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Stephen Rowley

Disciplines

Traditional Arts - Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Mosiac
Performance Arts - Music, Song, Dance, Drama

Workshops for Ages

Infants, Juniors, Secondary, 16+ Adults

Workshops Offered

Aboriginal Art – Story (dot) Painting & Sculpture
African sculpture
Contemporary art
INSET courses (esp. drawing and sculpture)
Modern art painting styles (cubism, abstract expression, etc)
Sculpture
Mosaic
Lino print
Artist in residence

Folk music and song, ballads, sea shanties
Specialist in getting boys dancing and singing
Dance –
Country dance, Maypole, Morris Dance, Sword Dance, Sailors Hornpipe
Caribbean dance (Barbados)
Drama: Mummers plays, Commedia del Art
Songwriting and recording
Radio production and sound recording
Creative Writing – Songwriting, Ballads, sea poetry and shanties

Artist Statement

I have always been interdisciplinary and I work internationally in both the visual and performing art fields. Many of my projects and commissions cross boundaries, often involving both visual and performing arts. The international dimension is important to me. I work with artists, musicians and dancers in many countries, looking at the similarities and differences in our cultures.

Much of my work is inspired by my background in science (BSc Environmental Science, MPhil) and industry. In particular, geology, chemistry and biology are common subjects.

The sea provides a strong inspiration and I am able to build upon my experiences sailing across the Atlantic.

More recently I have been making sound and visual works concerned with the landscape and wildlife around my home near Painswick

I am an experienced communicator and have provided workshops, training and residencies in hundreds of schools and communities since 1993.

Recent projects include:-

Jurassic FM – Oral history residency in Bridport primary schools
Highnam Dreamtime – Primary School environment/Aboriginal week
Mum & Tuk – Anglo Barbados music and dance – Shrewsbury
Open Space – Ambient sound installation - Stroud