Katharine Wade
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Credentials
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Technical Writing
CourseraJan, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Modern Art & Ideas
CourseraOct, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Ikon Gallery
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Book Seller
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Sep 2019 - Present
Ikon Gallery is an international public art gallery based in Birmingham, founded in 1965 and registered educational charity. Dir. Jonathan Watkins 1999 - 2022 My main duties as the bookshop assistant are as follows: Management and ordering of stock including processing orders and invoices. Handling, condition checking and selling of limited edition print and sculpture including preparing items for travel and keeping in communication with customers and enquiries. Training new members of staff on the shop and reception systems clearly and openly. Formal stocktake processes. Visual merchandising and promotion taking into account an understanding of trends and seasonal popularity Having a reliable and extensive knowledge of Ikon’s history and archive. Regularly sharing reception duties with the Front of House staff. Specifically, during the pandemic, they adapted to be as follows: While being open during the pandemic the shop staff became very adaptable and flexible with their official role. Often taking on additional reception and ticketing duties while simultaneously managing our shop which had limited access at the time, requiring handling of stock and communication with visitors. The environment of being open during the pandemic was very changeable so being adaptable to assist in the running of the business in any way could prove to be very effective. Briefing and managing visitors in ever-changing government and organisational guidelines. Monitoring and feeding back visitor experience in regards to safety guidelines and the constantly updating risk assessment. Show less
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OpenStreetMap Foundation
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Missing Maps.org/Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) | Open Source mapping
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Jul 2020 - Present
Missing Maps is a project led by a collective of organisations working towards a common goal of creating accessible map data where humanitarian organisations are operating. HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. Working together to provide map data that revolutionises disaster management, reduces risks, and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. As a remote volunteer specifically with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), satellite imagery was traced into OpenStreetMap to create accessible map data where humanitarian organisations are operating. Volunteers add local details such as neighbourhoods, street names, and evacuation centres. Humanitarian organisations use mapped information to plan risk reduction and disaster response activities. Show less
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Stirchley Snowflake Festival
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Lead Designer
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Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
I was commissioned to design the branding for the Stirchley Snowflake Festival 2020. "The programme, supported by Arts Council England, has been designed with community at its core. Without your snowflakes and your taking part we’d just be a couple of crazy ladies talking about the Snow Queen on the high street (and we’ve been asked to stop doing that). Together, we can build something that celebrates each other and brings a little magic to the end of a very strange year." I was commissioned to design the branding for the Stirchley Snowflake Festival 2020. "The programme, supported by Arts Council England, has been designed with community at its core. Without your snowflakes and your taking part we’d just be a couple of crazy ladies talking about the Snow Queen on the high street (and we’ve been asked to stop doing that). Together, we can build something that celebrates each other and brings a little magic to the end of a very strange year."
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Artefact Stirchley
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Freelance Illustrator
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Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
Ten Acres of Sound was a festival of noise, sound, sonic art, music, performance, whatever located within Stirchley, Birmingham. Artists were invited to make site-responsive works to be exhibited throughout the area and performers were asked to bring their work from all over Stirchley as a series of gigs or street events. It was initially intended to go ahead in April 2020 but had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Adapting to new conditions, it now takes the form of online, outdoor and postal events, with installations still in some venues in Stirchley. While much of Stirchley is still closed and under partial lock-down, the festival still consists of 6 site-responsive works, ranging from soundwalks to megaphone installations; 9 online performances from Birmingham artists and beyond; 5 workshops, where residents of Stirchley or further afield can take part in group sound-making, try out different recording techniques or make their own instruments. Alongside this we have a radio hour to showcase the rich outputs of all the artists and musicians involve and featuring interviews with them all and a special edition of our local quiz based entirely on noise. Ten Acres of Sound was devised by Artefact Projects, a co-operative artspace on the high street of Stirchley, and aimed at aligning concerns around gentrification, locality, climate justice and social relations. The work actually presented in this new re-worked festival has a more or less oblique or implicit relationship to these concerns. The aim of this website is to present as much as possible of what was originally intended for the festival in its transfigured, documented and digitised format. Show less
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Birmingham Museums Trust
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant To The Registrar
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Sep 2018 - Sep 2019
Documentation Assistant at the Museums Collection Centre required me to work with their team to monitor, review and edit spreadsheets containing data of their entire collection, to implement key data and material information to support the ongoing development of the museum’s online database library and official records of the largest collection of social history in the country. Undertook a similar role as a Registrar's Assistant. Based at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, working with the Collections Registrar Misaho Washizu. Digitising the original book bound records starting from 1888 to provide a detailed and consistent database of the museum’s collection. Show less
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Conservation Intern
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Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
As a Conservation Club member, I work with Birmingham Museum conservators in a small team to assist in the conservation cleaning of their historic listed venues along with the items and furniture inside. Venues have included Aston Hall, Soho House and Sarehole Mill.
