| Code | DS/UK/473 |
| Person Name | Grey; Claire (Fl. 1967 - present); Teacher, Photographer, Exhibition Organiser |
| Dates | Fl. 1967 - present |
| Dates and Places | Education:
1967 - 68 Guildford School of Art
1968 - 69 Farnham School of Art
1969 - 72 Coventry School of Art, BA in Art and Design (Painting) 2.2
1996-98 London College of Printing, MA in Photography: History and Culture
Professional qualifications:
1972 - 7 Goldsmiths College, Post Graduate Certificate of Education
1993-1994 Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling, Birkbeck College
1996 -97 D32 and D33 assessor training |
| Activity | Claire Grey studied Fine Art at Coventry School of Art before undertaking the Art Teachers training course at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1972-3, and staying there as a tutor the following year. From 1974 she taught photography part time in a London secondary school, while also doing freelance photography work.
She became involved in the work of the Cultural Studies team at the Cockpit Arts workshop in 1978 and contributed to various issues of Schooling and Culture between then and 1984. She was a member of the editorial group on issues 7 and 10 on gender and education, and made the photomontages for issues 10 and 11.
From 1982 to 86 she was a part time tutor on the PGCE course at Goldsmiths College. She was exhibitions officer at the Cockpit Gallery between 1984 and 1986 and lecturer at the Cockpit Arts Workshop from 1987-1989.
During this period she was involved in helping to produce the 'Keeping in View' exhibition as part of the ILEA Women’s History week and the Homeworking exhibition in 1985. She helped to organise the Hang-Ups review exhibition in 1986, and Who’s Zoomin Who in 1987. In 1988 she collaborated on the 'Down But Not Out' exhibition along with the book of the same name published in 1994.
She was on the photography advisory group of the Arts Council from 1988 to 1992.
She was a contributor to 'Family Snaps, The Meanings of Domestic Photography, edited by Jo Spence and Pat Holland, in 1991 and the book 'What can a woman do with a camera?' in 1995. From 1989 she was a lecturer in photography, film and video production at Kingsway College, and shared the role of head of the Photography and Media Department for several years. In 1996 she studied for an MA in Photography: History and Culture at the London College of Printing. Claire retired from teaching in 2009 and since then she has been pursuing her interest in the uses of domestic photography in genealogy and local history.
Visiting Lectures and Workshops 1980's:
March 1987: Teachers INSET course 'Curriculum in a Multicultural Society', Goldsmiths College. Using Photographs to look at family history and migration from women's point of view.
April 1987: National Photography Conference, Salford.
May 1987: 'Photography and Youth' part of 'Teaching and Using the Media' Course Unit of MSc Course at University College, Cardiff
November 1987: Photography and Education Workshop London College of Printing
March 1988: Conference for Scottish School Teachers organised by Stills Photo Gallery for local education authority, Edinburgh.
July 1987: Workshop on restructuring of State Education at the National Photography Conference, Newcastle.
October 1989: Focusing on the National Curriculum: One day teacher's conference at the Royal Academy
November 1989: "Whose Pictures Whose Spaces?": Galleries in the Community Conference, Halifax
Advisory Roles:
1987 - 1988: Working party on setting up an Inner London Photography Network, London College of Printing.
1988 - 1992: Arts Council Photography Advisory Group
1990 - 1992: Arts Council Working party on Photography reporting to the National Curriculum Art Working Party.
1988 - 1992: Arts Council Photography in Education Advisory Group
Exhibitions:
1978: Art and Society Whitechapel Gallery (Work from the Art studies course, a curriculum development project run by the Cockpit Arts Workshop).
1983 and 1984: Looking Out The exhibition of London, Community Based Youth Photography projects. Four weeks of displays and workshops at the Cockpit Gallery.
1985: Keeping in View Exhibition using Oral History and Family Snaps for the ILEA Women's History Week.
1985: Homeworking: Time for Change An exhibition made with the London Homeworkers group in seven languages.
1986: Hang Ups A review exhibition of community photographic exhibitions, 1968-86
1987: Who's Zooming Who? An exhibition of Media and Cultural Studies work from two London secondary schools.
1988: Down But Not Out An exhibition about the lives of a young homeless group living in a hostel in Central London |
| Published Works | Educational Publications and Books:
1978 to 1984: Member of Advisory Editorial group of 'Schooling and Culture' magazine. Member of editorial group for Issues 7 and 10 on gender and education. Contributed articles to Issues 1, 7 and 10 and photomontages used to illustrate Issues 10 and 11.
1980: Member of group which produced 'Photography and Education' published by the ILEA Curriculum Working Party.
1986: Claire Grey and Judith Rayner, 'Homeworking: Time for Change. An Exhibition by the Cockpit Gallery with the Londonwide Homeworking Group', Feminist Review, No. 22 (Spring, 1986), pp. 52-57
1987: ILEA Anti Sexist Resources Pack: Description of Oral History Family Snaps Project, 1987
1988: Photographers Gallery Learning Packs Project, pilot teacher's pack focusing on the representation of food and hunger
1989: Ten Eight magazine Issue 32 Co- authored article on making a photographic exhibition with group of homeless young people.
1991: Contributor to book: 'Family Snaps, The Meanings of Domestic Photography, edited by Jo Spence and Pat Holland. Virago.
1989 - 91: Andrew Dewdney, Claire Grey, Andy Minion, 'Down but not out : young people, photography and images of homelessness', Stoke-on-Trent : Trentham Books, 1994. Co-author. Cultural Studies Team working with a group of homeless young people.
1992: 'Photography in Schools' Arts Council Publication outlining the theory and practice of photographic work across the National Curriculum, Published 1994.
1995: Jo Spence and Joan Soloman (ed.), 'What can a woman do with a camera? : photography for women' London : Scarlet Press, 1995. (Contributor) |
| Source | Correspondence between Claire Grey and Assistant Archivist Lucy Catherine Parker, May 2023, including recieving Claire Grey's CV. |
| Related Record(s) | DS/UK/498 |