Dear ACCORN colleagues and friends – I thoroughly
relished the Banff Centre conference and was engaged in ways that don’t
often occur in conferences. At that conference I presented a workshop
(and backed by a paper) that was conducted by myself and Cathryn Lloyd.
I would like now to nominate Cathryn Lloyd as a member of
ACCORN, and believe there are others who will second that invitation to
Cathryn.
Below is information about Cathryn and I look forward to
your responses and consideration.
Best wishes, greetings for the season, hopefully, of
interpersonal joy and thanksgiving,
Cheers,
Cheryl Kerr, EdD
QUT, and Pacific Point Exchange
Australia
CATHRYN LLOYD
Cathryn Lloyd graduated from the Queensland College of Art
with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design in 1989. 1990-2001
Cathryn ran her art and design studio, producing commercial and bespoke fabric
design and textile products for galleries, government, corporate and private
clients. She has tutored and facilitated numerous art and design workshops for
arts organisations. She has lectured and designed course material for
Southbank Creative Industries Design and Visual Arts department and tutored at
the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). In 2001 Cathryn moved to London.
At this point her career moved into another creative sphere when she took on
the role of Professional Training Manager and Study Abroad Co-ordinator at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.
During this time her passion for bringing art and business together was
consolidated as she became involved in developing courses and creating
relationships between the arts and business. She worked with a wonderfully
creative group of tutors, designers, and artists developing and delivering
arts-based training programs for clients such as BBC, Sony, WCRS, WPP
Communications and the Danish Marketing Association.
Returning to Australia in 2005 Cathryn turned her interest
in arts-based learning into doctoral research by enrolling in the Doctor of
Creative Industries at QUT which she is currently undertaking. She is
investigating the role of arts-based learning and how artful processes and
facilitation can be used in a range of learning environments. Cathryn
holds a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, a Diploma of
Training and Assessment Systems, and a Diploma of Management from the Chartered
Management Institute in the UK. In 2006 she established Maverick Minds an
arts-based learning and development consultancy. Recently Cathryn presented her
paper and model The Sphere of Professional Artistry: the art of knowing what to
do when you don’t know what to do at the Fourth Art of Management
Conference in Banff. Currently Cathryn is collaborating with the
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies to develop arts-based
professional development workshops in relation to mediation, conflict
resolution and peacebuilding. She continues to devote time to her own
arts practice. Cathryn’s work, research and arts practice are
inextricably linked.