Cathy Mager

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Founder and Artistic Director @ Studio Spectroscope
Bristol, GB
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About Cathy Mager

I am a creative director and artist. I am founder of Spectroscope an international network of artists that create digital dreamscapes and installations in unexpected locations.I am a Clore Fellow and Fellow of Royal Society of the Arts. I have over 20 years of experience in creating, commissioning and designing public engagement events and exhibitions that connect with communities of people worldwide. I work collaboratively across heritage, community, arts and business sectors and specialise in climate change and bio-diversity programming. My career has spanned Canal and River Trust, Forestry England, Royal Shakespeare Company, Southbank Centre, Art on the Underground, Historic Royal Palaces, British Council and Bristol Beacon. Visit my website (link in profile details below) or check out my instagram @cathymagerprojects for more.

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Studio Spectroscope

Studio Spectroscope

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Founder and Artistic Director
Bristol, GB
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Cathy Mager Work Experience Details
  • Studio Spectroscope
    Founder And Artistic Director
    Studio Spectroscope
    Bristol, Gb
  • Wellcome Trust
    Consultant Curator
    Wellcome Trust Jan 2024 - Present
  • Studio Spectroscope
    Founder & Artistic Director
    Studio Spectroscope Nov 2021 - Present
    Bristol, England, United Kingdom
    We make awe-inspiring artworks that shine new light on unsung voices and hidden histories in a climate changing world. We work in collaboration with museums, galleries and businesses to transform public spaces. Night Bloom, our current project taking place in London and Shanghai is winner of Unlimited International Partnership Award. Our debut installation Hand Ships Sail featured at the Arnolfini Gallery for one week during Bristol Light Festival, 2022 attracting an audience of 170,000 people.
  • Royal Society For The Encouragement Of Arts, Manufactures And Commerce (The Rsa)
    Royal Society Of Arts Fellow
    Royal Society For The Encouragement Of Arts, Manufactures And Commerce (The Rsa) Jul 2012 - Present
  • Bristol Beacon
    Creative Director: Heritage Programme
    Bristol Beacon Feb 2020 - Dec 2023
    Bristol, England, United Kingdom
    Consultancy to lead the design and development of The Lantern Project which forms part of the venue’s multi-million pound transformation and is funded by a £4.75m grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
  • Clore Leadership
    Clore Transform Fellow 2021
    Clore Leadership Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
    I am part of the #clore17 Clore Leadership cohort 2021
  • Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trust
    Head Of Programme: Forest To Forest
    Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trust Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
    Secured the funding and led a Culture Recovery programme and strategic planning project in partnership with Forestry England and Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust. Included initiating and overseeing the re-brand of the charity and re-launch of a new website, including virtual tours of onsite sculptures. Recruited and line managed a team of talented producers and a diverse line up of over ten local, national and international artists. Including the development of a new one-way Forest trail exploring themes of well-being, biodiversity and climate change.
  • Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trust
    Director
    Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trust Nov 2014 - Oct 2020
    Forest Of Dean
    Secured the funding and led a three-year strategic landmark sculpture commissioning for a 4.5 mile Forest trail, and established a new young people and community engagement programme 2017-2020. Founded in 1986, the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, set within the stunning Wye Valley region was one of the first to open in the UK. The Trail features sculptures created by artists to interpret the Forest environment and the history of this very unusual landscape. It provides a unique opportunity to walk through the woodlands and discover art along the way. The sculptures are commissioned by The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust, a charitable organisation, working closely with the Forestry Commission.
  • Bbc
    Commissioned Artist: Bbc Culture In Quarantine
    Bbc Apr 2020 - Jul 2021
    Bristol, England, United Kingdom
    International award winning projection mapping project developed during lockdown in Bristol for BBC Culture in Quarantine and The Space, with production support from Unlimited. Sign Night is inspired by the balcony performers of Wuhan and Lombardy, but using sign language - the vital, visual and versatile language of deaf communities. Collaborating with deaf performers living in self-isolation, I will illuminate the streets of Bristol with mysterious film projections revealing deaf culture in lockdown, allowing hands and bodies to express what can't be spoken by words alone.
