Gill Dove is both an accomplished professional artist and an experienced educator. Working from her studio in London, Gill exhibits frequently and has work in private collections around the world. Her work is an exploration of landscapes and the effects of environmental change and adaptation. (www.gilldove.com).

Her teaching philosophy is committed to making links with the arts, bringing alive the curriculum, making it meaningful and relevant. Gill's approach to art teaching is to develop her pupil's skills and knowledge of the elements in the visual arts and then to encourage them to explore their ideas and make choices and decisions through sensitive intervention, thoughtful suggestion and careful questioning to enable each person to achieve their creative potential.

Underlying the teaching of art is her passion to enrich the student's knowledge and understanding of language through stimulating visual literacy, animating story and poetry, encouraging debate and discussion and prompting the student to voice an opinion as a foundation to developing confidence, extending vocabulary and creating a learning environment where one has the enthusiasm to read and write.

She has a high expectation of all her students, based on a trust and belief in the individual's need to thrive intellectually and culturally. Gill also applies her understanding of how creative and innovative people are motivated when devising educational experiences for both adults and children.

Over the years Gill has contributed to and participated in numerous research projects and publications focussing on the development of literacy. She is a regular contributor to the 'Role of the Literacy Co-ordinator' course and link tutor representing the 'Visual Arts, Creative Learning Assessment' course at CLPE, including hosting school-based visits.

If you are interested in developing literacy and the visual arts in your setting and would like to find out more please contact Gill for further information.