MICRO-BIO

• Hello, my name is Sophie Skellern and I am a producer, collaborator, facilitator and more recently a PhD Candidate at Liverpool John Moores University. I am based in Manchester, and have worked with arts and communities in Lancashire since 2012. ...More

  Hello, my name is Sophie Skellern and I am a producer, collaborator, facilitator and more recently a PhD Candidate at Liverpool John Moores University. I am based in Manchester, and have worked with arts and communities in Lancashire since 2012. 

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EXPERIENCE

• Kick Down the Barriers

  • Co-Producter & Fundraiser
  • Blackburn
  • April 2019 to Present

• Prism Contemporary Gallery

  • Co-Director
  • Blackburn
  • January 2019 to Present

• The National Festival of Making

  • Producer
  • Blackburn
  • April 2018 to July 2019

• DesignLab Nation

  • Regional Co-ordinator
  • V&A Museum
  • March 2018 to Present

• Found in Blackburn

  • Producer
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
  • September 2016 to June 2017

• Manchester International Festival

  • Assistant Co-ordinator
  • Manchester

EDUCATION

• Liverpool John Moores University

  • PhD
  • 2018 to Present

  An in-depth action research case study of community embedded arts organisation In-Situ as they progress through four years of NPO Arts Council England funding.

• Liverpool John Moores University

  • MA with Distinction in Cities, Culture & Creativity
  • September 2016 to September 2017

• Lancaster University

  • 1st Class Hons BA in Fine Art
  • September 2010 to July 2013

Links

• Website