Board member profiles
- David Attwooll
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.
- 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.
- Nick Thorn
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- Anuk Naumann
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Anuk studied Architecture at University College London, and once qualified, worked as an architect for some years. Her work changed directions a few times; joining her husband, working for Oxfam in Uganda and then for the Quakers at the United Nations in New York. During this time Anuk studied silkscreen printing. On returning to Britain the opportunity arose to return to her real love of painting, by taking part in a group exhibition for Artweeks. Anuk works entirely in water based paints and uses collage to give initial texture to her pieces. Her work ranges from landscape both in Britain and abroad, to still life, which she still regards as her favourite. Having been involved in Artweeks as a participating artist for 19 years, this is Anuk’s first year as a member of the Artweeks’ board.
- Chris Ward
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I worked as a consultant NHS surgeon in London where I also organised various conferences and symposia. Following an M.A. in Medical Ethics and Law, I became Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics, student admissions subdean and senior pastoral tutor at Imperial College School of Medicine.
My interest in the Arts began as a medical student and was realised in a practical sense, after retirement, through conversion of a stable into a studio in North Oxfordshire for the use of two full-time artists as well as for exhibitions and teaching purposes.
In my first year as a member of the Board, I am taking the lead in promoting a competition among Oxfordshire artists to design a label for a premium wine, bottled by the Oxfordshire Wine Co.