CV 2025
emilykjlewin@gmail.com | emilykjlewin.co.uk | @ekjlcreative
MA Fine Art: Ceramics graduate with experience in material practice, artist development, and arts management with unique skills set combining in-depth material knowledge and expertise with strong organisational and communication skills. Particular experience in creative mentoring, documentation and research-informed outputs, and delivering inclusive programmes with a proven ability to build partnerships with individual artists and makers, museums, galleries and funding bodies.
Education
MA Fine Art: Ceramics (Distinction)
Bath Spa University | 2022 - 2023
BA Creative Arts: Ceramics and Textile Design (First Class Hons)
Bath Spa University | 2010 - 2013
Professional Experience
Somerset Art Works
Artist Development and Membership Manager | September 2024 - Ongoing
Planning and management of Arts Council-funded artist development program to public audiences, including the delivery of annual symposiums and development days, bursaries, commissions, collaborative projects and exhibition curation.
Delivering year round 1:1 mentoring and CPD support for emerging artists and makers.
Management of 500+ member artist network with strong focus on diversifying engagement initiatives and signposting to offer robust support for a broad range of creative career stages, demographics and locations.
Year round research, evaluation and analysis of engagement and impact.
Building and maintaining a wide range of partnerships with museums, galleries, funding bodies, craft guilds, heritage organisations, and national arts institutions.
Producing research-informed written outputs for public dissemination, funding applications, project evaluations, reports and public copy.
Overseeing organisation databases, CRM lead, and archival management for structured documentation.
Since 2022 developed an artist-led, open access, creative digital programme, expanding reach to underserved audiences and embedding wellbeing-focused creative provision from a temporary post-Covid response into a core strand of delivery.
Led on development and integration of EDI and Sustainability principals
Membership Lead & Art Weeks Support | May 2023 - October 2024
Assisted in the delivery of county-wide biennial Open Studios and Arts Festival events, including research, planning and artist support.
Led organisation-wide digital communications, website and database management.
Arts Admin & Project Assistant | May 2021 - May 2023
Provided administrative and in person support across project delivery, exhibitions, and workshops, with a focus on documentation, outreach, and reporting tasks.
Assisted with copywriting, research, and creative communications to support engagement and knowledge sharing.
Assisted with digital communications, website and database management.
Photography, content creation and graphic design.
Freelance Work
Workshop Facilitator (Freelance) | 2022 - Ongoing
Creating and delivering bespoke creative workshops for in person and online delivery. Most recently working with the Bath Spa University Business School MBA programme, previously with Somerset ReAcquainted.
Creative Mentoring and CPD Sessions (Freelance) | 2025
Collaborating with organisations and initiatives to offer creative problem solving/ mentoring sessions to participants. Most recently this has been as a Creative Mentor as part of BSU’s public knowledge and facility sharing ‘Arts Membership Scheme’.
Studio Technician - Clayshed, Bristol | 2022
Assisted with the day to day running and maintenance of a busy community ceramics studio, ensuring high standards of health and safety.
Supported studio users with practical processes and contributed to the smooth operation of shared ceramic facilities alongside the studio team.
Branding and Creative Development Consultant (Freelance) | 2014 - 2022
Collaborated with a diverse range of artists and small creative businesses to develop clear branding, communication strategies and a sustainable online presence.
Delivered client-specific services including digital content creation, visual branding, web design, and social media strategy to expand audience engagement.
Supported clients with archiving, cataloguing, photography and integrating video into accessible online formats.
Other Roles
Membership and Engagement Services, National Trust, Somerset | 2017- 2021
Oversaw retail and membership services across two heritage sites, implementing effective visual merchandising and creative engagement strategies to achieve audience driven targets.
Supported the care and interpretation of historically significant collections, and archives, through a developing programme of creative activities that connected intergenerational audiences with properties, artefacts, and landscapes.
Gallery Associate - Courts Garden Gallery | 2014
Fixed term role to establish and manage the gallery’s online and social media presence, alongside working with the Director to facilitate sales and day to day management of the gallery.
Educational Workshop Assistant - Crafts Council ‘Firing Up’ | 2012
Working with local artists and academics from local HEI’s to deliver workshops in schools, fostering creative engagement and reverse the decline of ceramics education in the UK.
Production Assistant, Tatty Devine, London | 2010
Residencies, Awards, Exhibitions & Training
Curator, Bursary Award Artists Exhibition, Glastonbury | 2025
Attendee and South West Representative, WBS Heritage Craft Project Knowledge Exchange | 2025
Graduate Resident - Emerge Collective, Bath | 2023/24
Selected Artist, Value of Artists Training programme, Culture West/WECA/BSU | 2024
Recipient, Innovative Sustainable Fabrication Award, Wilfred Southall Trust | 2023
Exhibitor, Play the Gallery, Holburne Museum, Bath | 2022
Graduate Resident - Fireworks Studio, Cardiff | 2013 - 2014
Exhibitor, New Designers, London | 2013