About
Adam Sutherland Director
Adam Sutherland was appointed in March 1999. He was previously Director of art.tm, a visual arts organisation in rural Scotland. Adam leads Grizedale Arts organisation's core development - curating off-site projects, writing and pig-farming.
Current priorities include the development of a collection of British craft & design for the Lawson Park refurbishment.
Alistair Hudson Deputy Director
Alistair has recently been the Lead Officer on Grizedale's contribution to the Creative Egremont public art programme. He also led a group of UK artists to China for the project Happy Stacking.
Alistair was appointed in July 2004, having previously worked as Projects Curator for the Government Art Collection, where, amongst other things, he worked with Liam Gillick on a public art project for the new Home Office building.
Karen Guthrie Web Project Director
Karen has been associated with Grizedale Arts since 2000. For A Different Weekend she produced and sited a series of event signs in differing 'folk' styles, and she later appeared as one part of a pantomime horse. Working as People from Off with Anna Best, Simon Poulter and Nina Pope she developed the live webcast, the Festival of Lying in 2001. For Golden-Live in Your Forest she worked with the local Satterthwaite & Rusland Women's Institute to make a jubilee cake, and in 2003 she made Welcome To, a low-fi musical film set in Grizedale Forest, with many local dance groups.
In collaboration with Nina Pope (aka Somewhere) she won the Northern Art Prize in 2008, their show featuring a number of Grizedale works including a multiple depicting an idealised Lawson Park - Titschy / Kitschy.
Karen works in a free-lance capacity for Grizedale, developing and writing their web content and designing and editing the newsletter. She also designs and maintains the Lawson Park gardens.
Julie Dole Finance Officer
Julie works p/t at Grizedale and is responsible for the financial operation of the organisation.
Dorian Moore Technologist
Dorian Moore free-lances for Grizedale, architecting, designing, programming their websites and helping to develop new ways for our content to reach audiences online. He also works with various other organisations doing the same thing, and helping develop other technology related concepts to realisation.
website design & build by dorian moore @ theusefularts.org.