Frances Lord Email and Phone Number

Frances Lord is a visual art and craft specialist based in East Sussex with expertise in writing and editing, mentoring, coaching, curating, public art commissioning, policy and strategy development. She has worked with artists, arts organisations, architects, developers, local government initiating, developing arts and cultural projects. Public Art and site-specific projects include City Park West, Chelmsford Phase 1 & 2, 2014- present; Combe Down Stones Mines Project 2008-10; Spode China Hall Plan, Stoke City Council, Public Art Strategies and Policies for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council; Woking Borough Council, Chichester District Council, Worthing and Adur District Councils; public art consultancy for West Sussex County Council, Crawley Borough Council and the East Sussex Arts Development Partnership. Frances spent a month in Japan lecturing on public art at Meiji University, Tokyo as part of their ‘Visiting International Scholar Programme’ in 2008.Mentoring, Coaching and Professional Development:Frances mentors artists working in all disciplines, however she is particularly interested in working with artists from an applied arts background to develop their work within the field of public art and site-specific commissioning. Frances is also a qualified coach who incorporates coaching tools and techniques into her mentoring sessions. Frances also runs Professional Development Workshops for Artists and Commissioners covering practical issues such as making proposals, responding to briefs, working within budgets, dealing with contracts, copyright and other legal issues. Ex-Director of the Hampshire Sculpture Trust, 2000-1; Crafts then Commissioning Officer at South East Arts, 1994-2000; Crafts Council, London from 1983-94.