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Andrea Burden

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Andrea studied Photography at the University of Derby, graduating in 1994. She has worked as a professional photographer and photographic printer. Andrea started teaching photography 25 years ago and currently tutors for Open College of the Arts. She made her…

Komathy Cumarasamy

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Komathy is Sri Lankan born and studied art up to degree level in my Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  She now specialises in portraiture, figures, and modern/contemporary styles. She loves experimenting and is experienced at handling a variety of mediums, having formally…

Chantelle Stephenson

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Chantelle is a practising artist and educator that graduated from the Cambridge School of Art in 2007. Since then she has tutored Fine Art on the Foundation Art and Design course at Hitchin College, Hertfordshire. In 2016 she was invited…

Jane Ducarreaux

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Jane’s passion for glass has been a lifelong one, having been surrounded by glass since birth. Both parents worked in the glass industry – her father as a master glass blower, her mother as a glass finisher. Having tried many…

Wafa Tarnowska

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Wafà was born and educated in Lebanon, but has worked and lived in Australia, India, Poland, Cyprus, the UAE, and the UK. In addition to being a French, Arabic and English as a Second Language teacher, Wafà is a writer,…

Carly Simmons

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Carly is an award-winning textile artist with a BA (Hons) in Textile Design. She has exhibited at THOS, the James Hockey & Foyer Galleries as well as The Mall Gallery, London. She recently won the Applied Arts Award at Letchworth…

Stephen Barnard

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Stephen spent 21 years as a specialist writer with Reader’s Digest before going freelance in 1999. He has been writing and lecturing on broadcasting, film and popular music on a part-time basis for over 30 years. He has run courses…

Andrew Bamford

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Andrew Bamford read History at Selwyn College Cambridge, graduating in 1983. He taught a variety of historical periods during his time at Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire where he was Head of History from 1990-2021 and Head of Sixth Form 2005-2019, as…

Margaret Norwich

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Margaret Norwich studied liberal arts at Vassar College, New York and read English at Girton College, Cambridge. She has worked in publishing, higher education and the voluntary sector. She lectured on English Language & Literature for many years at Bedford…

Jill Winch

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Jill is a Fellow of The Society of Botanical Artists and has written two books on how to achieve success with drawing and working with colour. Jill has been teaching the subject of Botanicals for over 15 years and is…

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