Name: Jayne Elizabeth Gaze
Location: The Artery Studios, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK
E-mail: jayne@jaynegaze.com
Residencies
2012 Guest Artist in Residence at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Artists Space
2004-2014 Resident Artist, Worcester Health & Care NHS Trust (formerly Worcestershire Mental Health NHS Partnership Trust) & Founder/Co-ordinator of AIMs (https://m.facebook.com/artinminds/) Art in Minds Foundation
2004/5 AA2A Artist in Residence, University of Worcester
2003/4 Artist in Residence at Worcester Cathedral
Grants & Awards
2003 Arts Council Award for Worcester Cathedral Residency
2005 Arts Council Award for Kings Fund Project
2009 Worcestershire County Council Grant for AIMs Project Reflections I
2010 Arts Council Award for AIMs Project Reflections II
2010 NHS Achievement award for Working in Partnership
2010 NHS Award for Patient, Staff and Public Engagement and Involvement
2013 Worcestershire County Council Grant for AIMs Project ‘Celebration’
Professional Affiliations
Membership of VAA Visual Artists Association (£5m Public and Products Liability Insurance)
Education
2010 Abstract Sculpture, Malvern School of Arts
2003 First Class Single Honours, BA Art & Design, University of Worcester
2002 Artists Teaching Programme, Worcester Technical College
Professional Experience/Career History
2004 to 2014 Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
(Three separate posts as outlined below)
Resident Artist at Shrub Hill Workshop using art therapeutically and vocationally with mental health service users to promote recovery, confidence and well being. Founder and Co-ordinator of AIMs (Art in Minds).
2005-2008 Resident Artist at The Elgar Unit working with elderly mental health and dementia patients using art as therapy making site specific artworks to enhance the healing environment.
2006 –2008 Lead Artist for a project team working with the Trust and the Kings Fund on a specific arts project to enhance the healing environment at Ward D2 Kidderminster General Hospital.
1998 to present date also a Freelance Artist (commencing with earliest project)
1998 – Launched and managed a co-operative gallery project in a High Street shop, Bewdley, Worcestershire producing fine art greetings cards, paintings, prints, ceramics and textiles for public sale and commissions.
1999 – Freelance Artist accepting commissions and producing illustrations and artwork for greeting card publishers.
2000 – Undergraduate BA Hons Fine Art and Design, University of Worcester while continuing to develop my own business/practice.
2002 – Artists Teaching Programme with Worcester College of Technology in partnership with Worcester Arts Workshop. Included Facilitating, The Psychology of Learning, Teaching Strategies, Producing Resources, National Curriculum and Key Stage Structure. This required a variety of teaching practice both assisting with and facilitating the artistic content of specific schools based residencies.
2003 – Graduated with First Class Honours and continued to work as a Freelance Artist and Workshop Facilitator working with most age ranges from four to eighty including moderate and severe special needs, disabled and disaffected groups.
2003/2004 – Artist In Residence at Worcester Cathedral in Partnership with The University of Worcester.
2004/2005 – AA2A Artist in Residence, University of Worcester.
