Ailsa Golding

History

Career Path: Ailsa Golding works within the Visual Arts department at Arts Council England, North East. Her role involves working with individual artists and helping them to access funding via Grants for the Arts. She assesses a large number of applications from individual artists and also acts as lead officer for several artist-led organisations: Vane Contemporary Art, Saltburn Artists Projects and Globe Gallery. The department supports a breadth of practice, including craft. The North East region includes Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and the Tees Valley. The region has a number of world-class galleries and venues, including Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and mima. Prior to working with the Arts Council, she worked as Events Officer at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, at Arts Resource as Administrator and Project Manager and at Bruvvers Theatre Company. She was awarded the degree of MA Visual Culture in 2004.

Curator Visit Expectations: I hope to gain insights into contemporary art practices in Egypt, particularly in the craft/design area. I will endeavour to share this knowledge with my networks in the region on my return.