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Events are individually tailored to client’s needs.

Frances has successfully delivered public art training, seminars, events, mentoring and one-to-ones for clients include a-n the artists company, Cockpit Arts, eta, Fabrica, East Sussex Arts Partnership, Maidstone Borough Council, Persistence Works, Sheffield, and West Sussex County Council.

‘Negotiating Public Art Commissions’ training seminars
Negotiating Public Art Commissions seminars are run on behalf of local authorities and arts organisations.
These seminars enable artists either new to public art, or wishing to develop their practice in the commissioning field, to gain insight into practical issues such as making proposals, responding to briefs, working within budgets, dealing with contracts, copyright and other legal issues.
Participants receive a Public Art Handbook to read before the seminar begins and a Public Art Workbook with explanatory text, exercises and a resources bibliography. The seminar starts with a slide show of nationally and internationally sourced public art case studies to stimulate discussion.

“I thought the materials Frances produced were very informative, useful and highly relevant.”

“The day was very enjoyable and very informative and delivered in an engaging way. The presenter was very professional, knowledgeable and approachable.”

“I left the meeting filled with enthusiasm and much more confidence in my own ability. I have already made a ‘plan of action’ and knowing that there is help in the background I shall be applying for future opportunities by playing on my strengths...”
Selection of comments from participants at Ropetackle Centre seminar, West Sussex in 2007

Mentoring
Frances mentors artists working in all disciplines, however she is particularly interested in working with artists from an applied arts background on developing their work within the field of public art and site-specific commissioning.

Lectures + Conferences + Presentations
'Heart of Reeds: a case study', presentation at ‘Public Art? What for? Who for?’ Conference, School of Art & Design, University of Ulster, May 2007

Making it Happen seminars series at University of Portsmouth, Museum of Reading and The Anvil, Basingstoke, (seminar chair)

‘Art in the Public Realm’ and ‘Curating the Crafts’ lectures, Royal College of Art, London (part of the RCA’s MA programme), 2005.

‘Jewellery is Life, new work by Mah Rana’ paper presented at ‘Locate and Classify: New approaches to curating the crafts’ conference, Newcastle University, Sept 2003

‘Have you ever dreamt that your teeth have fallen out?’ paper presented at the ‘Consuming Crafts’ Conference, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, May 2002