Georgie Bennett
Senior Lecturer, Illustration BA(Hons)
Georgie Bennett is a freelance illustrator, workshop facilitator, and lecturer. Clients include The Folio Society and Elementum Journal. She works on reportage and narrative based projects and was a member of the Chronical Residency Programme in 2018. Georgie specialises in making work inspired by real locations, drawing and painting en plein air and discovering places by virtual travel.
In partnership with her illustration practice, Georgie delivers workshops for local and online communities. She has launched public drawing events at the home of Charlies Darwin with English Heritage and at Dunton Green, her home village in Kent. Georgie established an online virtual travel drawing series in 2021, which you can find on Instagram @sketchbookeventure
Georgie graduated with her BA(Hons) degree in Illustration from Norwich University of the Arts and completed her Masters degree in Illustration: Authorial Practice and PGCHE at Falmouth University. She joined the Illustration team at Falmouth in January 2021.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) | Falmouth University |
| 2018 | Masters Degree in illustration: Authorial Practice | Falmouth University |
| 2014 | BA(Hons) Degree in Illustration | Norwich University of the Arts |
Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
- Visual studies
- Drawing
- Documentary illustration
- Sequential imagery
Research Topics
- Developing community-based drawing workshops
- Drawing and virtual travel
- Illustration and the page-turn
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- Applied Illustration
- Visual problem solving
- Visual Studies
Courses taught
- BA(Hons) Illustration
Professional Engagement
Social, community and cultural engagement
- Sketchbook eVenture Online Workshop Series Lead - Since 2021
- TRANSITUS: Illustration as Crossing Ground, Research Symposium, Falmouth University - July 2022
- Drawing Lockdown II - Drawing Symposium convened by Drawing Projects UK & Drawing is Free - March 2022
- Out of Isolation, exhibition at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham - December 2020
- Bodega Bijou, Falmouth exhibition - Autumn and Winter Show 2020
- Artist in Residency at Down House (The Home of Charles Darwin) - 2019
- Topolski Chronical Residency Programme | INSTITUTIONS - December 2018
- House of Illustration Summer fair with Tipi Collective - July 2017
- Drawing at Down (The home of Charles Darwin) Workshop Leader - March 2017
