Pam Foley sculpture
 
art  - related work experience
Increasing Public Access to Visual Arts: -Banbury Planter Project - public commission installed July 2007 -Arts Council England, East Midlands grant recipient to further sculpture practice, exhibit publicly and give workshops from my Farthinghoe studio, 05-06. Exhibition entitled From the Inside Out in the apple orchard of Sulgrave Manor, May - Dec 06 -Galaxie Hotel garden project, Oxford, June 04 - Feb 07 -OVADA residency to explore sculptural ideas and techniques and to interact with the general public on a daily basis. Received sponsorship from stone masonry company, and Wroxton quarry. Dec 04 -Open Studios participant: San Francisco Bay area, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, 89 - present -Jericho Art Group (JAG-Oxford) co-founder and co-chair. Aims to foster relationships within the artistic community of Jericho, promote exhibitions, organise special events and projects, 01 - present -Kids @ Art consultant/administrator and grants writer: bringing visual artists into the schools of Oxfordshire, 01 - 05 -President and Chief Administrative Officer at San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA) 95-99, a 250 member non-profit organisation with a public gallery. Some highlights: o Co-ordinated and curated a show called Hands and Heart, the Art of Healing, which illustrated the connection between art, and healing and fostered a dialogue between the public and artists relating to the act of creating a memorial. Guest artists and art pieces included a panel from the AIDS Quilt, The Breast Cancer Names Banner called Raging Light, a talk and book signing by an artist who runs a year long workshop and art show called The Way of the Doll, and exhibition of paintings, sculptures and videos. Feb 97 o Co-ordinated and curated a collaborative show on breast cancer called To Life! with the Art.Rage.Us show about breast cancer survival, held at the SF Library. Special events included talks by various doctors specialising in breast cancer, the instigator of the breast cancer postage stamp (stamps cost 2 cents more than usual with proceeds going toward breast cancer research), a specially choreographed dance, body art ("art bras") by breast cancer survivors, and filming of the event. Oct 98 o Initiated and organised participation in the annual AIDS Awareness Day observance each December 1. Artists made items and delivered them to hospice centres in the city. 98-99 o Organised support of KQED (a publicly sponsored TV station) on pledge night. o Synchronised television participation with International Women's Day. SFWA (50 or more members) helped to raise money for the station, sporting hats made by the membership. 97-98 Working with Young People, Adults and Educators: -Tutor in Life Sculpture, Sunningwell School of Art, Oxford, begin Jan 07- ongoing -Workshops from my Farthinghoe studio for adults and children, 05, 06 -West Kidlington, Oxon. Sculpture residency, July 04 -St Nicholas First, Oxford (autistic children). Sculpture residency, June 03 -Bladon CE Primary, Bladon, Oxon. Sculpture Residency. June 01, 02, 03 -Loatlands Primary School Desborough, Northants. Sculpture residency, March 02 -St. Barnabas CE Primary, Oxford. Sculpture Residency. Sept - Dec 99 -SPEAK Art Project San Francisco, CA. Art Instructor in 2 elementary schools teaching ceramics in grades K-5. 96 - 99 -San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Visual Art Consultant in four elementary schools teaching ceramics, quilting and papier-mâché to children ages 5 - 11. Jan - Jun 99 Workshop facilitator: -Sunningwell School of Art, Oxford. All day workshop for autistic children and their families organized by OASIS. April 07 -Brazier College Oxon. Outdoor Sculpture Workshop Leader for national student activist training weekend. June 01 -Artswise Workshop Leader - London based arts education group, teaching Tudor and Medieval style tile making to children ages 5 - 12. Sept 00 -Arts Education Funders Collaborative Presenter of professional development workshops on clay to teachers of the SFUSD. 98 and 99 Other relevant experience: -Oxford Art Society (OAS) Steering Committee, 07 - ongoing -JAG (Jericho Art Group) - co-ordinated the making of a film: The Walls of Jericho - a film by and about its Artists. 03 -Oxfordshire Educational Trust for the Development of the Arts-grantswriter. May 03 - April 04 -San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA) - organised a Speaker Series on issues pertinent to artists such as Copyright Law and the Internet, and Financial Planning for Women as well as a free, weekly "Artist in Action" series, curated exhibitions mentioned above, established SFWA representation in the local merchants association. 95-99 -Fremont Community Services Fremont, CA. Activity Specialist in Art - Taught ceramics to adults and children. Developed and taught a parent/child ceramics art class. 88 - 91 -SPEAKArt Project San Francisco, CA. Art Instructor in 2 schools teaching ceramics in grades K-5. 96-99. Participated in "Faces of San Francisco Project, Every Face Can Tell a Story" presented by Young Audiences of the Bay Area at the Main San Francisco Library, and the "San Francisco Youth Arts Festival" at the De Young Museum, 97 -Laney College Oakland, CA. Lab Technician 88-90. Teaching Assistant to Coille Hooven and Andree Thompson 88-89. President and founding member of CLUB MUD, Sept 88-June 90. The club extended to its members a technical and aesthetic knowledge of clay through organised field trips to local galleries, by publishing a newsletter called "The MUDSLINGER," and by sponsorship of a Visiting Artists Series, pit-firings, "Art Talks" and other cultural events -Member of several artists groups including CAN (Creative Arts Network in Banbury), the Bicester Sculpture Group, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, WICE (Women's Institute for Continuing Education) Paris, France, National Council of Educators in the Ceramic Arts USA (NCECA) Education: Kingston University London, Aug 07 - bronze casting sculpture course with Richard Trupp Marin Art School, Novato, CA, 3-6 Feb 07 - workshop with sculptor Manuel Neri Prince of Wales School of Drawing London, Jan-Mar 04 and Jan-Mar 05 - drawing/bas relief Slade School of Fine Art London, summer courses, July 00 - sculpture Laney College Oakland, CA. Associate Degree in Art, major in Ceramics, 90 California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland, CA. Spring 86 - ceramics/wood Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT. Fall 85-Spring 86 - ceramics Northeastern University Boston, MA. B.Sc. in Criminal Justice 76-81