JULIE FORRESTER Ar.st & Mul.-disciplinary Arts Prac..oner 24 Glenview Park - The Glen - Cork - T23 CK2K

086 8103372 jul.forrester@gmail.com hOps://julforrester.com/

BIOGRAPHY Coming from a background in mixed media sculp-ture, Julie Forrester!s prac.ce priori.ses process based ap-proaches, from drawing to installa.on, lens media and the mov-ing image to public sculpture. Work is characterised by an enquiry into narra.ve forms, o\en arising from shared experience. JF has been awarded by The Arts Council (bursary 2020) Cavan and Wex-ford County Councils and by Cork City Council!s Arts in Context Awards (2007, 2010, 2013, 2014) and she has been commis-sioned by the Department of Educa.on and Science to make par-.cipatory public artworks under the Per cent for Art Scheme (2008, 2009). JF has a socially engaged prac.ce, working collabo-ra.vely with people across a spectrum of contexts, from Youth and Community to Health and Edu-ca.on. Much of JF!s work "in context!#is residency based, and since 2000 she has collaborated with children and teachers on residencies with Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership since 2000, and with the Design and Cra\s Council of Ireland since 2010. JF is an Educa.on Panellist with numerous arts organisa.ons, and works regularly with the Crawford Art Gallery, where she delivers programmes in response to artworks and exhibi.ons, o\en working collabora.vely with other specialists on the educa.on team. JF has exhibited across Ireland and her collabora.ve projects have been selected for exhibi.on at The Irish Museum of Modern Art and The Na.onal Museum of Ireland and The Ark. JF was Ar.s.c Director of ArtTrail Cork, Responsible for the overall cura.on and management of an Interna.onally acclaimed site- specific Fes.val involving 80 ar.sts, exhibi.ons, live events and works across mul.ple venues in Cork City. She was Co-Curator and Produc.on manager of SOUNDWORKS, a site specific event in Cork involving 50 ar.sts by invita.on and interna.onal call-out. JF is Garda veOed and is a Member of VAI since 2000.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS MA - Fine Art Process [2013] Crawford College of Art & Design CIT, Cork || Higher Na4onal Diploma in Mul4media [2006] Coláiste Slofán Naofa, Cork ||Community Arts Prac4ce [1998] CAFE/(now CREATE) and Maynooth College || Cer4ficate in Art Therapy [1996] CCAD (as above) || BA Fine Art Sculpture [1988] The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London || HAUMEA Essen4al Ecoliteracy [2020]

ASSOCIATE ARTIST KIDS’ OWN PUBLISHING PARTNERSHIP - (since 2000) 2011-2020 Virtually There 2007 Beneath the Surface - Fes.val workshops for children at The Ark, Dublin 2003-2006 Trading Places 2005 The Mysterious Eye - Art & Poetry Book 2000-2003 Mul4-media Maps - Cross border project exploring cultural links using mul.media twinned primary schools, Tyrone and Leitrim. 2003 Mul4media Maps

ART/EDUCATION PANELIST - THE CRAWFORD ART GALLERY (since 2000) Ongoing Ar.st work-shops, Online content crea.on and interac.ons with exhibi.ons. Family Workshops, Annual Ani-ma.on Summer Camps for children age 7-14 with CORK MIGRANT CENTRE 2021 Online Pro-gramme for children in Direct Provision CreaFve Ireland CreaFve Youth Cruinniu na nOg Follow your Nose.

ART/EDUCATION PANELIST - DESIGN & CRAFTS COUNCIL of IRELAND (since 2010) CRAFTed Projects in Primary Schools and (since 2018) CRAFT SKILLS - Design Thinking Projects in Secondary Schools DESIGN CIRCLES online mentoring Secondary teachers in Junior Cycle

TAP ArFst (2021) Cork Educa.on Centre

ARTIST FACILITATOR ConFnuing Professional Development for ArFsts and Teachers 2021 KOPP -Teacher Ar.st Part-nership Workshop - Process & Documenta.on 2021 DESIGN Circles CPD - Mentoring for Art Teach-ers 2020 ZoomPlay A series of advisory sessions for ar.sts' screen based contacts (Local Authori-.es, DCCI); CPD Ar4st Provocateur Artelier, Tasmania 2014 - CRAFT SKILLS CPD Secondary School teachers 2010 - present DESIGN & CRAFTS COUNCIL of IRELAND/West Cork EducaFon Centre CPD Exploring The Visual Arts Curriculum in Primary Schools for teachers

