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Emma Ainsley Page 1 | Biography |
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Born: Exeter, UK Lives: Orkney, Scotland |
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Education 2013 Post Graduate Diploma (with distinction) Interpretation Management and Practice University of the Highlands & Islands 1998 BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2:1 � Chelsea College of Art and Design |
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Group Exhibitions 2013 Cupar Arts Festival (upcoming) Stromness Windows (upcoming) 2012 Motorcade Flash Parade Open, Bristol Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Winter Open (& 2011, 2009, 2007) 2009 Waterfront Gallery, Stromness, Group Exhibition 2008 The Sorting Room, Stromness, Summer Exhibition 2002 Clackmannan College, Alloa: �Gaze� (performance) 2001 Keighley Art Factory, West Yorkshire: Ceramics Keighley Art Factory, West Yorkshire; Annual Open Exhibition 2000 Lambeth Community Care Centre, London: �Local� |
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Grants/Awards 2013 Hi Arts (Creative Scotland) funding to exhibit. 2006 Scottish Arts Council Award to produce new work. |
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Projects 2008-2009 Founding director of community arts space in Stromness � The Sorting Room - with a lead role in managing the project and providing support to emerging artists and craftspeople. 2006 Two month residency with Fife Community Services. Series of workshops alongside service users with learning disabilities. 2001 Worked alongside woman stroke survivor to produce a video about living with aphasia. 2000-2002 Lambeth Community Care Team. Providing therapeutic one to one art sessions for people with neurological disabilities. 1997-2000 Lambeth Community Care Centre and Whittington Centre. Running art, craft and poetry groups with older people and people with physical and learning disabilities. |
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