Awards
2016 Craft & Design Selected Maker Gold Award for Textiles & Needlecrafts
Education
2009 – GLEAM Creative Entrepreneur training
2000 – 2001 National qualification in Gifted & Talented Education Westminster Institute Oxford Brookes University (P.T course
1996-1998 MA Design Bretton Hall College (P.T course)
1995 Awarded Charted Membership. Associateship of the Textile Institute
1990-1991 PGCE Textile Arts Bretton Hall College University of Leeds
1988-1989 Associateship of the Textile Institute Huddersfield University (2:1 equiv.)
1986-1988 HND Btec Design (Textiles) Huddersfield University
Employment
May 2008 – Freelance Artist
9/2000 – 3/2008 Strand Co-ordinator for Gifted & Talented Pupils, Sunderland EiC Partnership (Part-time since 09/03)
9/99 to 7/2000 P.T Lecturer at University of Northumbria Secondary ITT course (Textiles)
4/99 to 8/99 P.T Tutor for Art & Design at HMP Acklington and HMYOI Castington, Northumberland.
11/98 to 5/99 P.T Art Ambassador at the Laing Art Gallery. Newcastle upon Tyne
9/98 to 10/98 Supply teacher for Art & Design at Durham Gilesgate Comprehensive.
9/97-8/98 Art tutor and 2nd in department Winstanley College, Wigan (part time)
9/91-8/97 Art tutor at Winstanley College, including duties as second and acting head of department (full time)
Group Membership
2014 – Network Artists North East ( board member 2014-15)
2008 – Fusion Textile Artists Network
Group Exhibitions
2018
Open:Ocean exhibition at Woodhorn Colliery Museum
2017
British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate
Fusion ‘Connections’ Exhibition Gallery 45 Felton, Northumberland
Great North Art Show, Richmond, North Yorkshire
2016
‘Coast’ Exhibition Gallery 45 Felton, Northumberland
Great North Art Show, Richmond, North Yorkshire
2015
Contemporary Textiles Fair Landmark Arts Centre Teddington London (March)
Essex Craft & Design Fair RHS Hyde Hall Essex (May)
Fusion Textile Network – Group Exhibition Farfield Mill Art Gallery, Sedburgh (June)
Carlisle Arts Fair, Sands Centre, Carlisle (August)
2014
Fusion Textile Network – Group Exhibition Castle Douglas Art Gallery
Network Artists North East Studio Art Tour
2013
Contemporary Textiles Fair Teddington London,
Simple Things Exhibition Washington Arts Centre, Tyne & Wear
Essex Craft & Design Show
Richmond Designer Craft Market
2012
British Craft Trade Fair Harrogate
Fusion Textile Network Ten Year Retrospective The Wolds Gallery, Yorkshire
2010 British Craft Trade Fair Harrogate,
Manchester Royal Exchange Gallery,
Leeds City Craft Gallery
The Biscuit Factory Newcastle Summer Shows
Commissions & Workshops
2018
Chillingham Road Primary School WW1 Centenary Project
Which Craft, South Charlton Community Art project for the Village Hall
Needle felted Angel workshop for the Gateshead Angel 20 programme
Talks and workshops for Embroiderers’ Guild groups across the region.
2017 Private commission for “High Strung Hills”
2016 Room for You Arts in Health art workshops in hospitals (ongoing)
Greenside Primary School ‘The Last Shift’ Banner project
My Journey commission and workshops for Heaton Baptist Church
Freestyle Machine Embroidery Workshop for Weave/Creative Futures programme
Bespoke Brooches – An Introduction to Needle Felting private workshops
Textile 1/2 day presentation Embroiderers Guild in Hexham
2015 The Heaton Map commission and workshops for Heaton Festival, Newcastle
Textile Art Workshop 1 day workshop at Beech Hill Primary School, Newcastle
Tin Can Workshop 1 day workshop at Duchess High School, Alnwick, Northumberland
Needle Felt Hearts ½ day workshop at Northumberland Cof E Academy
Daybreak Mission Statement Mural for Daybreak Northumbria at Cowgate, Newcastle
Textile 1/2 day presentation Embroiderers Guild in Durham
Textile 1 day Workshop Embroiderers Guild in Darlington
2014 Tin Can Workshop 1 day public workshop at Gateshead Library
Needle Felt Hearts workshop series for Gateshead Arts Development team
Proggy Rug Project Design & Pupil Workshops Chillingham Road Primary School
Textile 1 day Workshops Embroiderers Guild in Newcastle & in Hartlepool.
Publications
2016 Craft & Design magazine March/April edition
2015 Cloth Paper Scissors July/August Edition feature on ‘Day Trippers’ series
2014 Contemporary Appliqué by Julia Triston/Rachel Lombard features images of my work