  • Canal & River Trust
    Artistic Director, The Ring
    Canal & River Trust Sep 2016 - Jan 2019
    Worcestershire & Droitwich, Uk
    Winner of best Art & Culture Event (large-scale) National Living Waterways award, 2019. The Ring celebrates the Worcestershire region’s canals and rivers. The project took place on secret islands, oil docks, pop music stages and on barges along the 21 mile circle of waterways made up by the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, the Droitwich canals and the River Severn. I led the artistic vision and curated the selection of artist/architects: NEON, Katy Beinart, Rich White, Heather Wastie, Dave Crowe, Lucy McLauchlan and Lucy Speed.
  • Bloomsbury Festival
    Festival Director
    Bloomsbury Festival Dec 2012 - Jan 2014
    United Kingdom
    Director of a Festival across 52 venues. Involving 120 organisations, including 36 businesses from dry cleaning firms to multinationals. Established 3-year Children's Rights Commission supported by Mishcon de Reya. Initiated Bloomsbury Festival in a Box, a research pilot supported by Arts and Humanities Research Council to take Festival events out into the homes of people living with dementia.
  • Southbank Centre
    Producer
    Southbank Centre Nov 2007 - Dec 2012
    Responsible for developing free large-scale public participation events, festivals and exhibitions across the 21-acre Southbank Centre site including leading the acclaimed Museum of '51 in commemoration of the Festival of Britain. A selection of recent festivals, events and exhibitions include: Rainbow Park, Wastescape, London Earth Creature: (Festival of the World 2012). Before I Die, Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from Ghana and the UK, From Blue to Joy, A New Orleans Funeral with Abram Wilson, Sam Winston Registry Office (Death: A Festival for the Living 2012) Urban Fox, Black Pig Lodge by Heather & Ivan Morison, London Museum Weekend (in collaboration with Museum of London and misc regional London Museums) Festival of Britain 2011.Southall Story and Southall Story Live, Alchemy Festival 2011. Project Morrinho, Southbank Centre Favela, Festival Brazil with HSBC, 2010.
  • Art On The Underground
    Creative Communties Curator
    Art On The Underground Sep 2005 - Nov 2007
    Responsible for overseeing a London-wide, national and international participatory exhibitions programme. Direct collaboration with several major galleries including the Royal Academy and V&A. Contributed to re-branding and three-year business plan and major publication by Black Dog Publishing in 2008. A selection of projects conceived and curated include:• Connected Afro-Caribbean poetry, performance, music and photographic project• Led writer-in-residence and published book of poetry by Kings Cross Underground staff • Three site-based public commissions with artist Gayle Chong Kwan, Borough Market traders, Southwark College catering students and Underground staff• A Station Musical for Stratford, an Olympic inspired 50-metre window frieze • China Dreaming Photographic billboard and poster campaign by universities in UK and China• The Final Salute 40ft commemorative mural created by 2000 Arsenal football fans • 100 Years of Fashion on the Bakerloo Line, with University of the Arts• Numerous collaborations with Royal Academy, Design Museum, Serpentine Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum and community organisations across London.
  • Historic Royal Palaces
    Community Relations Officer
    Historic Royal Palaces 2003 - 2005
    Kensington Palace, Tower Of London, Hampton Court Palace
    Projects include: London Archaeology Weekend, Tower of London, Coordinating twice-annual local schools week with 2,000 participating children, Photography exhibitions at Christopher Wren's Cartoon Gallery, Hampton Court Palace, Youth Offenders & Historic prisoner's Graffiti projects at Tower London, Fashion show and textiles exhibition at Kensington Palace with Bengali Women's groups and local schools. Consultation on disability access at Kew Palace and Hampton Court Palace. What a Dainty Dish, an exhibition of sculpture and sign language poetry opened by the Queen. Training and coordination of volunteers.
  • Artsline
    Youth Arts Coordinator
    Artsline Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
  • Channel 4
    Researcher
    Channel 4 Sep 2001 - 2002
    London, United Kingdom
  • University Of Wolverhampton
    Research Fellow
    University Of Wolverhampton Sep 2001 - 2002
    Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Cathy Mager Skills

Museums Art Arts Administration Event Management Festivals Theatre Art Exhibitions Community Engagement Drama Fundraising Curating Photography Music Cultural Heritage Public Speaking Sculpture Film Editing Event Planning Performing Arts Community Development Volunteer Management Entertainment Non Profits Copywriting Nonprofits Music Industry Charities Audience Development Live Events Television

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