Geoff Wood
Geoff Wood has spent the last 20 years developing specialist skills in the effective integration of art into the working lives of towns and cities and is highly respected in the profession. He set up Working pArts as an independent practice in 1997 and was previously Deputy Director of Public Art Commissions Agency from 1988. Before that he ran a sculpture gallery for Coventry City Council and was the city’s public art expert. Amongst Geoff’s great strengths is the provision of client support through advocacy among elected members, officers, business and community forums and the wider public.
Vital skills include mentoring client representatives through critical and often sensitive development stages of projects, when external pressures are at their greatest. He has highly developed site and spatial analytical skills, 20 years of strategic public art commissioning experience, effective methods of consultation, evaluation and appraisal. He collaborates efficiently with other organisations, and with design and regeneration professionals.
Geoff is a member of CABE Space’s Enabling Panel and also the Homes & Communities Agency ( formerly EP ) National Public Art Consultancy Panel. Geoff is a member and chair of the panel that will select the North West’s ‘Artists Taking the Lead’ commission for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Key Skills
- Advocacy
- Policy Development
- Funding Strategy and Bids
- Partnership Development
- Public Art Commissioning
- Sponsorship Development
- Resource Evaluation
- Project Management
- Advocacy
- Policy Development
- Funding Strategy and Bids
- Partnership Development
- Public Art Commissioning
- Sponsorship Development
- Resource Evaluation
- Project Management