Sarah James


1994 - 1997
University of Wolverhampton
BA(Hons) (2.1) Glass with Painting
1998 - 1999 City & Guilds 7307 Further and Adult Education Teachers' Certificate

Exhibitions

January 1993 Lighthouse Media Centre - Printwork
1994, 1995, 1996 Wolverhampton Art Gallery - Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition. Paintings and sculpture.
April 1996 Wolverhampton Art Gallery - Competition for the public to choose a window design (Competition winner)
June 1996 Wolverhampton Borough Council - Competition for the design of a commemorative trophy (Highly Commended)
June 1997 University of Wolverhampton - Degree Show
Honours course in Art specialising in glasswork and sculpture.
July 1997 Business Design Centre, Islington, London - New Designers Exhibition
July 1997 The Gallery, Cork Street, London.
September 1997 Broad Street Gallery, Wolverhampton - "Creative Collaboration" joint exhibition with Dagmara Rudkin
December 1997 Touring Exhibition with The Black Country Magazine
June 1998 Anubis Contemporary Crafts, Nantwich, Cheshire
January 1999 Perton Library, Staffordshire - Solo exhibition of glass and textile jewellery
July 1999 Bilston Craft Gallery - 'Enter Art'. Textile sculptured heads, jewellery and glass vessels
April 2000 Newhampton Arts Centre - Glass jewellery

Teaching Experience

Summer 1995 Art workshops with bereaved children at Compton Hospice, Wolverhampton (Team Leader)

Autumn 1997

Group work with bereaved children. 8 weekly sessions
December 1997 Various children's workshops at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
April 1998 to date Tutor for Further Education at the Adult College, Wolverhampton - course in Glass Design and Workshop
February 1999 to date WOW Workshops - One day workshops and short courses for adults and children. Various subjects including textiles, jewellery, fabric printing, puppet making and glass painting
March to May 2000 'A Century of Fashion' textile/costume design and making at Bilston Community Centre

Sarah James takes her inspiration from her garden and her studies of cells and basic life forms. Her kiln-formed glass work is organic and uses vibrant colours ...


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