Tutors - Art History Abroad

Nick Ross

Director of Art History Abroad. He has taught in Italy for over 22 years, published books on Canaletto, Miro and an artistic guide to Florence. In addition Nick has written numerous book reviews and presented an arts programme for the Discovery Channel. He is an active director whose love of Italy is infectious and he is driven to continually add to the cultural experience of the courses. In May he was voted the No.1 Guide in the Daily Telegraph Review.

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Nick Readett Bayley

An ex-AHA student, Nick studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and then gained his diploma at the Bartlett School of Architecture [UCL]. Nick co-founded AROS architects 5 years ago since when he has designed cities and buildings around the world.

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Andy Mackay

Andrew studied Art History at St Andrews University before undertaking a postgraduate MA course in Arts Criticism at The City University of London. He is currently studying for a PhD at Leiden University in The Netherlands on the author E.M Forster. MA (St-And) MA (City).

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Tom Nickson

Tom Nickson is an experienced tutor and expert on Gothic and Renaissance art. Having gained first class honours from Cambridge University in History of Art, he went on to study an MA at the Courtauld Institute where he is now undertaking his PhD in the Spanish Gothic. Tom also writes papers and articles for journals.

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Charlotte Winton

Studied Art History at Warwick University before living and teaching in Bologna for three years. As well as all her teaching for AHA, Charlotte runs her own interior design business specialising in curtains and blinds.

 

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Steve Nelson

Studied at Cardiff and Birmingham where he received an MA in Fine Art. In 1999 he was appointed the Arts Council of England Helen Chadwick Fellow which enabled him to work on his sculpture in Rome and Oxford. He exhibits both in Britain and abroad while also teaching at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, Tate Britain, Hayward Gallery and Whitechapel Art Gallery. Details of his current exhibition can be seen by visiting; http://www.manandeve.co.uk/exhib_current.php

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LUKE BRYAN

Our newest recruit, Luke is currently studying for a Masters degree in the History of Art at Birkbeck College, London, where he specialises in the painting and sculpture of the early Italian Renaissance. Having spent 6 months in Italy during his gap year, Luke continues to relish any opportunity to experience its art and culture. He has remained an avid painter over the years and often draws upon this element within his teaching.

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Richard Stemp

Lecturer at the National Gallery and Tate Modern. After studying Natural Sciences and History of Art at Cambridge, he completed a PhD on fifteenth-century sculpture in Ferrara. He wrote and narrated the video for the National Gallery’s exhibition ‘Florence in the 1470’s and presented ‘Art in the National Gallery’ for Channel 4 Education as well as the follow up series entitled ‘Tate Modern’. His book "The Secret Language of the Renaissance", has been sold all over the world. Click here for Michael Baigent's review in the Mail on Sunday.

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Robert Woodward

Co-founder of Art History Abroad and Mander Portman Woodward, the independent Sixth Form College Group. An English scholar at Cambridge, Robert is a specialist on English Romantic Poets in Italy, particularly Byron, Keats and Shelley.

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ROSE BALSTON

Rose graduated from Edinburgh University in 2006. She specialized in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque for her MA in the History of Art and then went on to study Languages at Salamanca University. Aside from tutoring for AHA, Rose works in the fields of Art Restoration and Consultancy. A devoted Musician, Rose often draws ties between art and music when tutoring in Italy, and has developed the History of Music element for all of our Year Out courses.

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Dan Evans

After completing an AHA course, Dan studied History of Art at Manchester University where he graduated in 2001 with first class honours. Dan specialized in Italian Renaissance Villas and Gardens and French Revolutionary History Painting. He is currently AHA's Operations Director and is based in the Suffolk office. He has recently been shortlisted for the Paul Morrison Guide of the Year Award in association with Wanderlust and the Daily Telegraph.

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BECKS Caudwell

Rebekah graduated from Birmingham University in 2002 having studied English Literature - particularly specialising in Virginia Woolf and Feminist Studies. Rebekah brings a love of literature to her teaching throughout Italy, specifically in Naples and Rome, which compliments all art history studies. Rebekah divides her time between AHA and her own property development and design business, which she finds an interesting counterpart to architecture in Italy.

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Lucie Baird

As well as being an experienced tutor, Lucie works in the Travel department for Guardian News and Media. Lucie completed her MA focusing on Seventeenth Century Italian Realism and the Baroque at the Courtauld Institute in 2002 and her BA Hons in Economics and Business from Durham University in 2001.

