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1953 Born UK 1975 BA Hons Degree in German and French, Exeter University
2007 Stars Stones and Bones Britz and McGowan at Salthouse Church Norfolk. Large scale installations exploring the local landscape and the architecture of the church, grant aided by County and District councils and Arts Council England.
2000-present Britz and McGowan Collaborative exhibitions and installations with Margie Britz
2006-7 Vital Communities Residencies with Cambs. Schools and their communities as part of a research project into the impact of arts provision upon children and their communities (ongoing).
2006-7 Creative Change Programme Promoting and running workshops for men with mild mental health problems, organized by Norfolk Arts Partnership
2006 Artlandish Commissioned by Norfolk Arts in Education to create a teachers Pack for schools groups visiting the outdoor sculptures at Houghton Hall, Norfolk
2005 Norwich Fringe Festival Drawing installation by Britz and McGowan. A starfish mandala applied directly to the wall using starfish as the drawing tools, and coastal muds, clays and sands as pigments
2005 Windscape Installation exploring the movements of the wind around Salthouse Church Tower, grant aided by Arts Council England
2005 Wheels of Change Working with Norfolk Arts in Education and Norfolk Waste Management Services and 7 Norfolk secondary schools to design a series of posters on reducing, reusing and recycling waste, for display on Norfolk school buses, also creating a design of my own.
2004 Land and Light Installation by Britz and McGowan. Curated group show at Wingfield Arts, Suffolk
2004 Norwich Fringe Festival Installation by Britz and McGowan. A starfish galaxy in the Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich
2004 Artlights Projected work by Britz and McGowan. A galaxy of starfish projected into Cromer Church tower, part of an exhibition of projected image organized by Commissions East as part of the regeneration project Cromer Prospect.
2004 Sculpting Summer Lead artist for a series of temporary, linked site-specific installations involving local communities in a journey down the waterways of the Southern Broads to the sea. Responsible for overall aesthetics of the project, liaising between artists and South Norfolk Council, making my own commissioned work and feeding back to an Exit Conference.
1998-2004 A Norfolk Songline Initiated by myself and storyteller Hugh Lupton, based upon the Australian Aboriginal idea of walking the land as a way of “singing” it alive. I was involved in the fundraising, administration and delivery of the project. Organised in partnership with Norfolk County Council and funded by National Lottery, European Development and The Highways Agency. 1998-2000. Six temporary, site-specific sculptures made on the Peddars Way from local natural materials; a series of photographic images which were incorporated into a multimedia performance and a book. Along with two other artists, I ran workshops with six local village communities, creating work inspired by the local landscape. The resulting words, music and art were incorporated by the children into the performance that we gave in their village. 2004 A second series of six temporary, site-specific installations on the Peddars Way. With the National Trail Manager and two other artists, I ran two five-day guided walks of the Peddars Way. I was involved in a further ten performances of “Peddars Way” at East Anglian Arts Centres with storyteller Hugh Lupton and singer Helen Chadwick.
2004 Eastern Open Curated exhibition at Kings Lynn Arts Centre
2003-4 The Forum, Norwich Temporary installation of starfish for BBC East by Britz and McGowan
2003 Light and Space Installation by Britz and McGowan. A seven foot diameter disc of starfish hung against the east window of Salthouse Church, part of an exhibition showcasing leading Norfolk artists working with light and space.
2003 Junk Culture Residency at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich. Workshops with four schools to create a series of indoor, site-specific paper installations of sculpture and words using materials recycled by the schools.
2002 Earthwords Sculpture residency at St Joseph’s college, Ipswich. Commissioned outdoor site-specific installation and workshops with local schools to create an outdoor sculpture, poetry and word trail.
2002 Paper Works Commissioned by Rural Arts East to make paper sculptures and to tour with the exhibition to 7 rural venues in Norfolk/Suffolk and run demonstrations and workshops
2001 Down to Earth Exhibition at Salthouse Church showcasing leading Norfolk artists working with natural materials, curated by Kathleen Macfarlane. Two site-specific installations
2001 Crossover Commission by Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery to make a series of three wall hangings inspired by the River Lark and run workshops for secondary school pupils and teachers.
