Tony Chisholm

Please describe yourself and your areas of interest.

Following qualification as a teacher of art in 1969 I shaped a career in schools, colleges and other settings spanning thirty-eight years and always with art and art education at the centre of my personal and professional practice. These I maintain to this day as an exhibiting painter and since my retirement from the world of higher education, I act in a voluntary capacity as education advisor to the National Arts Education Archive at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This latter role has enabled me to engage with some of the key collections of materials, thinking and publications that have defined teaching and learning in art and design over the last hundred years, to offer support to others in their research and to disseminate good practice in education and wider community contexts.

Why did you become a Companion of the Guild?

My association with the Guild started in 1986 when I was awarded a grant to develop a syllabus framework for art and design teaching at secondary school level. This generous support for my professional development came at a crucial time and led subsequently to a closer and long standing relationship with the Guild, other Companions and the shared values that inform our thinking and practices. I trust that my investment over the years has been equal to the Guild's early confidence in me.