Gina Dearden

I really enjoy teaching. The point is to discover people’s real interests, and to help them on to the next step, whatever their current starting point. To make a lot of progress in a short time is exciting for everyone around you. I trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, at London University. I have worked in many schools and colleges throughout my life, teaching on a variety of courses. These have ranged from BA Art and Design to working in a primary school. I taught in a girls college in the USA, at Southampton Institute, and at others in Hampshire and London. I have had single students who needed to develop work for art school courses and exams..Also small groups have often come here to learn techniques and work on ideas. I’ve printed textiles for the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Opera, and experimented with ceramics. I use photography and drawing to examine and develop ideas. At the moment I am interested in print rather than painting, but it is interesting to combine the two, and see what happens. Video also has its own attraction, and I have tried out projection on moving surfaces, including people, and am still interested in taking that further.