2000 On the Line Design and installation of a multimedia exhibition at Trues Yard Museum, Kings Lynn, documenting a community storytelling project linking the fishing communities of North Norfolk with Ghana, funded by Cambridge University.
2000 Rockland Broad Residency at Rockland St Mary, Norfolk, making outdoor, site specific environmental sculptures and facilitating the making of sculptures by the community to celebrate Rockland Broad.
1999 Seachanges Duo Exhibition at Kings Lynn Arts Centre with John Richter. Sculptures and installations inspired by the tide line.
1999 Barrington Farm Residency and solo exhibition at Barrington Farm Norfolk, a centre for adults with disabilities
1998 Overstrand Hall Residency at Overstrand Hall, running workshops with children with learning difficulties aged 8-16, resulting in an outdoor sculpture trail.
1998 The Nature of Paper Group exhibition at Woolaton Park, Nottingham, organized by PaperWeight (National Society of Papermakers)
1997 Borrowed from Nature II Group exhibition at the John Innes Centre, Norwich organized by the Norfolk Contemporary Art Society
1996 Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail Temporary, site specific installation and workshops
1995 Blickling Hall Commissioned, temporary outdoor sculpture and workshops for the National Trust
1995 Open Air Sculpture Installation of water sculpture at Wysing Arts, Cambridge
1993 The Shifting Form Residency and workshops at Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Reserve and a linked solo exhibition at Kings Lynn Arts Centre
1992 Moments of Growth Commissioned by the Broads Authority to make site specific sculptures from Norfolk Reed in the wet meadows and waterways of the How Hill reserve and run workshops on environmental sculpture. A linked solo exhibition and workshops at the King of Hearts Norwich
Workshop Experience
1992–2007 Workshops for primary and secondary schools, for adults and families, and for adults and children with special needs, gifted and talented, and physical disabilities. Workshops for conferences and for teachers’ training days. Working for schools, as well as the Broads Authority, the Sainsbury Centre, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Norfolk Childrens Services, Norfolk Arts Partnership, Vital Communities Cambridge, Norfolk Social Services, the Peddars Way and North Norfolk Coast Path National Trail and Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
1995–2007 Key artist for Norfolk Arts in Education Service; also acting as mentor for artists wishing to run workshops in schools
2003 Residency at County Upper School, Bury St Edmunds, highly commended in the 2003 Artworks Awards
Administrative Experience
I have applied for and managed 4 Arts Council grants for sculpture projects, co-adminstrated the first Norfolk Songline project, and acted as lead artist for Sculpting Summer
1996-2000 Committee Member of Open Studio Scheme
1992–99 Co-organiser of Aylsham Rural Arts, a local promoting group for the Norfolk Rural Touring Scheme (now Rural Arts East)
1981–83 Chairwoman of Street Roots Community Group
1978–81 Part time post as administrator at Social Services Intermediate Treatment Centre, Norwich
Publications
A Norfolk Songline, Hugh Lupton and Liz McGowan, pub.1999 Hickathrift Books ISBN 0 9537692 0 8
Sea-changes, Liz McGowan and John Richter, pub. 1998 Kings Lynn Arts Centre
A Personal Choice, The Aude Gotto Collection ISBN 0 9518657 5 7
Collections
Audo Gotto, The King of Hearts, Norwich
Reviews
“Fringe Exhibits Unique Artwork” Eastern Daily Press, Sept 27th 2004
“Peddars Way” Norfok Journal, July 2000
Review of “A Norfolk Songline” Eastern Daily Press, 1st April 2000
“Songlines” Norfolk Journal, March 1999
Review “Evocative Shapes from our Natural Environment” Eastern Daily Press, May 1993
Review “Inspired by the Norfolk Broads” Eastern Daily Press, 11th June 1992
Radio Programmes
2004 Ramblings, BBC Radio 4
Websites
Peddars Way Songline www.norfolksongline.co.uk
Axis Artists Database www.axisartists.org.uk
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