Desk graphics by David Galletly at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People, Edinburgh.

Interior design by Projects Office. CAMHS at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People, Edinburgh.

Unfinished Places newspaper, creative engagement at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.

Alison Unsworth is an art and design producer, project manager and design facilitator. 

Over the last nineteen years Alison has worked with multiple partners including architects, arts organisations, local authorities, galleries, museums, healthcare providers, community groups, artists, designers and illustrators.
 
Alison has recently managed art and design in healthcare programmes on behalf of Ginkgo Projects and Wide Open. She coordinates the Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award on behalf of Engage, the national association for gallery education.
 
Alison is a trained action learning facilitator (accredited by ILM) and a qualified project manager (Prince 2 Practitioner).

Alison was a North East area representative for Engage, the national association for gallery education, from 2013 - 2018.

Services can be delivered independently or as a member of a project team and include:
 
Facilitation
+ Action learning facilitation (endorsed).
+ Facilitation of design development.
+ Delivery of arts continuing professional development training.
+ Public speaking and design presentation.
 
Project management and delivery
+ Management of art and design commissions in the built environment and capital projects.
+ Project management for multidisciplinary and cross sector creative projects.
+ Managing design development, review, approval, design change and handover.
+ Managing project delivery.
 
Engagement
+ Creative engagement and consultation strategies, including creative documentation.
+ Planning, management and delivery of public engagement activities and workshops.
+ Curation and planning of visual displays and exhibitions.
+ Learning resource design.
 
Commissioning
+ Commissioning creative practitioners e.g. brief development, defining scope and deliverables.
+ Managing selection and appointment of creative practitioners.
+ Devising online application processes for creative content e.g. Jotform, Submittable.
+ Supporting creative practitioners within multidisciplinary practice.
+ Curation and creative direction.
+ Research and development of cultural strategies.
 
Design delivery and consultation
+ Art, illustration, graphic design and digital print for interiors.
+ Product design specialising in digital print.
+ Resources for learning and engagement.

Alison’s experience builds on a strong track record as a visual artist, having successfully delivered exhibitions, commissions for building interiors and temporary works in the public realm. Alison has worked as an artist educator for over fifteen years. She has delivered over 200 sessions with children, young people and adults in galleries, museums, schools and community settings, facilitating practical activities such as drawing, sculpture and animation; leading gallery visits and group discussions; and using the methodologies of enquiry led learning, philosophy for children, and the development of creative and critical thinking skills. Alison worked as a freelance artist for the learning team at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art from 2012 to 2017. She delivers arts continuing professional development training.

Clients have included Ginkgo Projects, Engage, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Gateshead Council, Tyne & Wear Museums, South Tyneside Council, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Northumberland County Council, Creative Partnerships, CCE, New Writing North, The Forge, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Hatton Gallery and Northern Architecture.