Experience

Derby College
• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee
• Learning Support Assistant

  • Jan 2023 - Present


Derby Museums Trust

• learning facilitator : steam tots

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  i facilitate the steam tots programme, an activity for the under 5's and their grown ups. the sessions involve free play with loose parts in an area of the museum.i'm transferring my forest school skills here to provide a safe space in which to explore and interact with the parts.

• Facilitator at makory afterschool club

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

  funded by the els fund, this after school club based on the makory (derby museums mobile museum of making) helped nuture and post nuture students to upskill and develop their confidence and self esteem.

• maker in residence

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  in the process of prototyping the museum of making the derby silk mill museum had a team of resident makers through the summer of 2016. i was part of the team and worked on several of the briefs set out by the prototyping process.the legacy of the residency is i was invited to become a learning facilitator for the museum and have been involved with the pilot scheme to take museum objects into the london road community hospital and facilitate the monthly steam tots activty.


corridor arts
• United States
• mentor / facilitor / curator / project manager

  • Jan 2010 - Present


melee

• Luxury Goods & Jewelry

• andrew martyn sugars

  • Aug 2009 - Present

  my work bings and bongs around ideas and concepts,very much as i do in my dyslexic life. i prefer not to discuss what is behind the work to ensure the viewer has space for themselves to explore and discover the work. this is born out of my own need to feel that i have the space to be myself. my work bings and bongs around ideas and concepts,very much as i do in my dyslexic life. i prefer not to discuss what is behind the work to ensure the viewer has space for themselves to explore and discover the work. this is born out of my own need to feel that i have the space to be myself.



srutts north mill trust

• artist

  • Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

  the mill trust commissioned me to make them a donations box for the reception area of the mill's museum. the brief was to spend as little as possible on materials and ensure that the donations box was suitably eye catching to attract as many pennies as possible, as it was decided that every penny counts. i spent time in the mill sourcing materials from what was laying around the museum store and basement. i wanted to feature bobbins in the final object as they played such an important role in the mill's operation. i also wanted to include a sonic component to the overall donations box as now the museum is very quiet, compared to when the mill was in fully operational mode.



mentoring and befriending foundation

• trainee mentor

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  i trained with the mentoring and befriending foundation to be part of a mentoring programme for people about to leave remploy. i trained with the mentoring and befriending foundation to be part of a mentoring programme for people about to leave remploy.



artist access to art college scheme

• artist in residence

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  the scheme gave me access to the sound studio at ntu where i researched the sonic component for a follow up work to the snee snaw. the presented outcomes from the residency can be heard in the souncloud hosted sound files : the scheme gave me access to the sound studio at ntu where i researched the sonic component for a follow up work to the snee snaw. the presented outcomes from the residency can be heard in the souncloud hosted sound files :



Comfortism

• India
• Textile Manufacturing

• lighting designer/co-director/multi media designer

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  the show title was "i've been elvita adams". it was based on a true storey. my involvement with this production was to refine the script, devise the lighting and design the playback method for video/powerpoint and audio. it played at the fringe in new york and the derby theatre. as a result of this production i began a collaborative process to devise a show based on the therory of a database narrative film. the show title was "i've been elvita adams". it was based on a true storey. my involvement with this production was to refine the script, devise the lighting and design the playback method for video/powerpoint and audio. it played at the fringe in new york and the derby theatre. as a result of this production i began a collaborative process to devise a show based on the therory of a database narrative film.



the snee snaw

• artist

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  the snee snaw is an audio kinetic artwork that encourages playful enagement to find the sneeze condition (which we know can be elusive) this project was possible because of the financial support of the arts council. the snee snaw is an audio kinetic artwork that encourages playful enagement to find the sneeze condition (which we know can be elusive) this project was possible because of the financial support of the arts council.



