Presentations at conferences and symposia
April 2024
Drawing on the British Peak District: Intra-action, Self and a Mobile Working Kit. PG Research Symposium, University of Chester
February 2023
“Working it out. Developing a visual arts practice as a practice-as-research approach.” Presentation to MA Art & Design students of the University of Chester.
September 2022
Our common ground – an interdisciplinary collaboration with the open pastures of Bakestonedale Moor. Presentation with Gemma Collard-Stokes and Scott Thurston about our shared practice outdoors at Harnessing Our Potential Symposium, Derby University.
June 2022
Our common ground. Multi-disciplinary collaborative project. Presentation with Gemma Collard-Stokes and Scott Thurston about our shared practice outdoors. Sentient Performativities Symposium, Dartington Hall, Totnes.
April 2022
Practice-led research with creative arts: How do you do it? Enacting the dialogue between process and form in outdoor environments, creative practice and research. Presentation in support of Maxine Bristow’s presentation about ‘Exposition and the epistemic object in doctoral research’, PG Seminar, University of Wolverhampton.
November 2021
Do the clouds know that I am drawing them? And, does this question matter?, PG Symposium organised by the Virtual Corridor, University of Chester.
May 2021
How can a temporary installation practice negotiate the relationships between self and natural outdoor environments?, 52nd Conference of Irish Geographers, Trinity College, Dublin
March 2021
How can a New Materialist concept of interaction between materials provide structure for creative artmaking and practice-as-research?, PG Symposium, School of Arts and Media, University of Chester
February 2021
How can embodied drawing practices negotiate the relationships between self and natural outdoor environments?, PG Symposium, Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, University Birmingham
December 2020
Drawing environments, feeling space (presentation and poster), Beyond online conference
March 2019
How does the relationship between the motility of vision and the motility of the body impact on the way we draw?, PG Symposium School of Arts and Media, University of Chester
February 2020
Embodied drawing practices and the relationships between self and environments: improvisation and two ways of performative writing, PG Symposium School of Arts and Media, University of Chester
February 2019
Feeling space: Investigating relationships between self, body and environment? , CA2RE: Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research, KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, Ghent, Belgium
Public talks
2020
From stitched artworks to a contemporary visual arts practice, Altrincham, Embroiderers’ Guild
2020
Sabine Kussmaul, visual artist, Cheshire Borders and Chester Embroiderers’ Guild, Malpas
2019
Body, feeling and environment: defining a drawing practice, Twentysevenb studio collective artist talks, Macclesfield
2019
Artist talk, Incendiary: set on fire, Landsdown Gallery, Stroud - with Simon Ross
2018
Artist talk, KINdoms, FAB Fringe Art, Bath - with Bridget Kennedy
2018
Artist talk, Dartington Hall, Totnes - with artists from KINdoms exhibition
Workshops at conferences/symposia
June 2025
Finding common ground, workshop delivered with Gemma Collard-Stokes and Scott Thurston about our shared practice outdoors. Nature Connectedness Conference, Derby.