CV

Alice Froom

 

Education:

• The Snaith school 2004-2009

Maths-C, English-B, Science-B, Art-A*, Textiles-A, RE-A*, History-B French-D

• Leeds college of art and design 2009-2011

National Diploma in Art and Design (BTEC)-DDD

• Manchester School of Art 2011-till present

Experience:

• Work experience nursery nurse at field side day nursery, Great Heck, looked after children from the age of a few months to age 5, did entertaining and educational activities with the children and helped at meal times. October 2007.
• Kitchen assistant at AAA Chinese take away, prepared food, packed meals, took orders and handled complaints, 2009-2011.
• Voluntary receptionist at CAB, greeted clients and regulated when rooms were available for the advisers to use, summer of 2010.
• Play worker at Snaith and Cowick play scheme, cared for and entertained children between the ages of a few months and age 12, helped the children enjoy craft activities, sports, cooking and assisted trips once a week. 

References:

• Betty Chan, employer
• Gail Hope, employer

Creative Education and Experience: I have always been committed to making art, all the way through school I put my creative subjects art and textiles first. Putting as much effort in as I could, until I was completely satisfied with the result. After finishing school I made the decision that I wanted to pursue art full time. In order to bring this to realization I made a portfolio and attended an interview At Leeds college of art (LCAD) where I was successful in gaining a place on the Art and design BTEC course. My two years spent at LCAD were thoroughly enjoyed and informative, my mind was opened as I was emerged fully in creative practice for the first time. Towards the end of my first year after a wet room photography project, my photography was on show in an exhibition at Armley Mills in Leeds. In my second year I specialized in textiles, I enjoyed working with traditional and none traditional materials and appreciated the interdisciplinary element that came with textiles, as the subject name suggests I loved texture. I was spurred on by the context that historic textiles gave me and generally loved art history. Still reluctant to specialize further I gained a placed at Manchester School of art to study Textiles, where I am currently enjoying my first year. I signed up to do the workshops, 3D construct, hand processes, weave and 3D construct intermediate. By choosing these workshops I have developed my skill in thinking 3 dimensionally and enjoyed working on a mannequin, thinking about how to fit shape onto the human form. I enjoy working with small detail sohand process was very enjoyable, allowing me to develop my embroidery skills. I had never done weaving before I enrolled on the weave  workshop, but enjoyed it fully and marveled at being able to create my own cloth. In my first year I have taken the opportunity to experiment and am currently working towards work to be displayed at an exhibition at the Museum of science and industry.