FIBRE.ART.WALES - artists

Lisa Porch - CV

Education and Training: 
Sept 1987 - July 1988 South Glamorgan I.H.E., Cardiff 
Foundation Course in Art and Design
Sept 1988 - July 1991 Loughborough College of Art and Design
B.A. (Hons) in Textiles, class 2.1
Sept 1992 - July 1993 UWIC
Certificate of Education (F.E.)/ P.G.C.E. (F.E.) stages 1&2
Sept 1994 - 1998 UWIC
MA in Post- Compulsory Education, class 1         
        
Selected Exhibitions:          
2010 Journeys, Ruthin and Buckley Library Galleries, North Wales, February - March
2009 Fibre Voices, FAW 10th birthday exhibition, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth Nov 09 - Jan 2010 
2009 Rhondda Heritage Park, FAW  `Journeys` Oct - Nov 2009
2009 HOMELANDS Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA Oct - Nov 09
2009 Fibre Voices, FAW 10th birthday exhibition, Ucheldre Arts Centre Holyhead June - July 09
2008 "Words and Walls" Solo exhibition, Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff  July/ August
2008 "Journeys"  FAW Exhibition,Banbury Museum and Art Gallery, Oxford  May/June
2007/08 Christmas Exhibition at Oriel Makers December/January
2007 Designer Crafts @ Chelsea, Chelsea Town Hall, London
2006 Quilt 2006 at The Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham 
1994 3-Paths Exhibition at GCADT
1991 Degree Show at the Commonwealth Institute, London

Publications:
Porch,L and Barclay, M Unifying Higher Education Admissions in Art and Design?
Journal of Further and Higher Education Volume 26 Number 3 August 2002 Carfax Publishing
Journeys advertisement and article in Embroidery magazine and Stitch  April/May 2008
    
Residencies:
2008 Meet the Artists event at Banbury Museum and Art Gallery
2004-2006 series of textile based workshops at Coed- y- Lan Primary School
1993 Artist in Residence at Ferndale Comprehensive School

Teaching and Employment:
BTEC Ist Diplomas, BTEC National Diplomas, GNVQs, AVCEs, Foundation Course in Art and Design
Foundation Degree in Costume Construction for Stage and Screen..
GCADT to undertake research and course development.
1993-95: Part-time lecturer at Rhondda College 
1991- present: Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles at The Glamorgan Centre for Art and Design, Technology
1991-93: Freelance Textile Designer for Anne Davison Designs, London. 

Conferences and Seminars:
2006 Staff delegate at Skills Fast Competition, Birmingham 
2006 Costume Symposium at Bournemouth Institute of Art and Design
2004 - present Delegate at the Design Wales, Design Prediction seminars


Societies:          
The Embroiders' Guild: The Costume and Textiles Society in Wales:  Fibre Arts Wales