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the painter / teacher : adam cope
 B.A.hons; Further Education & Adults Teachers Cert;
Foundation Diploma Art Therapy
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(If you just want the simple facts as a C.V., please skip this poetical rambling & go down this page )
about adam cope
One of the things about being an artist is that I often rewrite my C.V.
Well.... if this C.V. were to be told in a way that feels natural to me,
then it would go something like this:
'Glover's Island' 1993. 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. I decided to become 'a painter' early on. The painter's métier
has since 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 seventeen 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. I've worked in wide range of educational
settings, and now I particularly enjoy running residential painting course. They bring together an interesting spectrum of people with a mutual
passion for painting. Also, they're good fun, having something of 'the
holiday spirit'.
'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. 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.
"And even if everything were to turn out the exact opposite of what
I imagine, no malice could ever obscure the glory of having kindled this
endeavour nor dim the light that has been sparked by this adventure .
" Don Quixote
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Adam Cope >> C.V.
Teaching Experience
* Mid-career painter / teacher. 17 years of teaching experience.
* Adam has taught over 40 weeks of painting holidays.
* 1997 - ongoing, Course Leader & organiser of ' Chateaux
Painting Holidays '.
* Adam runs painting holidays for Holiday Property Bonds, UK.
* 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 - La Maison de Vins de Begerac.
* 2006, 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 2009
* 29 June - 12 July. La Maison de la Bôetie, SARLAT
* 1 - 16 August . 'L'Abre dans Tous ses États', Château de SAUSSIGNAC
* 19 September. 'La Journée du Patrimione', Moulin de Larroque, COUZE
* 2 - 18 October, La Maison de Vins de BERGERAC
* du Juiliet 2008 au Juillet 2009 permanence au Restaurant 'Lou
Peyrol', St Marcel du Perigord.
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'Les Peyrats', St.Dizier, 47330 CAVARC, France 
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