Art Coordinator
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Summary
Hi! I am from London UK but currently live in Lisbon, Portugal. I am an artist and art coordinator. I have founded an arts coordinator and monitor group > CHOCA ( Chill Out Community Arts ) The main purpose of the group is simply to encourage everyone to do art. > www.chilloutcommunityarts.blogspot.pt
As an art coordinator I run long term courses and 1-off workshops in illustration, drawing, painting and creative writing.
I am an artist – mainly visual art, such as illustration, drawing, painting and some photography as well as creative writing. My style is generally happy-go-luck spontaneous > www.davidmeehansart.blogspot.com
My other interests include – just about any type: jazz, blues, classic, country, folk, pop. I play the guitar but only easy sing-a-long strumming style. I also like the theatre and cinema, socializing, cooking, travelling and sport – but not too much!!!
I am currently looking for work as an art coordinator over the summer.
Education
CTEFLA: Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults,
AR.CO (Certificate from Lisbon Art School): Illustration Course
AR.CO (Certificate from Lisbon Art School): Photography Course
SNBA (Certificate from Lisbon Art School): Drawing Course
Experience
1- Present Day) Art Coordinator / Art Monitor with ‘CHOCA’
Work as art coordinator / art monitor ( originally by myself but now with the CHOCA team. I run various art activities ( courses, sessions and drop-in activities, such as urban sketching, creative writing, drop in drawing sessions, drawing workshops etc etc ( mainly activities related to visual arts ( drawing , illustration , painting, photography as well as creative writing
2 – Jan. – Dec. 2012
Chill Out Community Art House, Lisbon, Portuga
Coordinator of ‘CHOCA House’ (‘Chill Out Community Art House’)
• Coordinated the arts activities in CHOCA house
• Head of team to run the house
• Ran various art activities
CHOCA house was a big apartment which had 3 artists / art monitors who ran various art activities in a 5-roomed house eg: creative writing, cooking, painting, drawing, music etc. It was a community art house open to the public. The participants ranged from complete novices to professionals. There were generally 5 – 10 participants per activity.
3- SEpt 2008 – Dec. 2012: Lisbon Art School (Facilidade de Belas Artes) Lisboa, Portugal
Coordinator of extracurricular drawing and painting Activities Coordinated drawing and painting activities as an extracurricular activity for the art students where the objective was simply to have fun after the more formal art ‘learning’.
4- July–Aug. 2011 Osam University, Ankara, Turkey
Coordinator of extracurricular drawing and painting Activities Coordinated fun summer art activities from visual arts to music to cooking etc during the summer holidays
5- May 2008 Brighton Arts Fringe Festival, Hove (by Brighton) England
Coordinator / Monitor of ‘Painting Feelings’ workshop
Ran 3 sessions daily of ‘Painting Feelings’ : a fun workshop where participants talked about emotions and then painted to music on old newspaper.
6- 1989 – 1996 British Institute, Lisbon Taught English via Art
1989 – 1996 British Institute, Lisbon
Taught English via Art Taught English using art both as an academic subject ( using texts, listening etc ) and getting the English language students to actually do art ( they edited their own art magazine of creative writing, photos, drawing etc.)
7- July–Aug. 2007 Regent School of English, Box Hill, England
Art Monitor
Worked as art monitor for children (6 y.o. – 12 y.o. ) in a residential summer language school