Mickey’s resume…
Profile
- Skilled in the creation, development and delivery of arts projects in London and the North West.
- Imaginative and effective course creator, module leader and teacher/trainer in higher education, further education, community and business learning with an average 89% student success rate. A clean Enhanced CRB check for Children and Vulnerable Adults (checked November 2010)
- Skilled in Arts and Cultural marketing and Audience Development with a particular focus on new technologies in arts marketing. Set up and developed the Accessible Events Calendar North West www.artslist.org.uk/accessible/calendar.aspx
- Effective partnership creator for policy and strategic development with ACE North West, ACE, London and ACE, National. The councils of Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Manchester, Wandsworth and NWDA. Raised over £250,000 with £500,000 awaiting confirmation.
Professional Experience
SunSurfer Arts & Education Consultancy Freelance Feb 2008 – present
Accessible Event Promotions Executive Director December 2009 – present
Accessible Event Promotions is a not for profit company established to promote accessible arts, community, cultural and leisure events in London and the North West. We have established an office in the Green Fish Centre Manchester received a Better Net Award from Nominet and UnLtd. I am working on funding applications and development to launch our services.
Arts About Manchester In Touch Coordinator Aug 2008 – November 2009
Audience development project working since 2006 with four Greater Manchester venues, Royal Exchange Theatre, Cornerhouse, Manchester Museum and Bridgewater Hall focussed on increasing access and participation for disabled and deaf people.
HearFirst Rossendale Tutor/Trainer Feb 2008 – present
Adult training as a Disability equality, Deaf equality and BSL tutor I have worked with many different public sector organisations. I have trained staff from
- HM Court Services London
- City Councils of Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale etc
- Birmingham and Salford City Council Arts Units
- Arts Council NW, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- Manchester Museum, Bridgewater Hall, Arts About Manchester, Arts Council Fellows etc
Shape London Arts Development Manager Aug 2006 – Feb 2008
Responsibility:
Responsible for Shape service level agreements in three London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington and Wandsworth. Together with development work in other boroughs such as Southwark and Camden and pan London working on the steering group of key festivals where I represented Shape such as: -
- Bonkersfest – a festival of Mad Arts
- Liberty (support for the Circus Zone)
Key Projects:
In my arts development work for disabled and deaf people in the three London boroughs I devised, set up and delivered the following projects.
- Circus Skills for 11-16 years disabled Children in a partnership between Albert & Friends Instant Circus, Hammersmith & Fulham Action on Disability HAFAD) and Shape.
- Different Voices – Blind Writers (Adults) at the Pocklington Centre Wandsworth. A partnership between Shape and the Pocklington Trust.
- Out of the Box – visual arts OCN accredited course for Deaf mental health service users – Adults. A partnership between Shape and Servite Houses Wandsworth.
- The Boy Who Grew Flowers – performance and Schools workshops. Two separate projects in Hammersmith & Fulham and Islington. The first run by a partnership between Shape and Kazzum Children’s Theatre, the second a partnership between Shape, Sadlers Wells Theatre and Kazzum.
- What’s your Story? Creative writing for the Teen Spirit group. A partnership between Shape and Body & Soul (Children affected by HIV) Islington.
SunSurfer Arts & Education Consultancy Freelance Nov 2003- Aug 2006
- HearFirst Rossendale, Tutor/Trainer Sep 2004 – Aug 2006 Disability equality trainer, deaf equality Trainer & British Sign Language
- Creative Mind Community Arts Assistant Editor Jul 2005 – Apr 2006. Designing and producing Creative Mind magazine issue 33
- Artisticus – Manchester Project coordinator Aug 2004 – May 2005. Coordinating the Who Goes There? Arts workshop programme for Disabled or Deaf people
- Showhow – London Access Facilitator Jan 2004 – Apr 2005. Advising, supporting and informing the Arts Council England, National Fellowship and Apprenticeship programme for Black, Ethnic minority and Disabled arts managers on disability issues and ensuring the technical, personnel and attitudinal support for disabled Fellows.
- ACME Studios, London and The Way Ahead Project Shropshire Workshop leader/tutor/facilitator May 2004.
- Cultural diversity training
- Training in arts workshop skills
- Creative writing workshops
- Training in Deaf issues for arts workshop leaders
- National Disability Arts Forum – Newcastle Project worker Nov 2003 – Nov 2004. Marketing and administration for a national online database of disability access facilities at arts venues across the UK called Arts Access UK.
North West Disability Arts Forum – Liverpool
Training & Development Officer 1998 – Nov 2003
Devised, developed and delivered a coherent Training & Development programme for Disabled and Deaf people in partnership with FE and HE providers. This included:
Leading the Way – HE arts workshop leaders course for Disabled or Deaf people in partnership with Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) accredited by John Moores University. Co module leader, teaching, pastoral care, course management and evaluation and assessment of students work – 1998 – 2003.
Design, management, student recruitment and delivery of FE art skill development courses, visual arts and performing arts (Manchester – MANCAT, Liverpool – Liverpool CC, and Cumbria – Cumbria Institute of Art)
Created NVQ 3 (credits) arts business skills for disabled and deaf arts practitioners in partnership with CADT
Wrote, co-wrote and delivered courses with a team of tutors and support workers. Lead the Training & Development team – line managing the T & D assistant where we recruited all students and ensured Disabled people’s access with direct student support.
Created enjoyable and effective learning experiences for all Disabled and non disabled participants working on pan-disability social model principles. We successfully worked with sensory impairments, physical impairments, learning difficulties and mental health issues and survivors. Achieved an average 89% success rate.
Clear administration and organisational systems and procedures in place for effective team work and monitoring. Rigorous financial control, fundraising, partnership working and reports. My funding proposals raised over £250,000 through DfES Arts Council North West, Arts Council National and private Trusts and Foundations.
Creating partnerships with LIPA, John Moores University, MANCAT, University of Leicester, Liverpool Community College, Cumbria Institute of Arts, WEA, CADT and others.
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