Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham is a visual arts specialist with over twenty five years' experience of working in the arts sector and skills gained within public galleries, artist-led spaces, arts funding, and professional and organisational development. She has extensive experience of providing support and mentoring to visual artists and creative practitioners. Between 2011 and 2021 she was Director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network for the East Midlands, providing sector support, nurturing creative practices, forging connections within the visual arts ecosystem. She also ran an independent consultancy practice working with clients that included The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK New Artists, New Art West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry Contemporary Art Forums, the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Own Art, and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Before this, she worked at Arts Council England, Tate Liverpool and Spike Island.
She is University Coordinator for the Artist Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) scheme and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Beyond the university, Elizabeth is chair of the management committee for Modern Painters New Decorators, an artist-led organisation based in Loughborough, operating a purpose-built gallery, project space, artist studios, shop, and creative kitchen, and facilitating artists to play a vital role in place shaping and community narratives.
As University Teacher – Professional Practice in Art & Design, Elizabeth teaches across the undergraduate Fine Art, Graphic Design, Textile Design, and Fashion Design and Technology programmes, and leads modules within and across those programmes. Her teaching specialises in supporting students to develop professionalism as an integral part of their creative practice and their understanding of arts management as a discipline and career destination.
She works extensively with colleagues across the creative programmes, as well as those in Loughborough’s Careers and Enterprise Networks, identifying and creating opportunities to forge links between students and industry.
Teaching into:
- ACUB28 Fashion Design and Technology
- ACUB14 Fine Art
- ACUB44 Graphic Design
- ACUB26 Textile Design
Module leadership:
- Textile Design and Fashion Design and Technology – ACB153 Professional & Business Practice
- Cross-programme – ACB201 Arts Management
- Cross programme – ACC112 Industrial Report