Joseph Schneider

• Coordinated large scale projects with successful outcomes.
• Boosted awareness of organisation's mission with effective communication techniques.
• Enabled donor engagement by implementing innovative fundraising strategies.
• Developed successful recruitment strategies, resulting in a diverse pool of volunteers.
• Improved community engagement by organising outreach programmes.
• Established clear budgets and cost controls strategies to meet objectives.
• Maintained building safety by implementing regular checks and adhering to regulations.
• Optimised energy usage by implementing efficient heating systems.
• Wrote all policies and procedures for organisational compliance and operation.
• Built positive working relationships with local authority departments, charities and other external organisations.

• Conducted art workshops with a wide range of abilities and age groups, inspiring creativity amongst participants.
• Developed unique artistic style, and sustained vibrant creative career.
• Submitted grant proposals and applications to obtain financial support for projects.
• Exhibited work in various public and private galleries, attracting positive critique.

SELECTED PROJECT WORK.

• July 2024: Weekly Creative Club for 5 years and older, Babbinswood Farm, Shropshire.
• July–September 2024: Summer of Art, Possibility Machines, Oswestry, Shropshire.
• February 2024: Love Oswestry Workshops, Shropshire.
• April 2022 - November 2023: Lead Facilitator, The Mudders, Weekly Art Sessions.
• October 2021 - November 2023: Lead Facilitator, Cool Beans, Weekly Creative Club for 6–14-year-olds, Rural Art Hub.
• August 2023: ArteFACT workshop at Designs in Mind, Oswestry.
• April 2022 – Ongoing: Volunteer Board Member, Vibrant Shropshire Cultural Compact, and Oswestry Cultural Connections Consortium.
• September and October 2022: one-day workshops at three day care centres for adults with learning disabilities.
• July 2022: “What’s your folk art?”, half-day workshop at Ellesmere Yard as part of their open day
• June 2022: First Heat, Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2023.
• October 2021: One-day workshop at The Centre for Youth Forum, Shropshire Council, and QUBE.
• September 2021: One-day workshop at Abbot Wood Day Centre with Taking Part, and QUBE.
• June–July 2021: Lead Artist, Online Art Workshops for Art Block, South London Gallery.
• November 2021 - Visiting Tutor, Landscape and Urbanism Theory programme, MA Landscape Architecture, University of Greenwich.
• April 2019 - December 2019: Lead Artist, A Book of Transformations, Training Sessions for the Art and Play team at South London Gallery.
• March 2019 – Ongoing: Member of AltMFA, an alternative art MFA, peer-led group.
• March 2019 - December 2019: Lead Artist, Inspired to Create, Haringey Council - Facilitated two creative training workshops for early years practitioners across Haringey, and developed with participants.
• August 2016: Aliens in a Landscape, Lecture delivered at Towner Gallery to coincide with.
• David Bomberg exhibition, See https://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/event/aliens-landscape-bomberg-work-never-got-made/.
• March 2016: Lead Researcher/Organiser, On Oblique and Frontal Strategies for Existence on a Finite Plane, Symposium, Arts Research Public Programme, Goldsmiths, London.
• September 2015: Lead Artist, Fabrica, Workshop Facilitator (with Lauren Schneider), working with students from St John's School - Two-hour workshop with a small group of young men with learning disabilities, aged between 16 and 18.
• February 2015 – June 2015: Lead Artist, Fabrica, Workshop Facilitator (with Lauren Schneider), working with students from Hillside School - Working with a small group of children with learning disabilities over a series of 10 workshops, culminating in a one-day exhibition both at Fabrica and at Hillside School.
• May 2014 – June 2014: Lead Artist, Goldsmiths, Workshop Facilitator - A series of sound and visual arts improvisation workshops for a group of eight BA students.
• January 2013 – September 2013: Course Leader, Spatial Arts Research Group (SpARG) - A collaborative research group initiated with the aim of providing a way to rethink the relationship between art, making, and the everyday.
• October 2012 – March 2013: Course Leader, Putting Ideas into Practice, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton - A course initiated to provide an accessible and productive approach to the relationship between idea and practice.
• October 2010: Assistant to Lead Artist, ReachOutRCA, at Frieze Art Fair 2010, London. Assisted the Lead Artist in a series of six workshops with children aged between 3 and 13, in the Education Room at Frieze Art Fair.
• June 2010: Lead Artist, ReachOutRCA at the Royal College of Art, London - Worked as Lead Artist on a day-long workshop with sixteen 14-year-old boys.
• June 2009: Assistant, Somerford Estate Garden Project, Dalston, London - Worked with the residents of a housing estate to create a garden project.
• April-June 2007: Lead Artist, A Child-Shaped World, Sunnyfield Primary School, Streatham - Eight one-and-a-half-hour workshops with a range of ages in an after-school club; a series of life-size drawings were developed.
• April–June 2007: Lead Artist, You Are Here, Stockwell Primary School, Brixton - Work was developed with students from Year 5A at Stockwell Primary School.
• 2007-08: Curator/Organiser, Delicate Situations - www.delicatesituations.blogspot.com.
• March 2006–June 2008: Lead Artist, Public Art Commission - 150-metre mural, Streatham Hill, London.

• Adapted teaching style for individual learning capabilities.
• Prepared lesson plans, ensuring understanding of complex concepts.

• Developed children's social skills through group play and interaction.
• Boosted the physical development of children by incorporating fun, active learning experiences.
• Designed creative lesson plans tailored to each child's individual learning style.
• Facilitated holistic child development, creating an inclusive learning environment for all pupils.

Working with 7- to 14-year-olds for Saturday Art Club.

• Developed strong rapport with children by actively engaging in creative play and learning activities.
• Maintained safe and secure environment for children through vigilant monitoring of playground activities.
• Fostered positive relationships with parents to ensure consistent communication regarding child's progress and behaviour.
• Created fun, educational games for improved cognitive development in children.

• Fostered a supportive environment by providing one-on-one care to individuals with learning disabilities.
• Improved quality of life by assisting with personal hygiene and meal preparation.
• Advocate on behalf of clients when necessary protecting their rights and promoting inclusivity.
• Updated documentation regularly maintaining accurate records of client progress.

• Engaged in research to further knowledge in discipline.
• Developed comprehensive course materials, enhancing student understanding.
• Facilitated workshops, tutorials and seminars with opportunities to stimulate students' critical thinking and analysis.

• Worked as part of a large front of house team to ensure the smooth running of exhibitions and functions and making sure all customer needs were met

• Worked closely with the managers of these second-hand book companies to deliver and pick-up books from a variety of locations in London and around the UK

• Responsible for driving and coordinating all aspects of give or take events and handling large items for pick-up and delivery

• Responsible for management and sales in this small second-hand art bookshop

• Gained technical expertise to handle work and install exhibitions to a high standard

• Responsible for sorting and entering book information onto a database

• Gained and maintained an in-depth knowledge of art history and contemporary art which enabled an informative and professional engagement with visitors' needs

• Required self-discipline, inventiveness, creativity, accuracy, attention to detail, speed and a knowledge of the subject