engage details
where is engage?
what is engage?
engage is a professional membership organisation, constituted as a company limited by guarantee with
charitable registration. engage is governed by a Board which meets quarterly and a Council which meets
currently three times each year. Board and Council are elected by membership at the Annual General Meeting.
For details of becoming involved with Board or Council please contact us.
engage is grateful for ongoing funding from the Arts Councils of England, Scotland and Wales,
from the Baring and Esmée Fairbairn Foundations, the Carnegie UK Trust, and the European Commission.
who are engage?
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details for those listed below.
Board
Council
Staff
Area Reps
Board
The engage Board oversees forward strategy and management issues, advised by the Council on
policy issues.
The 12 engage Board members are:
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Claire Ackroyd, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Vice Chair
David Carrington, Chair
Teresa Drace-Francis, Arts Council England, London Observer
Gwenno Jones, Flintshire County Council
Peter Muschamp,
Douglas Pye,
Anita Sadler, Bates, Wells & Braithwaite
Jo Saunders, Area Rep - London
Veronica Sekules, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Vice Chair
Rikesh Shah, Treasurer
Cath Sherrell, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Helen Watson, National Galleries of Scotland Area Rep - Scotland
Council
The engage Council focuses on reviewing and developing policy, including
guidance for members, policy issues for engage's own work, and campaigning
issues to inform engage's advocacy. Council is made up of elected
Area Representatives (2 per England region; 3 each for Northern Ireland, Scotland;
Wales) and Special Interest Representatives.
The 31 engage Council members are:
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Jonathan Banks, Ixia Observer
Alexandra Bennett, Orleans House Gallery Area Rep - London
Frances Bossom, Special Interest
Katie Bruce, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Area Rep - Scotland
Sheena Carman,
Alison Cox, Tate Modern Special Interest
Helen Davies, Arnolfini Area Rep - South-West
Eleri Wyn Evans, National Museums & Galleries of Wales Area Rep - Wales
Sally Fort, Area Rep - North-West
Polly Gifford, De La Warr Pavilion Area Rep - South-East
Mr David Gilbert, Area Rep - East Midlands
Ms Lara Goodband, Scarborough Art Gallery Area Rep - Yorkshire
Hilary Gresty, VAGA Observer
Fiona Heathcote, Modern Art Oxford Area Rep - South-East
Karen Hickling, FACT Area Rep - North-West
Georgina Kennedy, Tate St Ives Area Rep - South-West
Penny Leslie, Special Interest
Caroline Mawdsley, Plymouth Arts Centre Area Rep - South-West
Lee McCulley, PM Gallery & House Area Rep - London
Rachel Moss, National Portrait Gallery Area Rep - London
Honor Pedican, Wrexham Arts Centre Area Rep - Wales
Hannah Reeves, Spacex Gallery Area Rep - South-West
Emma Thomas, Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary Art Area Rep - Northern
Judy Thomas, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Area Rep - North-West
Victoria Tillotson, Ffotogallery Area Rep - Wales
Kate Travers, Area Rep - South-East
Amber Walls, Area Rep - East Midlands
Natalie Walton, Milton Keynes Gallery Area Rep - South-East
Ms Kathryn Welford, Area Rep - Yorkshire
Fran Wilde, Area Rep - East
Trevelyan Wright, Compton Verney Area Rep - West Midlands
Staff
engage's main office is in London as above. Other key staff work from home
or from other sites on a part-time basis, and are best reached through the main office or by email.
The 11 engage Staff members are:
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Clare Charles, Membership and Administrative Assistant, engage
Katy Culbard, EXPLORE Programme Coordinator, engage
Jack Fortescue, Publications, Website and Marketing Officer, engage
Penny Jones, Gallery education consultant, Watch this Space Coordinator
Neil Mackay, Finance, engage
Emma Prout, Administrator, engage
Angela Rogers, engage Cymru Development Coordinator, engage Cymru
Jane Sillis, Director, engage
Barbara Taylor, Programme Director, en-quire
Jo Wheeler, envision Programme Coordinator, engage
Sarah Yearsley, engage Scotland Development Coordinator, engage Scotland
Area Reps
The 27 engage Area Reps are:
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Scotland - Katie Bruce, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Scotland - Helen Watson, National Galleries of Scotland
Wales - Eleri Wyn Evans, National Museums & Galleries of Wales
Wales - Honor Pedican, Wrexham Arts Centre
Wales - Victoria Tillotson, Ffotogallery
Northern - Emma Thomas, Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary Art
North-West - Sally Fort
North-West - Karen Hickling, FACT
North-West - Judy Thomas, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
Yorkshire - Ms Lara Goodband, Scarborough Art Gallery
Yorkshire - Ms Kathryn Welford
West Midlands - Trevelyan Wright, Compton Verney
East Midlands - Mr David Gilbert
East Midlands - Amber Walls
East - Fran Wilde
South-West - Helen Davies, Arnolfini
South-West - Georgina Kennedy, Tate St Ives
South-West - Caroline Mawdsley, Plymouth Arts Centre
South-West - Hannah Reeves, Spacex Gallery
South-East - Polly Gifford, De La Warr Pavilion
South-East - Fiona Heathcote, Modern Art Oxford
South-East - Kate Travers
South-East - Natalie Walton, Milton Keynes Gallery
London - Alexandra Bennett, Orleans House Gallery
London - Lee McCulley, PM Gallery & House
London - Rachel Moss, National Portrait Gallery
London - Jo Saunders
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