About – Cathy Newbery

About Cathy Newbery

Cathy Newbery was founded in 2007 to expand the work of the director.

Cathy has a proven track record in the delivery of high quality public art, including extensive knowledge and practical experience of public art commissioning, project delivery, strategic work and public sector partnership. With over ten years experience of working on a variety of public art schemes, predominately in the North West, we work in a collaborative way with artists, architects and other design professionals and has successfully advocated for the inclusion of artists in design teams and the strategic role of culture as part of the regeneration agenda.

Each scheme approach is based on detailed research into the place and its users. Our aim is to establish how the place works, understand its dynamics and determine how these affect residents and visitors and then propose ways in which art and artists can bring benefits.

Cathy Newbery, the Director is a Board member of ixia the think tank, the national agency for the development and promotion of public art practice. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Services

Curating artist shortlists
Public Art Strategies and Policy Papers
Feasibility and Project Planning
Setting up Art and Design collaborations
Arts in building projects for education, engineering, public transport and public realm
Advocacy Services to Board Members, Chief Officers and Elected Members
Public Consultation, Workshops and Seminars
Setting up Design Teams including selection procedures and contracts
Project Management
Marketing and Public Liaison Programmes
Education and Community involvement and participation strategies
Conferences, seminars and lectures
Training for artists and design professionals
Animation Programmes and project sustainability
Document writing, brochures and promotional literature
Project evaluation
Funding strategies
Funding bids

Track Record

Curator for public realm
Setting up and running complex art and architecture programmes
Developing mechanisms to involve local people in the creative processes of public art
Piloting artists on design teams
Developing funding bids for Public and private funding, Sponsorship and Trusts
Building support through advocacy among elected members and officers  as well as business and community forums
Developing collaborations between artists and other design disciplines
Working successfully in partnership with a range of public and private sector organisations