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Kate Soden

Kate is currently studying for an Mphil at the University of Hong Kong, and prior to that was a stalwart of the British Museum where she put together the educational aspects of the blockbuster exhibition Michelangelo Drawings: closer to the master.  Kate graduated from Warwick University in 2003 in Art History and spent 4 months living in Venice and also has a particular interest in Italian film.

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Benjie Fowler

Benjie graduated from Cambridge University with double first class honours where he specialised in Venetian Painting and High Renaissance Rome. Since then he has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East, and spends 4 months of the year teaching in Italy alone. He has also created a number of short films and his interest in film adds to any AHA course.

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Graham Fawcett

Graham is a writer, broadcaster, translator and teacher. He lived in Florence for 4 years working at the British Institute and now teaches Italian at the Goldsmiths College, Poetry courses for The Poetry School in London and principally works for BBC Radio 3 as the write of literature and music programmes. He is AHA’s poetry and literature expert. Graham is currently leading a series of events for the Keats House Poetry Weekender. For further information please click here.

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James McDonaugh

After taking his degree in Philosophy & Theology at Oxford University, James went on to gain a Diploma in Art History and a Masters in Architectural History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2003. He has lectured on trips abroad for the Courtauld Institute, the National Arts Collection Fund, and for numerous schools and travel companies. He runs his own touring business for private clients.

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Helen oakden

Helen studied history of art at Manchester University and at the Courtauld Institute of Arts where she got a Masters in the architectural history of Rome. An ex AHA student, she has worked in many galleries, including the Whitworth Museum in Manchester, Somerset House and the Royal Academy. Helen was an editor of the Burlington Magazine and continues writing for other art journals and magazines. She has been know to weep in front of Botticelli paintings. She has just been offered the post of Art History teacher at St Mary's School in Ascot, where she is due to start September 2008.

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Simon Callery

An artist known internationally, his work is in the collections of Tate, British Museum and Arts Council of England. Educated at Campions school in Athens, before graduating with first class honours from Cardiff college of Art, he has worked in Turin and now lives in London. In 2006 he will be working with Wimbledon College of Art on Urban landscape development and regeneration.

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Grant Rogers

Aside from being a fine Art Historian, Grant also has a painter’s eye; he studied at Portsmouth College of Art and is currently works in the Education department for the Imperial War Museum. He recently exhibited in Bath (Chapel Row Gallery) and his website is www.grantsrogers.co.uk

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Aleid Ford

Aleid graduated from Cambridge University in 2002 with first class honours in Latin and Italian. She went on to her Masters at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialised in Florentine and Venetian Renaissance painting. As well as tutoring on AHA courses and teaching at Latimer School, London, Aleid is a freelance arts, culture and travel writer for magazines and newspapers.

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Ben Street

Ben is a teacher of History of Art at Westminster School, a lecturer at the National Gallery and the Hayward Gallery and runs art workshops for families at the National Portrait Gallery. He is also Head of History of Art at Collingham School and a contributing writer on contemporary art to artnet magazine. He is a former employee of the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York where he was an educator in their school, family and outreach programmes.

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Juliet Haysom

After her MPhil at The Royal College of Art Juliet was awarded The Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture to the British School at Rome 2004-5. She has travelled and worked extensively in Italy and spent the last year as Artist in Residence at Headington School in Oxford. She exhibits in Italy and her drawings have shown at the Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, and The Drawing Gallery, London. The British Museum purchased her drawings in both 2005 and 2006. She was winner of the esteemed Jerwood Prize for Sculpture in 2007.

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Oliver Ross

Currently the Vicar of St Olaves in the City of London and Chaplain to the Cloth Worker's Guild and Trinity House. Oliver's first degree was in African History and Anthropology, before studying Divinity at Cambridge. He is an authority on the Early Church, particularly in Rome, Ravenna and Istanbul.

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Catherine McCormack

Catherine joined AHA after studying Art History and Italian at UCL. She has lived extensively in Rome where she launched her career in education, teaching for the British Council. Catherine has since worked at the V&A museum and is now the Art History teacher at Rugby School. She also helps to organise educational conferences for the Association of Art Historians. Catherine has contributed to various guide books including Time Out Florence (2007) and is author of A Hedonist's Guide to Rome which was published in 2006. She has a special soft spot for Dante.