The Team & Board
Paul joined Dorset Visual Arts in autumn 2022 having worked on delivering the 2022 Dorset Art Weeks event.
Establishing a career in visual arts event management and curation across Wessex, Paul has worked with many artists, galleries and arts organisations as well as helping curate exhibitions for The Arborealists, of which he is a member. He is also a member of The Society of Graphic Fine Art. Working mainly in graphite, he is never happier than when walking and making work in and about Dorset and sometimes further afield on Dartmoor, Exmoor or the Black Mountains.
His vision is for DVA to now expand it's offer to Members to create more opportunities for Dorset artists and makers, to develop partnerships with south west arts organisations and to reshape the delivery of Dorset Art Weeks events after a challenging few years for all, including a new ‘interval year’ event and the launch of The Sherborne in 2024.
Image: Pete Millson
Mandy joined DVA as bookkeeper in August 2017.
Mandy has extensive experience of arts organisations administration having worked in this area for many years.
As an antidote to hunching over a computer Mandy is also a keen sound recordist, never happier than when stomping over the Dorset hills with microphone and zoom.
Izzie Jobbins joined Dorset Visual Arts in February 2022. She assists our members, set up and manages the Emerging Artist Group, and produces the monthly E-News.
Izzie has worked in the arts sector and arts administration for over 4 years as well as being a practicing artist. She has a Fine Art degree from Central Saint Martins, UAL. Her own work explores memories, humour, and archiving. She often uses papier-mache and model making techniques to create sculptures and objects. She displays her sculptures alongside audio pieces in installations reflecting the stories and memories they are based on. She has an interest in community art and supporting the work of emergent artists.
The staff and their activity are managed by DVA board members. These members give their time voluntarily to the organisation and consist of:
- Victoria Jardine - Ceramicist
- Simon Barber - Designer + Founder + Editor of Evolver Magazine, the South West's Free Arts and Culture Guide
- Suzy Rushbrook - Curator + Project Manager, Dorset County Hospital Arts Programme
- Fernando Velázquez - Artist + Head of Art, Sherborne Preparatory School
- Megan Hyde - Art Historian