Alex Harwood

Sessional Tutor at Swarthmore Education Centre
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Hebden Bridge, England, United Kingdom, GB

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sessional Tutor
      • Apr 2021 - Present

      Designing and delivering various courses in visual/digital arts, digital media and filmmaking at a community adult education centre. Designing and delivering various courses in visual/digital arts, digital media and filmmaking at a community adult education centre.

    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visual/Digital Artist & Arts Educator
      • Jul 2007 - Present

    • Lead Artist
      • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

      Planning, developing and facilitating a 6 week visual diary project on an early interventions inpatient mental health ward; enabling patients and staff to collaborate on expressing their views and experience of living and working in a smoke free environment. Funded by the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South London (CLAHRC South London).

    • Digital Media Workshop Leader
      • Apr 2019 - Present

      Freelance role; designing and delivering a digital arts and motion graphics project for young people aged 13-18 years on the 1A Arts programme. Freelance role; designing and delivering a digital arts and motion graphics project for young people aged 13-18 years on the 1A Arts programme.

    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tutor
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      Freelance role; providing filmmaking tuition on the 'Reel Recovery' programme. Freelance role; providing filmmaking tuition on the 'Reel Recovery' programme.

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Arts Practitioner
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      Freelance role; designing and delivering creative arts workshops and projects in West London primary schools in collaboration with West London Zone. Freelance role; designing and delivering creative arts workshops and projects in West London primary schools in collaboration with West London Zone.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Workshop Assistant
      • Jul 2018 - Present

      Assisting with filmmaking workshops for children and young people at Summer Schools and parties across London and Surrey. Assisting with filmmaking workshops for children and young people at Summer Schools and parties across London and Surrey.

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth Arts Worker
      • Mar 2018 - Present

      Facilitating arts sessions across 14 youth clubs in Surrey, providing guidance and support to the young people participating in the ‘What’s Cool To You?’ countywide arts competition. Facilitating arts sessions across 14 youth clubs in Surrey, providing guidance and support to the young people participating in the ‘What’s Cool To You?’ countywide arts competition.

    • Belgium
    • Wholesale Building Materials
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Arts Practitioner
      • Sep 2015 - Present

      Delivering digital storytelling workshops for the Big Lottery funded 'Stretch Digital' project; working with offenders and vulnerable groups in prisons and the community. Delivering digital storytelling workshops for the Big Lottery funded 'Stretch Digital' project; working with offenders and vulnerable groups in prisons and the community.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tutor
      • Feb 2016 - Present

      Providing one-to-one tuition for students of an independent school; using creative means to re-engage ‘difficult to reach’ children and young people with education. Students include those with special educational needs, learning disabilities and mental health problems. Providing one-to-one tuition for students of an independent school; using creative means to re-engage ‘difficult to reach’ children and young people with education. Students include those with special educational needs, learning disabilities and mental health problems.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Artist
      • Jan 2017 - Present

      Designing, planning and delivering collaborative arts projects for both the ARTiculate and community outreach programmes.

    • Freelance Creative Assistant
      • Nov 2012 - Present

      • Assisting lead creative tutors; delivering a range of arts projects across various community groups including youth engagement, education, health and wellbeing, inclusivity and over 55’s.

    • Artist Educator
      • Jul 2016 - Present

      Planning and delivering arts workshops for adults, young people and children as part of the gallery learning and participation and community outreach programmes. Planning and delivering arts workshops for adults, young people and children as part of the gallery learning and participation and community outreach programmes.

    • United Kingdom
    • Fine Art
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Art Tutor
      • Apr 2015 - Present

      Providing personal art tuition to a variety of clients across a range of ages and abilities; assisting students with academic arts studies and advising adult learners. Providing personal art tuition to a variety of clients across a range of ages and abilities; assisting students with academic arts studies and advising adult learners.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visiting Digital Arts Tutor
      • Nov 2015 - Present

      Delivering short ‘Enrichment’ projects to students; providing extra-curricular classes in digital photography, digital image manipulation, digital storytelling and film making. Delivering short ‘Enrichment’ projects to students; providing extra-curricular classes in digital photography, digital image manipulation, digital storytelling and film making.

    • Singapore
    • Spectator Sports
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Enrichment Tutor
      • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

      Designing and delivering a stop motion animation project for two groups of young people aged 11-14 years at a community school. Designing and delivering a stop motion animation project for two groups of young people aged 11-14 years at a community school.

    • Artist Educator
      • May 2018 - Jul 2018

      Devising and delivering arts activities for students aged 11-18 at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream education. Devising and delivering arts activities for students aged 11-18 at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream education.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Artist Educator
      • Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

      Planning and delivering arts education programmes as part of a specialist alternative education provision for girls aged 11-16 who are experiencing learning, emotional, behavioural and social difficulties. Planning and delivering arts education programmes as part of a specialist alternative education provision for girls aged 11-16 who are experiencing learning, emotional, behavioural and social difficulties.

    • Individual and Family Services
    • Creative Artist
      • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

      Designing and delivering creative arts education projects to primary school children in after school and summer holiday clubs. Designing and delivering creative arts education projects to primary school children in after school and summer holiday clubs.

    • Digital Artist
      • May 2017 - Jul 2017

      Commissioned to create a digital artwork in response to the ‘Heartstone Odyssey’ project; using works created by children across five schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to create an animated video, responding to the themes of racism, prejudice and intolerance. Commissioned to create a digital artwork in response to the ‘Heartstone Odyssey’ project; using works created by children across five schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to create an animated video, responding to the themes of racism, prejudice and intolerance.

    • United Kingdom
    • Mental Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Arts Facilitator
      • Aug 2013 - Feb 2015

      Facilitating arts groups for service users with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Facilitating arts groups for service users with mental health and/or substance misuse problems.

    • United Kingdom
    • Research Services
    • Gallery Assistant
      • Jun 2013 - Sep 2014

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Coordinator / Workshop Facilitator
      • Nov 2012 - Sep 2013

      Planning and delivering arts and crafts projects and workshops for adults recovering from brain injuries. Planning and delivering arts and crafts projects and workshops for adults recovering from brain injuries.

    • United Kingdom
    • Artists and Writers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Workshop Assistant
      • Nov 2008 - Mar 2010

      Assisting in the delivery of arts and crafts workshops for adults with learning disabilities. Assisted with administration and events coordination for the inaugural ‘Hulme is Where the Art Is’ community arts festival, designing all PR and marketing material and successfully gaining funding from the Arts Council. Assisting in the delivery of arts and crafts workshops for adults with learning disabilities. Assisted with administration and events coordination for the inaugural ‘Hulme is Where the Art Is’ community arts festival, designing all PR and marketing material and successfully gaining funding from the Arts Council.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Artist in Residence
      • Apr 2007 - May 2007

Education

  • Goldsmiths College, U. of London
    MA Participatory and Community Arts, MA Participatory and Community Arts
    2012 - 2013
  • The University of Salford
    BA (Hons) Visual Arts
    2005 - 2008
  • University of Abertay Dundee
    BA (Hons) Computer Arts, Certificate of Higher Education
    2000 - 2002

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