change. He is a lead officer for HR in relation to Value For Money, Local Area Agreements, and Performance Review and Comprehensive Performance Assessment.
He is co-author of two local history publications, about Dewsbury and the Spen Valley.
He has BA (Hons) in Busines Studies and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Jane Glaister OBE - trustee since December 2011:
M.B.A. (with distinction), B.A (Hons)., A.M.A., P.G. Dip (Management), F.M.A., F.R.S.A.
She has extensive knowledge of the cultural, heritage, arts, tourism. sporting and parks sectors in the UK and significant expertise in organisational analysis and change, project management, business leadership and sector skills development.
From 2001–2011 she was the Strategic Director (Culture, Tourism & Sport) with the City of Bradford
Jane is currently a trustee on the Sector Skills Council for Creative and Cultural Skills, a non –executive director for the Creative Industries Development Agency, a guest lecturer at Sheffield University and a board member of Leeds University.
She has previously acted as national advisor to the Local Government Association, advisor to the Clore Leadership programme, a board member of Sport England (Yorkshire), trustee of Eureka!, advisor to the British Council’s Global Schools programme, board member of the Humanities Diploma task force and board member of UNESCO City of Film.. Jane was a member of the Government's Task Force on 'Renaissance in the Regions' (2000-02) and the elected president of the Museums Association (2002 –2004).
Jane is an elected Fellow of both the Museums Association and the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Industry and regularly lectures on both cultural and management topics in the UK and abroad.
Members Advisory Group
Julia Bickerstaff Email: Pivot@hotmail.co.uk
Bob Clayden Email: livingeye@tiscali.co.uk
Tony Fisher Email: onty1@yahoo.co.uk
Emma Bulley Email: bulleyemma@yahoo.co.uk
Aiden Moesby Email: ajmoesby@yahoo.co.uk
Ron Wilson Email: patwilson1@sky.com
Richard Wheater Email: info@richardwheater.com
Barbara Shepard Email: b.shepard@talktalk.net
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