Exhibition Record
2003 The Art House, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester – Degree Show
2003 Artery, Worcester Arts Workshop, Worcester – Video Installation – ‘Symbiont’
2003 Park Attwood Clinic, Trimpley, Worcestershire – Outdoor Sculptural Textiles Installation – ‘Light’
2004 Worcester Cathedral –‘translations, transfusions, transfigurations’ – Artist In Residence Exhibition
2004 Rotherwas Chapel, Hereford – Haven Installation Art commissioned by English Heritage in association with Public Art Route for Heritage Open Days
2005 Worcester Arts Workshop Gallery ‘Textures Of Memory’
2005 Worcester Cathedral, Deans Chapel ‘Textures Of Memory’
2006 Stroud House Gallery, Stroud ‘Stitched’
2006 Cotswold Gallery, Worcester University Post Graduate Exhibition
2007 Cotswold Gallery, Worcester University Alumni Textiles Exhibition
2007 Worcester Arts Workshop ‘Face Value’
2008 The Guildhall Worcester ‘Open Exhibition’
2008 Worcester Cathedral, South Cloister ‘Ten Threads’
2009 Cotswold Gallery, Worcester University ‘Connections’
2010 Weavers Gallery, Ledbury ‘Connections’
2010 Worcester Contemporary Open
2011 Resident Artists Exhibition, Worcester Arts Workshop
2011 Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, ‘Connections’
2011 Worcester Open Exhibition, Worcester Arts Workshop
2012 Himley Hall, ‘Former Glory’
2012 Worcester Arts Workshop Gallery, open exhibition
2012 Worcester University, Cotswold Gallery, open exhibition
2012 Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Artist in Residence Exhibition
2013 Worcester Arts Workshop, Solo Exhibition, ‘Seeing in Colour’
2013 Celebration, The Cotswold Gallery, Worcester University
2014 Beneath the Surface, The Museum of Royal Worcester, Worcester UK
2015 Finding Futures, The Hive, Worcester UK
2016 Art of Conversation, The Artrix, Bromsgrove, UK
2018 Enchanted, Catral, Spain
Visiting Lectures & Workshops
March 2002 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Textile painting
July 2002 Worcester Arts Workshop – Support Artist
September 2002 Worcester Arts Workshop – Support Artist
October 2002 Redditch Borough Council – Textile Painting
October 2002 Skills on Show – Support Artist
October 2002 Gorse Hill School – Support Artist
December 2002 Fort Royal Festival of Light – Support Artist
March 2003 Wolverley High School – Support Artist
April 2003 Forge Mill Needle Museum – Digital Imaging
May 2003 Park Attwood Clinic, Trimpley Worcestershire – Introduction to exhibition, rationale and resume
June 2003 Redditch School Project – Support Artist
June 2003 Rigby Hall Special Needs School – Support Artist
June 2003 Dudley Glass – Support Artist (Working with a number of schools over a two week period)
July 2003 University College Worcester – Introduction to Ceramics – ‘Pop Art’ – a work experience initiative partnership involving year eleven students from local schools
July 2003 All Saints C of E Primary School – Resident Artist (one week)
August 2003 Skills on Show – Support Artist
August 2003 Hanley Hall – Family Arts Activities
August 2003 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Watercolour Workshop
August 2003 Worcester Arts Workshop – Children’s Holiday Workshops
August 2003 Brickfields Family Fun Day – Children’s Workshops
October 2003 Wychaven District Council – Adult Education Workshop
October 2003 Worcester Arts Workshop – Series of children’s classes
October 2003 Avoncroft Museum – Digital Imaging Workshops
November 2003 Stokesay Infants School – Resident Artist (one week)
November 2003 Stokesay Primary School – Resident Artist (one week)
November 2003 Rubery Youth Centre – Support Artist
November 2003 Meadows First School – Lantern Workshop
November 2003 Beaconsfield Primary School – Lantern Workshop
January 2004 Worcester Arts Workshop – Series of children’s classes
February 2004 Worcester Arts Workshop – Series of children’s classes
February 2004 University College Worcester – Drypoint Etching Workshop
February 2004 University College Worcester – Collagraph Workshop
March 2004 Worcester Arts Workshop – Series of children’s classes
March 2004 University College Worcester – Printmaking Workshop
March 2004 Worcestershire Lifestyles at UCW – Clay Sculpture Workshop
May 2004 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Textile Painting Workshop
August 2004 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Watercolour Workshop
May 2005 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Textile Painting Workshop
June 2005 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Clay Sculpture Workshop
August 2005 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Watercolour Workshop
February 2006 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Textile Painting Workshop
March 2006 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Clay Sculpture Workshop
June 2006 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Watercolour Workshop
May 2007 Worcestershire Lifestyles – Textile Painting Workshop
June 2011, Charles Hastings Education Centre, Arts & Mental Health/AIMs
June 2012 Charles Hastings House, Guest Speaker at the Arts & Heath Symposium
February 2013 George Marshall Medical Museum, Guest Speaker – Arts & Mental Health/AIMs (Art in Minds)
March 2016, Guest Speaker, Albertera Community Group, Spain
January 2017, Abstract Workshop, Albertera Community Group, Spain
February 2017 – December 2020 Monthly Workshops, Albertera Community Group, Spain
January 2021 to current date – Due to Covid Online Workshops only.