CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY THROUGH ART

Kay is delighted to represent Chapel Arts Studios as Chair, having watched its success since its inception.  She retired recently from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton where, as Director of External Affairs, she led the development and maintenance of the School’s vital relationships with industry, public bodies, schools and colleges.  Before joining the School in 2005, Kay’s wide-ranging business career included publishing and literary agency, insurance, recruitment and legal practice management.  Kay graduated with a BA in Graphic Arts (Photography and Digital Media) and an MPhil in Fine Art Photography.  She now lives in West Sussex.

Charlotte Marchant is a cultural heritage professional from Hampshire. She is currently employed at the National Motor Museum as the Manager/Curator of Shell’s Heritage Art Collection, having previously been employed with The National Archives and Imperial War Museums. 

Charlotte completed her Fine Art degree at Winchester School of Art in 2018 and went onto study for an MA in Documentary Photography at The University of Westminster. 

Dr Ronda Gowland-Pryde is delighted to join the CAS board of trustees to help support its ambitions for the future.

Ronda is a 2014 national Marsh Award winner for excellence and innovation in gallery education and has worked in engagement, learning and research within the arts and cultural sector for over twenty years. During this time, Ronda has worked as Head of Engagement and Research at John Hansard Gallery and with Arts Council Collection, the National Association of Gallery Education and Artswork, including the regional Cultural Education Partnerships. Ronda has been an Arts Award mentor for the South East Arts Award Leadership Network.

Having gained a PhD in 2017 with the University of Southampton Education School, Ronda is interested in research that is collaborative and prioritises the individual experiences of under-served groups and communities. 

Ronda is a Senior Public Engagement Fellow at the University of Southampton.

Education: BA Hons Art & Design History, MA Arts Management, PGCE (Post Compulsory Education, PhD (Southampton Education School)

It all started when I was at the Test Valley Arts Foundation, before Chapel Arts Studios was spun off as a separate organisation.  And now the circle is completed as I become a trustee of CAS.

My background is in engineering where I worked on aircraft projects, television cameras, at the BBC and most recently on virtual reality television studios.  The BBC is a great place to see how engineering meets with the creative industries to produce some top quality material.

I’ve worked around the world, including north and south America, Europe, the middle east and north Africa.  In Jordan I worked in a TV studio helping keep the production systems working to ensure programmes could be made.

My vision is to support Chapel Arts to engage with the community, ensuring that an increasing number of local people can benefit from developing their creative output.  In addition, bringing art and creativity to the fore supports the local council’s placemaking ambitions.

I am also a local councillor on Test Valley and Hampshire as well as having interests in the health services, where I’ve been a governor of the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust as well as the South Central Ambulance Service.  I served as a trustee on the Hampshire and IoW Air Ambulance for 9 years, latterly as their Chairman.

Jon is both a contemporary Artist, advocate and researcher. He makes a variety of work in many differing media including sound, drawing and performance, often referencing his autism, synaesthesia and dyslexia, all interwoven with history, science, time and his past experiences. The result is a unique visual perspective of systemising and recording history, time and place. 

He studied geology at Kings College London becoming a geological book illustrator, later branching out into history and conceptual artwork. His national profile includes creating work across a wide range of institutions, organisations and genres and has shown in galleries such as Royal Academy and the Tate Modern. 

He's been commissioned by many universities, arts and science organisations and projects including Parliament in the making 2015, London 2012 and for the stage. 

He advocates for the rights of Neurodivergent people to fully access the arts, funding, health care and relevant research. 

Craig is an art and design educator with over ten years’ experience in the higher education sector, specialising in access and participation, pre-degree initiatives, public engagement and outreach activity.

Currently at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Craig delivers strategic initiatives to better provide equality of opportunity for prospective students of all backgrounds and to enable their success while studying.   

Craig graduated with a BA Design for Interactive Media from Gloucestershire and has previously worked in digital design prior to Higher Education. He is a practising artist, currently working within and exploring mixed-media minimalist abstract using upcycled and found materials.

Tony Spencer is a freelance visual artist who lives and works in Eastleigh, Hampshire. His academic studies include a BA in Fine Art Sculpture and MA in Gallery Studies. His professional background is in Gallery Curating, Arts Development and Museum Outreach. Throughout his career he has been an advocate for diversity and equality. He has worked in supporting the creative expression and cultural diversity of BAME communities in the North East and West Midlands. He served as a trustee with the North East Diversity Arts Forum (NECDAF).

He is currently undertaking the Creative Communities Fellowship program through Derby Museums and NAS, exploring methods of peer based support for artists who have been marginalised due to neurodiversity, isolation and mental health issues.

As Arts Officer for Test Valley Borough Council since 2015 Faye's role includes facilitating and promoting arts and heritage across Andover, Romsey and surrounding areas.

She works with a variety of creative people and cultural organisations offering project support and funding advice. She manages the Test Valley Creative community group online, through the arts database and she runs networking events.

A big part of her job is managing public art projects that are funded by developer contributions to create site specific public artworks. She also programmes and manages a range of outdoor events and does the occasional duty manager shift at her office home of The Lights.

Faye has worked in arts development since graduating in 2004 and has worked for Bournemouth Borough Council, Portsmouth City Council, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council and Wiltshire Council.