Board member profiles
- David Attwooll (Chair)
David runs an Oxford-based based publishing consultancy and agency business (www.attwoollassociates.com). He is also Chair of Liverpool University Press and on the Board of Oxford Inspires. He previously founded and built up Helicon, a local reference publisher, and prior to that held senior positions at Random House UK and Oxford University Press.
- Clare Bassett
Clare Bassett works as a professional artist using printmaking and painting. Her figurative work is done in a simple, bold style. Monumental female figures are caught, frozen in time, focusing the viewer on those moments we all share - moments of reflection, uncertainty, decision and irony. The textured surface of the lithographic stone gives her prints a rich, grainy tonality. The paintings are brighter and allow work on a larger scale. Her latest paintings are on gesso.
- Alan Berman
Alan is an architect, but an early interest in pottery was rekindled by visiting potters during Artweek 1990, since when he has been actively making handbuilt pieces. He joined the board and acted as chair between 2000 and 2005. Alan’s interest is to promote opportunities for all to participate, both makers and viewers, in a constructive critique about quality and value in art and craft, while avoiding the too-prevalent opposition between professional and amateur which divides the community of artists.
- Lindsey Hoole
Lindsey Hoole is a potter working in Oxford; she has been on the board of Artweeks for two and a half years and a participating artist since 1996. Before returning to potting full time, Lindsey was a director of Oxford Gallery, where she was responsible for selecting ceramics for the gallery and for press and publicity. While working at Oxford Gallery, Lindsey also served on the crafts panel of Southern Arts (the precursor of Arts Council England South East). Prior to embarking on a career as a potter Lindsey worked in public museums (Keeper of Art, Portsmouth City Museum) then as an assistant to a knitwear designer.
- Sue Matthew
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“I have been fortunate to have been a teacher and Headteacher in Oxford for 25 years at St. Barnabas and St. Ebbe's Schools. It is a privilege to work with young children and their families. Both schools saw the creative arts as central to their teaching and learning. Both communites participated in Artweeks- the exhibitions by children,staff, parents, governors and friends were a wonderful focus for work and gave pride to us all.
So I have participated in Artweeks from the beginning but I am relatively new to the Board. My particular responsibilites and interests are schools and community events. Lucky me to have come to Oxford (I was born in Ohio!) because it is such a diverse, exciting, creative City - no wonder it was the cradle of Artweeks!”
- Mary Moser
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Mary Moser took up art work seriously on retirement and became a printmaker; first working in Silk Screen and latterly in Etching and woodcuts. She has shown a number of times in Artweeks and also with the Oxford Art Society, of which she is a member.
Mary became involved in Artweeks in 1992 when, with volunteer colleagues, she organised the 1993 Festival. Following that, she remained chair of Artweeks until 1999. Artweeks had for some time been doing Artists residencies in schools but found it increasingly difficult to raise money for this as it was not a designated Charity. So Oxfordshire Artweeks Education Charity ( often known as Kids@Art ), of which Mary became Chair, was set up to carry out the educational work of Oxfordshire Artweeks. It raises funds and arranges artists residencies in schools throughout Oxfordshire. It has recently extended its work into Art4Age, doing residencies in Homes for the Elderly.
- Susie Moxley
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Susan Moxley was born, grew up and studied Fine Art in South Africa. In 1979 she ran away to England where she studied post graduate Fine Art Printmaking. She has worked exclusively as an artist in the UK since then.
She exhibits her paintings and prints nationally and abroad, she has also worked as an illustrator of children's and adult's fiction and has completed many stained glass commissions.
Susan has exhibited in Oxfordshire Artweek for 12 years, been Summertown coordinator for 10 and a member of the board for 8.
“Artweek is a wonderful, all encompassing opportunity for artists to exhibit work in their own environment. It makes art accessible to the public and allows people, annually, to see and discuss it's subtle changes.”
- Caryn Paladina (Festival Director)
After graduating from Oxford in 1982, Caryn followed a career in domestic banking with the Royal Bank of Scotland in London, before transferring to international operations for a Japanese bank. After returning to university to complete a post-graduate qualification in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management at the London School of Economics in 1989, she decided on a change of direction and moved into Human Resources management, with posts in retailing and the NHS. Whilst being home-based with two young children, Caryn worked as an independent consultant, before taking up the role of Artweeks’ co-ordinator in September 2000. She was invited to join the Artweeks’ Board in 2006.
- Alan Poulter
Solicitor, adviser in charity law, former school governor, trustee of Oxfordshire Artweeks Educational Charity and another local charity.
- Peggotty Graham