Surrey Hills Landscape Assessment
Biography: Sandra Stevens
Education and Qualifications
1965
University of Sussex (Brighton) Upper 2, BA Hons in English
1966
MA in English Literature
Employment
1966 - 1969
Taught advanced English as a foreign language in Sicily and London.
1970 - 1986
St Martin's School of Art, London - part-time lecturer, specialist in language, literature, creative writing and performance.
1971 - 1973
Exeter College of Art, Devon - part-time lecturer, specialist in language, literature, creative writing and performance.
1987 - 1994
Co-ordinator of Avon Poetry Festival, inc. artistic direction 1986 - 1994
Freelance Work
1990 - 1999
University of Bristol and University of the West of England, tutor/workshop leader in Adult and Higher Education
1996
Tate Gallery, London, tutor/workshop leader for Word and Image workshops for poets
1996
Poetry Preambles, devised and conducted write-en-route workshops in Soho and Covent Garden
1996
Artists' Perception Project (Countryside Agency/CEI) - one of seven artists from different disciplines making work in response to staying and walking in the Surrey Hills AONB to inform landscape assessment
1996 - 1999
Writer in residence or Visiting Poet in cultural/education contexts
1997 -1998
Scratch magazine and arts project (for 18 - 25 year olds) - writing in response to art galleries and museums in Sussex
1999 - 2000
English Heritage - writing in response to EH sites in London and the SE with children, plus training pack for teachers
Publications
Words between Spaces, Bartholomew Press
The Weather Station, Oval House
Natural Break, Covent Garden
