SALLY FORT
Professional Development...
"This is brilliant work. We're hugely impressed with the thought you put into it."
Mark Stevenson, Director, Flow Associates
Mark Stevenson, Director, Flow Associates
Manchester Beacons for Public Engagement....
Sally created and delivered training in public engagement for University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford. The training was part of the National Beacons for Public Engagement programme which encourages universities to become more open to a wider diversity of people by improving public understanding of university resources and assetts, and finding new ways to hold conversations with all types of public groups and individuals.
Building Schools for the Future.............................
Sally created and programmed the North West's first conference, held at Urbis in Manchester, surrounding the BSF scheme rebuilding all secondary schools in the country. Specialists from Urbis, the Sorrell Foundation, CABE, Alsop Architects, and Architects from pathfinder BSF programmes were invited to speak and lead practical sessions. The aim of the conference was to position the potential of the scheme in the minds of local authority education advisers, planners and head teachers, to encourage them to be visionary in their approach.
Making Connections.................................................
Making Connections is Engage's annual training programme for early career professionals involved in visual arts education and gallery activity. Sally regularly facilitated these events, as well as researching, writing and updating the accompanying toolkits, covering the following topics:
Working with schools
Working with young people
Working with crafts - makers and making
Cultural diversity and project management
Early years and family activity
Evaluation and advocacy
Working with schools
Working with young people
Working with crafts - makers and making
Cultural diversity and project management
Early years and family activity
Evaluation and advocacy
.....................Engage International Conference
Sally researched and developed content for the 2007 Engage International Conference for artists and gallery educators. Three themes were developed and presented to the conference steering group for consideration: international arts engagement practice; young peoples' voice; and newer mediums of arts engagement such as architecture, film and digital media. The panel selected the theme of international arts engagement practice.
...Tate Liverpool Higher Education Consortia
Sally was commissioned to research and write a module for Tate Liverpool's Higher Education network, and in particular the new Urban Education Masters at Manchester Metropolitan University. The module explored the role of the contemporary art collection, gallery and artist in facilitating learning and social development in areas of urban regeneration.
....Museums Association Annual Conference
The SEA and Culture Online invited Sally to speak at and facilitate a session at the 2006 conference sharing the pilot project of the handheld digital learning platform OOKL (then MyArtSpace). Sally was contracted as education and museums consultant for the MyArtSpace / OOKL project.
.................Museums, Libraries & Archives NW
MLA NW and Arts About Manchester contracted Sally to create and deliver a seminar session for audience development professionals exploring cultural diversity in marketing and interpretation work.