Violet McClean
Year Graduated: 1998
CURRENT ROLE:
Senior Gallery Officer/Curator, The Gallery Arts University Bournemouth.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
To establish a National and International Gallery at AUB, which celebrates 20 years this year and to work with many international artists and designers. Taking Living Design-Lucienne Day AUB Exhibition on tour to Ireland.
HOW DID THE COURSE PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR CAREER?:
‘It enabled me to turn my ideas, organisational skills, words and writing into a powerful creative tool.’
WHAT IS YOUR ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS?:
‘Always follow your passion and never give up. There is no such thing as something that cannot be done or impossible. Always have a plan and be confident, to ensure that plan can bend to meet its success’.