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Esther Dudley Mrs Esther Dudley
Role ( Modern Typography), Phil Baines, Andy Stevens (GTF) Mark Chalmers ( Perfect Fools) and Tom Hunter ( 3 visits ). The 2010/11 lecture season started with a lecture by Sam Winston. The press release for his exhibiton at Kaleid editions, Redchurch St. London E2 quotes Esther's article published In Varoom 14 December 2010. "His methods of production are certainly of our time...concepts...emerge through his interrogation, until they are utterly logical and clear." The season continued with guest lecturers Mark Girvan ( Buddy Creative) and Alex Cameron ( a second visit ). David Crow made semiotic great sense and Gordon Young stunned us with scale. The 2011/12 lecture season started with a compelling talk by the artist Ellen Bell. Lida Cardoso Kindersley lectured on her famous studio's lettercutting and Izhar Cohen, an internationally respected illustrator, gave a show spanning his long career. Selected and curated a photographic exhibition by Harry Cory Wright in the Clifford Fishwick Gallery, Exeter. Also brought exhibitons to the Clifford Fishwick Gallery by illustrators Geoff Grandfield and Paul Slater. Professional membership Roles on external bodies parish councillor, St Mabyn 1993 - 1997 school governor, Wadebridge School 1995 - 2006 school governor member of Cornwall Schools Organisation Committee, County Hall, Truro 2003-2006 Member of Cadon Chamber Choir Contributor to the lecture lunch series at St Mabyn, in aid of funds for continuing renovation of the parish church Teaching interests Staff serving as external examiners Research interests Occasional guest editor of The Journal of the Association of Illustrators. Ongoing research into the use of illustration in newspapers, specifically The Times; historical and contemporary study of illustrators'role. Collaborated on Blessed Memory exhibition of photographs of carved letterforms in slate, wrote exhibition catalogue. Continued research into how theory and history of the subject inform and influence practitioners. Ongoing interest in Rural Futures network and interaction of academic role with rural life in Cornwall Third Message research group exhibition in March 2011,Crosspoint, University of Plymouth, exhibiting a fragment of 15thcentury illumination, with accompanying essay to be published in Varoom 15, April 2011 Research papers: A report: Using the Knowledge ExchangeNetwork for Moderation within the University of Plymouth Colleges Art andDesign Critical and Contextual Studies Subject Association. Supported by HELP CETL, directed by Nick Davey, collaborated with Dr Suzanne Nunn ( CornwallCollege) and Trish Woods ( South Devon College) December 2007. A research report on the use of video conferencing to introduce potential progression students from the UoP partner colleges to a selected group of third year students in the Graphic Communication with Typography (BA Hons). In collaboration with Dr Suzanne Nunn,( Cornwall College ). Video conferencing facilities providedby HELP CETL, sessions conducted in Autumn term 2008. Research report presentedat U o P Partner Colleges Arts Forum, The Great Barn, July 2008. Presented The Meaning of Text as Image at the First International Conference of Semiotics in Visual Communication at the University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, 24 - 27 November 2011. Presented The Meaning of Text as Image at the 6th International Conference of Design Principles and Practices at UCLA, California 20 - 22 January 2012. Submitted to Common Ground publishers 15 Feb 2012 UoP Research group membership MessageOther research Publications Dudley,E Mealing,S Becoming Designers,Intellect 2000 Dudley,E Intelligent Shape Sorting chapter in Becoming Designers, Intellect 2000 Dudley,E Criticism and Judgment in The Predicament of Beginning Portland State University 2002 Beament,J Dudley,E In Blessed Memory exhibition catalogue 2001 edited The Journal of the Association of Illustrators Nov 2003, May 2003, May 2002 and contributed reviews and articles in various editions since 1999 The AOI online Journal: reviews of New Blood, D&AD graduates' exhibition 2005 Review of Fried Eggs in Brine, by Paul Slater, March 2006. Review of Alan Male's Illustration: a Theoretical and Contextual Perspective, August 2007. Review of Icons of Graphic Design by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic for Varoom-online and the AOI, June 2008 Writing With Intent a paper for discussion in the design criticism/wriitng cluster at New Views 2, July 2008, published in conference proceedings The Meaning of H: research into the context of a 15th c. decorated initial and the production of illuminated music manuscripts, in Varoom issue 15, April 2011 Reports & invited lectures Invited to give conference paper at 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, University of Portland, Oregon, March 2002. Invited to form discussion group at conference of The Design Management Institute, Frankfurt, November 2000 Invited as speaker at the First International Conference of Semiotics in Visual Communication, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, 24 - 27 November 2011. Conferences organised Co-organiser of Symposium : text+image= message[n], at the University of Plymouth 5 April 2011. Continuity and introductions. Other academic activities Teaching staff member of Faculty Board (Faculty of Arts,UoP) from March 2010
Member of UoP rare books and collections committee since 2008 Served on a number of interview panels and have passed HR e-learning course on recruitment and appointment/ diversity and equality Additional information Past teaching experience was gained in international schools in Sao Paulo, Brazil ( 1981 - 5 ) Sigtuna, Sweden ( 1987 - 9 ) and at Falmouth College of Arts (1990 - 1995 ) Links www.aoivaroomlab.com www.theaoi.com |
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