Clare Moran2012
My Personal Statement
The Foundation course at Kingston would appear to offer me the best and widest rage of pathways at the best University. For the last 30 years approximately I have worked in Government and Industry but as I progressed and gained promotions I became increasingly unhappy. It took several sessions with a life coach for me to realise how unhappy I was and what would make me happy. And what would make me happy was to study Art. So I resigned from corporate life inJune 2011 and have taken several painting courses, I regularly partake in life drawing classes, have joined the 4020 Art Group and receive weekly tutoring there. With the 4020 I have exhibited 3 works in Northolt library and featured in the Ealing Gazette. I have also started singing lessons, creative writing lessons and have attended a 5 day intensive pattern cutting and sewing skills course.
As a child I was always drawing or painting and spent most Saturdays in the Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow's Kelvingrove but I was not permitted to follow Art as an academic subject.
As I have now fully realised how important Art is in my life, I also realise that it must be important for many others. At the point I realised this I discovered that West Ealing Arts Project had been offered office space by a housing regeneration company. Open Ealing opened its doors as an Art Centre in April 2011 and I have been a volunteer there since August 2011. I help run: reception, school holiday workshops for children, organise food and wine for the new monthly exhibitions that open there on the first Friday of every month. I helped create exhibits for the "Homeapathy" exhibition (some plaster toasts) and help with the general organisation of assembling and disassembling of the monthly exhibitions dealing with both Artists and public.
Volunteering in this environment has helped me realise how much I have to learn about the Art world and it has been inspirational for me. Open Ealing has only3 paid part time posts. This 5 floor art centre runs because of volunteers from the local community and is not a "Council" Art Centre. It is very well supported by the local Community. People need Art and I need to learn so much more.
After attending the open day I am convinced that Kingston it the best academic place for me and for my learning journey and personal development.
My Personal Statement
The Foundation course at Kingston would appear to offer me the best and widest rage of pathways at the best University. For the last 30 years approximately I have worked in Government and Industry but as I progressed and gained promotions I became increasingly unhappy. It took several sessions with a life coach for me to realise how unhappy I was and what would make me happy. And what would make me happy was to study Art. So I resigned from corporate life inJune 2011 and have taken several painting courses, I regularly partake in life drawing classes, have joined the 4020 Art Group and receive weekly tutoring there. With the 4020 I have exhibited 3 works in Northolt library and featured in the Ealing Gazette. I have also started singing lessons, creative writing lessons and have attended a 5 day intensive pattern cutting and sewing skills course.
As a child I was always drawing or painting and spent most Saturdays in the Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow's Kelvingrove but I was not permitted to follow Art as an academic subject.
As I have now fully realised how important Art is in my life, I also realise that it must be important for many others. At the point I realised this I discovered that West Ealing Arts Project had been offered office space by a housing regeneration company. Open Ealing opened its doors as an Art Centre in April 2011 and I have been a volunteer there since August 2011. I help run: reception, school holiday workshops for children, organise food and wine for the new monthly exhibitions that open there on the first Friday of every month. I helped create exhibits for the "Homeapathy" exhibition (some plaster toasts) and help with the general organisation of assembling and disassembling of the monthly exhibitions dealing with both Artists and public.
Volunteering in this environment has helped me realise how much I have to learn about the Art world and it has been inspirational for me. Open Ealing has only3 paid part time posts. This 5 floor art centre runs because of volunteers from the local community and is not a "Council" Art Centre. It is very well supported by the local Community. People need Art and I need to learn so much more.
After attending the open day I am convinced that Kingston it the best academic place for me and for my learning journey and personal development.