One to one surgeries These are 45 minute bookable sessions with the Artists' Resource Co-ordinator at aspex and our team of Artist Advisors who are based at the arc partner organisations. Artists can use these sessions to get critical feedback on work or to discuss any aspect of career development, fundraising, presenting work, making proposals or a particular project they are involved with. To arrange a session please email: resource@aspex.org.uk or call 023 9277 8080 , or contact the arc partner organisation nearest you. We ask that you provide a brief summary of what you would like to discuss together with a current CV, artists' statement and 4 images of your work. A diary of dates for forthcoming 1-2-1 surgeries can be found at the bottom of this page. The arc team of advisors Jonathan Parsons, arc Co-ordinator Jonathan is an artist, writer and teacher.  He has 18 years' professional experience as an artist and has been exhibiting internationally since 1997. He has regularly taught at a variety of art schools and universities since 1999 and has been arc Co-ordinator at aspex since 2005. He was selected for the British Art Show 5 and was one of the youngest artists in Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts. Recent exhibitions include Shifting Ground (Angel Row), The Jerwood Sculpture Prize (Jerwood Space) and Art Out of Place (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery). His work is represented in public collections in the UK and private collections around the world. See www.jonathanparsons.com Catherine Bertola, arc Artist Advisor Catherine has undertaken a number of residencies and commissions, working with organisations such as; Locus+, Workplace and Vane in Newcastle upon Tyne, Beacon Art Project, Lincolnshire, Further Up in the Air, Liverpool and Triangle Arts Trust, London. She has exhibited widely across the UK, including solo shows at International 3, Manchester (2005), Fabrica, Brighton and Firstsite, Colchester (both 2006). A monograph Lost Narratives, was published in 2005 by Art Editions North.Recent projects include Frills and Flounces commissioned by the Government Art Collection, London, the exhibition Prickings which toured to Fabrica, Brighton and Nottingham Castle Museum and Gallery, and Extreme Crafts at CAC. Vilnius, Lithuania. She is currently working on a new commission for the V&A Museum as part of the Out of the Ordinary exhibition 2007. She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and is represented by Workplace Gallery, Gateshead. See www.workplacegallery.co.uk Susan Diab, arc Artist Advisor Susan is a practising artist with a studio at APEC in Hove. Her work can be broadly described as installation, involving media from sound, through objects to public events. Mostly site-specific and often participatory, it invites viewers’ responses and aims to bring forth a voice, in visual, aural or virtual form. With a first degree in languages and a second in sculpture, she has been teaching for nearly 20 years, recently concentrating on professional development training. This represents her commitment to promoting ways to make it possible for artists to have fulfilling and rewarding careers in their chosen profession. Lee Simmons, arc Artist Advisor Lee is a freelance artist who makes temporary environmental interventions and works on relational projects. She often works on self-initiated projects, outside the formal arts infrastructure of the gallery and the commission brief. She enjoys stumbling across objects, processes and people that interest her, and fuel a period of research, and then develops works in an organic way, often creating strings of linked projects. She has worked as a lead artist for the charitable organisation Art Monkeys, where she set up new cross art form projects, an artists' forum and helped sustain and develop existing projects with diverse groups throughout the Isle Of Thanet. See www.axisweb.org/artist/leesimmons Paul Stanley, arc Artist Advisor Paul is an artist and independent curator who has been involved in the development and running of artist led organisations such as Bankley Studios Gallery, Manchester and The View From Here, Glasgow. In 2004 Stanley set up the art collaboration [deletia] which he now co-edits with Lynn Harris. [Deletia] purchase ad space in various magazines and use this space for the presentation, preservation and promotion of art. Piggy backing on existing platforms allows us to create non-linear, ahistoric reflections on visual culture. A collective and accumulative ‘snail-trail’ can be seen at www.deletia.org.uk. During  November and December 2007 Stanley was artist in residence at USF Verftet in Bergen Norway. Surgeries Diary To book a session, please contact your preferred venue. Friday 26 September, South Hill Park Lee Simmons Tuesday 20 October, Fabrica Three 1-2-1 sessions are available with Susan Diab to discuss key issues with your practice. To book please provide an outline of what you want to discuss, CV, statement and up to 2 jpeg images or link to your website to caitlin.heffernan@artistresource.org.uk   One to One Surgeries in Kent with artist advisor, Lee Simmons Artists can use these sessions to gain feedback on their work or to discuss any aspect of career development, fundraising, making proposals, or a partcicular project. Surgeries last 45 minutes and must be booked in advance. Turner Contemporary on 17 September 2009, 12 November 2009 & 21 January 2010 To book a one to one surgery at Turner Contemporary email info@turnercontemporary.org or phone 01843 280261   Satellite Surgeries For the first time arc artist advisor Lee Simmons will be offering one to one surgeries in various venues across Kent and Medway.To book a one to one surgery at one of the satellite venues email resource@aspex.org.uk or call 023 9281 2121. 23 October 2009, Rochester Art Gallery 3 December 2009, Ashford (venue tbc) February 2010 Canterbury (Date & venue tbc)