Derby QUAD Limited

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality

• artist

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  i was awarded a future focus bursary and an exhibition opportunity in the main gallery for the future focus exhibition. the piece i made and exhibited was entitled interstice. the quad website states: Exhibition of emergent and established talents from the East Midlands. Spotting and supporting new talent from the East Midlands Region through new commissions by recent graduates. Professional practice for artists and events. Curated by all staff at QUAD and special guests. In the Gallery were new commissions by Future Focus Bursary Scheme winners Rebekka Bojanowski, Nick Buxton, Neil Dixon, Kirsty Michelle Hayes and Andrew Martyn Sugars. Future Focus addresses and builds upon the fascinating territory of utopia and possible futures. The works investigate ideas of space and time through non-narrative, narrative and physical constructions.



surface gallery

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• artist

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2009

  my degree show work monument(2009) was chosen by the surface gallery to be shown in their east midlands finest exhibition. the surface gallery states: The exhibition offers the chance to explore and observe the array of talent produced by new and upcoming artists of today. Some artists have had the chance to create and install an individual piece for the show, allowing the opportunity for the artist to stretch their creativity and offer something unique to the gallery and it’s visitors. The broad and dynamic range of art that has been produced within the East Midlands addresses the fundamental processes of contemporary expression.

• artist

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  R / Evolution films by artists and filmmakers were shown on the digital screens around QUAD to mark the 150th anniversary of the R/evolutionary concepts from the 'Origin of the Species' by Charles Darwin. This inspirational work continues to provoke dialogue and to rouse debate about humankind, science, religion, nature and society. R / Evolution films by artists and filmmakers were shown on the digital screens around QUAD to mark the 150th anniversary of the R/evolutionary concepts from the 'Origin of the Species' by Charles Darwin. This inspirational work continues to provoke dialogue and to rouse debate about humankind, science, religion, nature and society.



The Scout Association

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• director of video, imag, live 07 event

  • Nov 2007 - Nov 2007

  director of 11 cameras for the Live 07 event. the special thing about this production was that we only got to see the event for the first time in it's entirety during the matinee performance. this celebration was the final part of the centenary celebrations of the scout association director of 11 cameras for the Live 07 event. the special thing about this production was that we only got to see the event for the first time in it's entirety during the matinee performance. this celebration was the final part of the centenary celebrations of the scout association

• director of live video, main arena, world jamboree

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  director for the imag in the main arena of the jamboree director for the imag in the main arena of the jamboree



freelance dataton trax programmer

• andy sugars

  • Jul 1996 - Oct 2005

  i programmed systems for corporate, music, art and education clients. i programmed systems for corporate, music, art and education clients.



Foundation for Art and Creative Technology

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• dataton consultant

  • Feb 2003 - Jun 2004

  the first exhibition in gallery 1 was an installation of work by isaac julian, i programmed this and subsequent installations involving dataton trax syncronisation. i led a workshop on using dataton trax and advised the in house team on the use of trax. the first exhibition in gallery 1 was an installation of work by isaac julian, i programmed this and subsequent installations involving dataton trax syncronisation. i led a workshop on using dataton trax and advised the in house team on the use of trax.



Talk Talk Productions

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts

• project manager / lighting designer

  • Jan 1994 - Mar 1996

  i was part of a production team producing events and videos for corporate clients that included ciba geigy, robinsons, beda, knoll, newmarket race course, marley, colemans of norwich and barclays merchant services. this position was really good for me as i had the space in which to bring my theatre experiences and background into events for corporate clients. i lot a lot of fun here and worked on some really good looking and sounding productions. i was part of a production team producing events and videos for corporate clients that included ciba geigy, robinsons, beda, knoll, newmarket race course, marley, colemans of norwich and barclays merchant services. this position was really good for me as i had the space in which to bring my theatre experiences and background into events for corporate clients. i lot a lot of fun here and worked on some really good looking and sounding productions.



Laser Grafix

• United Kingdom
• Recreational Facilities

• production designer

  • Jan 1992 - Dec 1993

  designer/operator of laser display shows for entertainment and corporate clients. largest design project was in the tower circus of blackpool tower. the project was to design and programme a 4 laser system show of 20 minutes duration including lighting and video. designer/operator of laser display shows for entertainment and corporate clients. largest design project was in the tower circus of blackpool tower. the project was to design and programme a 4 laser system show of 20 minutes duration including lighting and video.


wolsey theatre ipswich
• crew member

  • 1987 - 1989