Tricks of the Trade

Research Consultant/ Artist in Residence

As a result of research I had undertaken as a practising artist and 
art theorist on the theme of the Trickster as archetype, 
I was approached by the Centre for New Ethnicities Research at the 
University of east London to contribute to the Pilot Teaching Pack 
for the Tricks of the Trade project that they were in the process of producing. 
In this pack the CNER were using the Trickster theme to find ways and means of 
addressing race, difference and identity within a multicultural classroom, for 
use both here in Great Britain and abroad.

Further to the initial work as research consultant, I was then invited, as artist-in-residence, 
to work with three schools, Eastlea, Brampton Manor and  St. Angela’s, in the east End of London. 
I worked with the schools for approximately six months in order to support, 
encourage and enable theart teachers to use the teaching pack to its full potential. 
This process also enabled everyone involved to gauge how ‘user friendly’
the teaching pack was at this stage.

At the end of the school year I then curated an exhibition of the works at the Greengate Gallery, 
University of east London, Plaistow.

For further information on this project, visit the website for the CNER or contact me by email.