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Stirchley Community Market
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Market Manager
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
Stirchley Community Market, Birmingham | Social Media Coordinator, Programmer, Market Manager SCM is a community based monthly market that has been run by volunteers since 2010, specialising in local food and craft and regularly hosting over 20 businesses over 4 hour evening events. Responsible for all online content and promotion since March 2017, including scheduling, email, social media and website editing. To provide information to audiences and stallholders regarding accessibility and getting involved in future markets Market Manager including setup, install and de-install. Corresponding with the stalls on the day and engaging with the public and volunteers to provide and be responsible for the effective running of the event. To be responsible for safeguarding guests and volunteers throughout the day. Show less
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Ikon Gallery
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Assistant
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Jul 2016 - Mar 2019
Duty Person: A key holder with responsibility for day-to-day opening and closing of the gallery. Managed the reception during exhibition previews, public talks, symposia, private events and corporate events during exhibitions. First aid trained, Fire Marshal, trained and Guide Dogs charity training in how to assist people with visual impairment, all of which is integral towards the safeguarding of the general public and staff and providing access to a broader audience. Information Assistant: Responsible for the live interpretation of the exhibitions, providing tours with learning groups and general visitors and making modern and contemporary art accessible to a wide public. Collecting data through visitor and Audience Finder surveys that help the gallery and funding bodies to profile audiences. Treating visitors respectfully whilst ensuring the condition of the exhibition is maintained.Representing the gallery and being responsible for the building during public and private events including talks, symposiums and corporate events. By being the key holder I am responsible for the building, the team and the general public. Show less
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Exhibitions Assistant
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Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
As a Programming Intern: To assist with the research and programming of exhibitions through working with Director Jonathan Watkins and Exhibitions Manager Roma Piotrowska and corresponding with artists and their representatives including Fiona Banner, Roger Hiorns and Dan Flavin. To provide a detailed and thorough implementation of the administrative tasks (condition reports, itineraries, formatting etc) required to programme and implement an internationally recognised contemporary art exhibition. Show less
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Cross City Zine
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Program Coordinator
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
With Katie Stafford. The Zine aims to work with artists, local communities, passengers, and places of the Lichfield-Redditch Cross City Train Line to produce content that takes the art out of the traditional gallery setting. CROSS CITY ZINE compiles visual art and text from artists who live and work in the different locations along the train line. Independently published, the zine will be redistributed back into trains and platforms, surreptitiously left for passengers to find and read during their journeys. CROSS CITY ZINE aims to distribute the artwork and create a platform for discovering and showcasing artists. The zine will tap into the potential of the train line as a space where an audience of passengers can encounter contemporary art in an unexpected setting. The artists featured in the first issue were invited to submit work through an open call for submissions. They include current BA and MA students, recent graduates, and professionally practising artists working across performance, film, photography, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, digital, poetry and spoken word. CROSS CITY ZINE has worked with artist-led printing and bookbinding workshop The Holodeck to produce 200 two-colour risograph printed copies of the first issue. Its publication has been funded by the generous supporters of our Crowdfunder campaign. Show less
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Grand Union
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United Kingdom
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Arts & Crafts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Gallery Invigilator
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Jan 2011 - Feb 2014
I was responsible for opening and closing the space, turning on and monitoring equipment, meeting and greeting guests and answering any questions, showing VIPs around, completing any catalouge purchases and working on the bar during opening nights. I was responsible for opening and closing the space, turning on and monitoring equipment, meeting and greeting guests and answering any questions, showing VIPs around, completing any catalouge purchases and working on the bar during opening nights.
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Hamleys of London
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Retail
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300 - 400 Employee
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Hamley's Helper
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Nov 2009 - Aug 2010
My experience here was very stimulating and fullfilling, I was responsible for Costumer Service, which included greeting people on the doors, helping them find whatever they need and giving directions, working on the tills and dealing with lost children. I was also responsible for circling the floor keeping it tidy and presentable and also re stocking supplies. My experience here was very stimulating and fullfilling, I was responsible for Costumer Service, which included greeting people on the doors, helping them find whatever they need and giving directions, working on the tills and dealing with lost children. I was also responsible for circling the floor keeping it tidy and presentable and also re stocking supplies.
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Education
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2010 - 2013
Birmingham City University
Bachelor's Degree, Fine Art -
2021 - 2022
Coursera
Technical Writing, Pass -
2018 - 2018
University of the Arts London
Paper Conservation, Museology/Museum Studies -
2018 - 2018
University of the Arts London
Principles of Collection Management, Museology/Museum Studies
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