ART TUTOR (YOUTH & COMMUNITY) SECAD CLG Midleton, currently (since 2020) Cork EducaFon Training Board Currently (since 1998) Family Learning - St Patricks Na.onal Schools, Gardiner’s Hill & Mayfield Community School 2019 Access - Rehabilita.on Skills for Young adults, 2019 Arts For All (with Suisha and Cork Academy for Music) Write On Family Literacy May-field Community Project. 2000-2017 Youth Arts Tutor, Foroige/Ogra Chorcai and others- previously with Cork Community ArtLink

ART In CONTEXT - PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 2O21 Follow Your Nose - Online drawing Project co-created with Children in Direct Provision, Cork Migrant Centre Nano Nagle Place 2021 Connect/Disconnect Crea4ve Engagement Cork Educate Together Secondary School

ART in CONTEXT - PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 2014 Yellow Flag Mural N. Mon Secondary School 2013 Community House Bridevalley View, Fairhill 2010 - PoemWaves - Rathangan Na.onal School (Commissioned by Wexford Co Council). 2010 - The Garden Project - The Glen Neighbourhood Youth Project (Cork City Council Arts In Context). 2009 - Killeely Stories: The Sodacakeville kids Mul.media Project, Northside Digihub, Limerick. 2009 - Linked Pools Scoil Einne, Spiddal (Par.cipatory % for Art Commission with School Children and families). 2008 - Crann na gCaor- St. Senan!s NS Enniscorthy - (% for Art Commission with Chil-dren and families). 2007 - From The Glen to Farranree- Anima.on & Web-Based Project - Scoil Iosagain Boys Na.onal School & St Marks BNS - (Cork City Council Arts in Context Bursary). 2005 - Yin Yang the Glen- Sculpture/Residency Commission with Children and Youth Groups of The Glen - Cork Capital of Culture 2005 - Our Place Anima.on Project, Togher Family Centre (Cork Capital of Culture). 2005 - 2005 Stories from the Boys of Farranree Comic Book, Scoil Iosagain Boys Na.onal School (Bridging The Gap UCC /The Dept. of Educa.on & Science)

RESIDENCIES - 2021 Ar.st in Residency & Crea.ve Enquiry - Traveller Children & Family Engage-ment Project, Cork Midsummer Fes.val and Springboard Family Services 2019 - Arts Council Ar.sts in Prisons. 2014-16 - Fuse Music Alive Anima.on at Ballyphehane Day Care Centre, Cork 2003 - Umha Aois Symposium- Bronze Age Cas.ng, Rathlin Island. 2001 - Triskel Arts Centre - Ar.st in Res-idence 2000 - Backwater Ar.st Group - Ar.st In Residence (and 2000-2020 Kids’ Own Partnership)

AWARDS - 2021-22 Arts Council Agility Award 2020-21 Arts Council YPCE Bursary Narra4ves with Nature 2013 & 2014 Cork City Council Arts in Context Bursaries Community House & Yellow Flag 2004 - Arts Council Travel Award Sonambiente Fes.val, Berlin 2004 - Arts Council Publica.on Award Soundworks For Those Who Have Ears Book/CD. 2000 - Arts Council Ar.sts in Schools Award Mapping Minane Bridge NS Co Cork

CURATORIAL - 2016 Curator A\er The Gallery : Arts and Minds, HSE Blackrock Hall 2005/06 Ar.s.c Director Art Trail 2004 Project Manager, Sound-works Fes.val

SOLO and 2/3 person EXHIBITIONS - 2019 Mixed Ecology Zoolala Club, Cork 2014 Sulumuc - Things Fall Apart with Rebecca Bradley & Sharon McCarthy, Tac.c Gallery, Cork 2002 Score Tigh Fili Gallery, McCurtain Street, Cork 2001 Nurture Curated by The Real Art Project at Limerick City Hall Gallery

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2020 Cork IndieFilm Fes4val Official Selec.on 2020 Hullabaloo Children’s Arts Fes4val 2016 Draw Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork . 2014 make ||shape: collabora4ons in clay curated by Su- san Hol-land for the Cra\s Council, The Ark, Dublin. 2013 OUTBOX - MA:AP School of Architecture, Cork 2012 Lure of the Lyre Bird Installa.on, TransArt Fes.val, Cavan 2012 In4mate Revolu4on: Discourse on Disappointment Siemens Arts Space 798, Beijing, China 2010 Living in Interes4ng Times 2010 BAG- curated by Vera Ryan & Stephen Brandes, Crawford Gallery, Cork. 2005 Un/Inhibited- curated by Sarah Iremonger, Wandesford Quay Gallery. 2004 C2 - Crawford Gallery

LINKS to WORKS

Follow Your Nose with Cruinniú na nÓg at The Crawford Art gallery Co-created with Children in Direct Provision https://crawfordartgallery.ie/follow-your-nose-into-drawing/

Ar.st Website https://julforrester.com/

Current Project - Narra.ves with Nature Blog https://glen2creek.com/