As mentioned a few posts ago, I have been working at LCA on
the MAGPi pathway of FAD. Whoa, acronym central there or what?! LCA = Leeds College of Art. MAGPi = Moving Image,
Advertising, Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration. It’s been so much fun,
I’ve loved being back at Leeds. Last week I blogged about our amazing FAD show, check it out. I also work at NTU
(Nottingham Trent University) and trying to fit in my own work alongside being
split in half at two institutions, teaching across level 3 up to level 5
(occasionally level 7!) has been (great fun, don’t get me wrong) but has left
me time poor to carry on creating my own work, which I feel that I need to do
to feed into my teaching practice, and for a general happy creative life. If I
don’t draw or make something frequently, I just feel so …
sad, so....pent up. It’s like my own Maslow hierarchy of needs - on the bottom
rung; food, create, run, go to a gym class. Anyway – digressing…. today was my last day! I have
also decided to halt working at the college during the summer holidays – I have been
teaching classes with the Young Creatives – a portfolio development class and
general art classes for students aged 7 up to 18, which has been so much fun
and really inspiring.
