About

Artist and qualified Art Teacher Honor Pedican has had lots of arts education experience throughout her career. 

Roles have included Art Teacher in a Bahamian state school on the island of Eleuthera, Learning & Engagement Officer for Wrexham Council, in the UK, Creative Practitioner for the Arts Council Wales and more recently as Art Leader of Learning for a large on-line secondary school (teaching Art, Design & Photography courses to hundreds of international students each week).  She has raised thousands of additional funding for visual arts and multi-arts education projects, enabling people that otherwise may have missed out to access the arts.  Honor has appeared on the BBC's Children In Need programme, leading her 'Drawing on Your Super Powers' work with young carers. Has worked closely with IKON, The Custard Factory, Oriel Davies and Mostyn galleries to improve disability equality in the UK, for engage (the National Association for Gallery Education).  Has provided research used by the Welsh Government in the role out of the Foundation Phase for younger children.  Along with delivering all sorts of enjoyable, hands-on sessions considered great 'soul food' for all ages and abilities.  Including for home education families in a gallery and other settings, gypsy and traveller children in their fields, adult patients in a Psychiatric Unit, adult patients in a kidney dialysis ward, those with a dementia diagnosis in care homes and a theatre setting.  She could go on!