SALLY FORT
Visual Arts...
20-21 Visual Arts Centre..............................
20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Lincolnshire commissioned Sally to develop a touring exhibition for children under six, and their adults. The work included consultation with families and early years professionals; working with one or more artists to develop new work for this audience; liasing with one or more toy manurfacturers to benefit from their specialist knowledge of materials and processes; and identifying / applying for funding to bring the project to fruition.
Making Craft Work........................................
The Making Craft Work exhibition at the Platform Gallery in Clitheroe, Lancashire explored two different approaches to how students can engage in further learning after completing a creative degree. Sally was invited to join the panel of guest selectors for the show.
15 students were selected, from the Graduate Diploma in Creative Business Development course at Manchester Metropolitan University and the MA Ceramics and Surface Pattern degree course at University of Central Lancashire. To be eligible for selection student submitted proposals explaining which work they would like to have included and details of why they feel it would be suitable for the aim of the exhibition.
15 students were selected, from the Graduate Diploma in Creative Business Development course at Manchester Metropolitan University and the MA Ceramics and Surface Pattern degree course at University of Central Lancashire. To be eligible for selection student submitted proposals explaining which work they would like to have included and details of why they feel it would be suitable for the aim of the exhibition.
British Art Show 6........................................
Project management and promotion of the education and public programme events of Castlefield Gallery, Cornerhouse, Chinese Arts Centre, The International 3, Manchester Art Gallery, Urbis and The Whitworth Art Gallery. Creating, managing and marketing workshops, talks, professional development training days, printed resources for the joint city-wide programme, and ensuring collaborative working around this major four-yearly contemporary art based touring exhibition, originated by Hayward Gallery.
Step Up.........................................................
Managing media and visual arts education programme and exhibition for the Step-Up festival celebrating excellence in arts provision in NW schools. For 2005's Step Up festival, the visual arts strand developed projects brokering relationships between schools and organisations such as Cornerhouse and Urbis. Other schools developed in-house projects which formed part of a major exhibition running throughout the festival. The works shown ranged from textile design, painting and drawing, graphic design / illustration, sculpture and filmmaking.
............................................UK DIY
Sally developed a research proposal to explore the subcultural DIY craft movement in the UK. The proposal and research was funded by Arts Council England.
The Turnpike Gallery commissioned Sally to develop the research into a partnership programme of exhibitions, events and participatory projects for a partnership project across the Turnpike Gallery, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Touchstones Rochdale, Platform Gallery Clitheroe, Urbis, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
The theory and practice of DIY crafts in the UK continues to be documented through the UK DIY blog
The Turnpike Gallery commissioned Sally to develop the research into a partnership programme of exhibitions, events and participatory projects for a partnership project across the Turnpike Gallery, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Touchstones Rochdale, Platform Gallery Clitheroe, Urbis, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
The theory and practice of DIY crafts in the UK continues to be documented through the UK DIY blog
.........................................Make Me Shine
Make Me Shine showcased the work of Michelle Brand as part of Make Me 06, a series of selling exhibitions promoting designers from the North West.
To coincide with the dark winter nights and switching on of the Christmas lights, Make Me Shine took place in the Glass Box Gallery Space, Urbis, Manchester. Michelle's delicate display of lights and sculputres discreetly and unexpectedly promote recycling and reusing.
Sally project managed Make Me Shine for Design Initiative.
To coincide with the dark winter nights and switching on of the Christmas lights, Make Me Shine took place in the Glass Box Gallery Space, Urbis, Manchester. Michelle's delicate display of lights and sculputres discreetly and unexpectedly promote recycling and reusing.
Sally project managed Make Me Shine for Design Initiative.
..................................The Creature Show
Sally curated The Creature Show for Manchester Craft & Design Centre. The show included work by well known names like Tait & Style and Donna Wilson, alongside newly emerging talent such as Sam Leonard, whose hand-made designs are changing the face of soft toys and contemporary crafts. Sketch books and design plans sat alongside the creatures, explaining more about how the textile works were created and free resource sheets for families were created providing patterns, templates and ideas enabling visitors to make their own creatures at home, encouraging new audiences to be part of the buzz of contemporary craft and design. Download The Creature Show poster, with make your own Sock Monkey instructions here... Poster front Poster back