public realm and education

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Project work

SoilSphere, 2023–(ongoing) – Network Co-ordinator

My role is to set up communication channels and co-ordinate a multidisciplinary research network at UCD, based on soil.

Keystone, 2022–2023 – Co-curator

Working with Jennie Guy we co-curated an arts in education project funded by Clare County Council, inviting two artists to work with two schools in Co Clare over the school year. The resulting artwork will be exhibited in Autumn 2023.

Curriculum publication with Jennie Guy, 2018–2020 – Assistant editor

Back-end administration work and I acted as assistant editor for the production of a book on Jennie Guy’s Art School project, published by Intellect in October 2020.

The Beholder’s Share, Irish Museum Modern Art: 26 March–26 April 2015 – Researcher, sub-editor, writer, workshop organiser

I conducted research at NIVAL on Joseph Beuys’s Free International University and held two workshops in response to that material with artists Sven Anderson and Rhona Byrne. I contributed in editing, writing for and designing the brochure, working closely with another editor, designer and writers.

Employment

M-Co, 2021–2022 – Project co-ordinator and researcher

Community engagement for public projects

Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School, 2018–19 – Teacher

I co-taught Art

Education

B.A. Visual Arts Practice, IADT, 2009–2013

M.A. Art & Research Collaboration, IADT, 2014–2016

P.Grad.Dip. in Applied Building Repair and Conservation, Trinity College Dublin, 2022–2023

Research

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fionamjgannon@gmail.com