My particular expertise is in working with arts organisations to realise financially viable organisational structures and development systems which best suit the delivery of their services and in supporting artists and arts managers to realise their potential through growth and development.I have a proven track record in business planning and organisational development, fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, systems development, office performance management and project… Show more My particular expertise is in working with arts organisations to realise financially viable organisational structures and development systems which best suit the delivery of their services and in supporting artists and arts managers to realise their potential through growth and development.I have a proven track record in business planning and organisational development, fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, systems development, office performance management and project management.I have worked as a cultural consultant since 2003, first as a lead associate at Shea Debnam Associates and now as lead consultant at James Shea Consulting.My early career was in sales management and marketing in the corporate sector, working particularly within the communications and marine industries.James Shea Consulting is a specialist arts and cultural consultancy and leading supplier of development and fundraising services, business planning, change management and project management to the arts and cultural sectors. I also offer expert, tailor-made evaluation and professional development packages. I work with individual artists, arts organisations, creative businesses, local authorities and national funding agencies and across artform disciplines.Clients include Arts Council England, Scottish Arts Council, West Sussex County Council, Canterbury City Council, North East Lincolnshire Council, University of East Anglia, Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company, The Margate School, Tara Arts, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Fabrica Gallery, Stockton Arts Centre and Body Data Space. Show less

I tutor in fundraising and development on the MA course in Creative Entrepreneurship, supporting students in identifying funding sources and bid writing.

To complement my consultancy work I am a Director at Tempo Arts which encourages and facilitates access to and participation in newly commissioned contemporary art. Tempo Arts organises publicly engaged contemporary visual arts, artists’ film & video, performance and sound projects in the UK and internationally. We work with emerging and established critically engaged artists supporting their research and professional development through the creation of new site-specific work which both engages… Show more To complement my consultancy work I am a Director at Tempo Arts which encourages and facilitates access to and participation in newly commissioned contemporary art. Tempo Arts organises publicly engaged contemporary visual arts, artists’ film & video, performance and sound projects in the UK and internationally. We work with emerging and established critically engaged artists supporting their research and professional development through the creation of new site-specific work which both engages and is presented to a range of arts audiences. Show less

Creatives Across Sussex is a community interest company which provides a framework for delivering large scale arts projects for the benefit of communities in Sussex through supporting artists, arts producers and art companies to create and share their work. It works strategically with local, regional and national partners to support important new initiatives and to help the creative and cultural sectors capitalise on funding and development opportunities.

Strategic development of the visual arts infrastructure within East and West Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. Liaising with local authorities, Arts Council Capital Services, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Regional Development Agency, planners, architects, and designers to realise a bespoke built infrastructure for the showing of high profile contemporary art exhibitions and activities at the De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, Hove Museum, Brighton & Hove, Pallant House Gallery… Show more Strategic development of the visual arts infrastructure within East and West Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. Liaising with local authorities, Arts Council Capital Services, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Regional Development Agency, planners, architects, and designers to realise a bespoke built infrastructure for the showing of high profile contemporary art exhibitions and activities at the De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, Hove Museum, Brighton & Hove, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Turner Contemporary, Margate. Show less

Development and overseeing of curatorial practice within a broad spectrum of galleries within East and West Sussex, Surrey and Kent. The development of programming and capacity building within artists’ led organisations, in order to complement high quality programming with organisational sustainability.Developing a mixed economy of visual arts programming within arts centre galleries to ensure income generation alongside innovative programming.

Commissioning of visual arts, crafts, music and dance within a new-build capital development, and the running of participatory activities within a health care environment across five hospital sites. Setting up a fundraising trust for arts development within the NHS Trust comprising corporate bodies and high-profile individual givers. Member of the design team for the new-build Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Curating nationally and internationally significant visual arts exhibitions within the context of a permanent visual arts collection. Initiating site specific installation work and artists residencies of emerging and nationally and internationally known visual artists. Devising and overseeing mediating fabric and activities to specialists, the formal education system and community groups.