Trustees & Staff

Trustees
& Staff

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Trustees

Mick Barry

Mick has over 40 years of professional experience as a solicitor in the South East, a Past President of Sussex Law Society, and a senior partner at Griffith Smith Farrington Webb until his retirement in 2010. Mick has since been a trustee of a number of organisations including the Brighton Natural Health Centre, the West Hove Golf Club, Brighton Rotary Club Charitable Trust and Community Base. He maintains a strong interest in the arts, and regularly visits both local, national, and international museums and galleries.

Mike Ewards

Mike has over twenty years experience as a professional artist, and has worked with a number of contemporary galleries and professional arts organisations over the course of his career. Many of his text-based paintings are held in national and international collections. Mike has also been involved with digital start-up companies developing and supplying unique interactive art products to global corporations. He is an active studio member with a strong interest in the ongoing development of Phoenix Art Space and its cultural value to Brighton.

David Garcia

David is Professor of Digital Media Arts at Bournemouth University, where he has been appointed director of - The Experimental Media Research Centre-. The center develops a wide range of programs relating to the intersection of art, politics experimental media. David previously held the role of Dean of Graduate School, Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon, University of the Arts London, where he oversaw a number of initiatives that linked practice-led research to the reality of course delivery and curriculum development.

Jane McMorrow (Chair)

Jane was Head of Brighton Festival for seven years. She has an extensive knowledge of cultural programming, business planning, fundraising, partnership working and community engagement and has worked for a range of organisations including Arts Council England, The Legacy Trust, Creative Folkestone, Creative People & Places & the Culture Department at the London Mayor’s Office. She is currently Director of Creative Future, an arts charity that that specialises in supporting under-represented visual artists and writers.

Henry Normal

Henry's son is a member of Rocket Artists at Phoenix. Following his sons exhibition here in 2018 Henry has been helping Phoenix expand its social outreach and promotion to public and funding bodies. Writer, poet, film and TV producer he founded Baby Cow Productions along with Steve Coogan in 1999. Henry ran the entire operation as MD for over 17 years winning almost every award possible with shows like Gavin and Stacey and films like Philomena. Henry has experience of all aspects of management and promotion. He is a patron and has run popular events at Phoenix.