Katy MacLeod

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About Katy MacLeod

Head of Arts at the English College Prague and Director of External Arts Events; experienced with planning, delivery and support of showcases, festivals, concerts and productions on a variety of scales, with a range of stakeholders. Visual Arts specialist; long term enthusiastic collaborator with the Performing Arts. Czech based, with working knowledge of the Arts scene in Prague and established links with local theatres, venues, galleries and Arts organisations; comfortable with behind the scenes negotiations, contracts, budgets, project management, timescales and troubleshooting. Qualified Secondary Art & Design practitioner with additional Primary Specialist status (University of Edinburgh). Experience in raising Visual Arts departmental profile, uptake at certificate level, mentoring young teachers and supporting applications to tertiary Arts education. Passionate about Painting, Drawing, History of Art, Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Architecture & Sceneography. Further experience and interests: developing cohesion, building profile, widening participation and community arts engagement. Sector experience: international, independent, IB, non-profit, Scottish state, community & adult learning, multi deprivation and across the 5-18 curricular range. IB Diploma Examiner in Visual Arts. Judge, Council of British International Schools Art Competition 2021 Presenter,'Raising Profile & Aligning Vision in the Visual Arts: A Practical Model' at the World Alliance for Arts Education in Frankfurt, 2019. Presented,'A Sense of Place: The Powerful Role of the Visual Arts in the curriculum' at International Journal of Art & Design Education Conference, Dublin, 17-18 November 2017 Winner/ Lead Organiser: Secondary Schools Award, Big Draw (world's largest drawing Festival), 2017/8