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the painter / tutor adam cope
 B.A.hons; Further Education & Adults Teachers Cert;
Foundation Diploma Art Therapy
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about adam cope
I was born in the south of England & remember staring into the clear water streams in Hampshire. They still sparkle & flow in my mind's eye.
'Glover's Island' - the river Thames - 1993.
I became 'a painter' early on. In my teens. A dream I still dream. The painter's métier
has given form & colour to my life. It pleases me....the paints,
the brushes, the slow making of a painting. I enjoy just looking at
things. It seems to me more than ever that eyesight is an incredible thing.
'Tourette' Watercolour. 2003. Adam Cope
About twenty years ago, I started teaching. It was a real revelation
to me that learning could be just as creative as painting a masterpiece.
Something about collaboration. Working with other people. I've worked in wide range of educational
settings. Now I particularly enjoy running residential painting courses. They bring together an interesting spectrum of people with a shared
passion for painting. The energy that a group of painters can generate is remarkable. I consider myself lucky as I too have learnt so much by being in contact with other painters, be they absolute beginner level students or Leonardo da Vinci.
'La Vallée de Bergerac' Oil. 2002. Adam Cope
The southwest of France was the place of happy childhood holidays for
me. Sunny fields full of scents & warmth. Butterflies & high blonde grass. Then came the long summers
of inspirational painting jaunts. Then I married a lady from Bergerac,
had children & settled here in 1998. Been here ever since.
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Adam Cope - C.V.
Teaching Experience
* Mid-career painter / teacher. 20 years of teaching experience.
* Adam has taught over 40 weeks of painting holidays.
* 1997 - ongoing, Course Leader & organiser of 'Chateaux
Painting Holidays'.
* 1998 - ongoing, regular atelier-style tuition in the Dordogne.
* 2005 - Artiste en Residence (demonstrations & educational
ateliers), Parc Panoramique de Chateau de Limeuil, 'Fils de Temps'
Association.
* 2003 - Assistant tutor at 'Art Holidays at Perrot'.
* Taught Adult Education for about twelve years in a variety
of settings such as the Arnolfini Museum of Modern Art in Bristol
& Bristol Printmakers Workshop.
* Adam is writing a how-to-paint book (you'll get printed out
hand outs to support your lessons).
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Qualifications
* BA hons Fine Art (Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, studied under
Norman Adams in the mid 1980's).
* 1991 - Further Education & Adults Teacher Certicate (Avon
County Concil).
* 1991 - Foundation Diploma Art Therapy (Bath City College).
* 1991 - South West Arts, Training for Arts Educationalists. Arnolfini
MOMA. Bristol
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Prizes
* 2004 - L'Invitée d'Honneur, Ville de Silly, Belgium. 'Le
Terroir du Bergeracois' - in association with Bergerac Wine Apellation
(CIVRB) & La Ville de Silly, Belgium.
* 2003 - L'Invitée d'Honneur, Salon Europeen d'Arts Plastiques,
Chartrons, Bordeaux.
* 1996 - Prix International de Pierre Presse (editions of stone
lithography).
* 1993 - Prix de Cardilliac (dessin).
* 1993 - Picture This (Video Training Grant, disability arts)
, South West Arts Council.
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Selected Exhibitions
*2002, 2005,2007, 2008, 2011 - La Maison de Vins de Begerac.
* 2010 - The Littlle Gallery, St Emillion.
* 2006, 2009 - La Maison de la Boetie, Sarlat.
* 2004, 'Les Printemps des Bastides' Monpazier.
* 2003 , Salon Européen d'Art Plastique, Chartons, Bordeaux.
* 2002, Gallerie Auriel, Toulouse.
* 1998 - 2002, Chateau de Monbazillac, Dordogne.
* 1998, 'Recontres d'Atelier' (printmaking), Musée Municipal
d' Ussel, Correze.
* 1996 - 2002, Gallery Artist, The Richmond Hill Gallery, London.
* 1996, Happening Gallery, Bristol.
Prochaines Expositions en ETE 2012
* 2 June - 8 July. Galerie de la Presbytere, ST.AVIT DE SENIEUR
* 15 - 28 August. CASTILLONNES
* 22 August - 23 September. Galerie de la Presbytere, ST.AVIT DE SENIEUR
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