Biography

Within the dissertation I have explore how art galleries seem to be set up without working-class people in mind and as an effect become inaccessible to many. The purpose of the dissertation was to hold discussions with working-class consumers and in doing so to inform how change could come about while investigating how art galleries could begin to not only accommodate the working-class but to really create content and environments that appeal to them. My previous work at BCU has also explored this area, taking these ideas of working-class people and the art world into a physical form. This process involved archiving my own family’s experiences, particularly that of my grandmother and her hobby of crochet. Crochet being a process that has many connotations and connects to being working-class while also being a particularly creative process. Yet my nan, or anyone else, would never consider her crochet being any form of practicing art, she would never be considered an artist of the work she made and her cardigans, jumpers or blankets would never make it into a gallery. Why somethings are valued and some not is a very interesting concept for me that I will continue to explore in my future plans. I aim to work directly with the issue of access to art and other visual culture for working-class people and hope to gain a job where I can create positive change in this area.