ALISON DOLLERY

Between 2022 and 2025 Alison curated exhibitions and social media for Crawley Borough Council and POP Up Culture Crawley. Alongside consulting on the development of the arts in Crawley. The project was Funded by Arts Council England and UK government Levelling Up Funds, promoting and changing the Arts landscape in Crawley. Alison also runs multiple art workshops and talks for organisations such as Word Festival Crawley, focusing on community engagement and access to art for everybody. 
 
In 2023, Alison Curated Crawley's first Contemporary Art Solo Show- The Manufactured Body Exhibition, including the Memories group show launch Crawleys Cultural Quarter Programme (Crawley Borough Council, 2023) . In 2024, she curated over 150 artists between Finding Place Contemporary Art Exhibition and The Summer Exhibition (open call) across five sites. She transformed disused buildings for art, including historic buildings, retail spaces, and already established spaces, such as retail windows, Crawley Library and the Crawley Museum.

All projects already have a legacy, with multiple artists whose work is featured at the exhibitions going on to win prestigious awards such as the Trinity Buoy Warf Drawing Prize and the Pastel Art Society. 
 
 
"My curatorial approach is inclusively arts focused. I like to show established, well known artists alongside emerging artists of all ages, nationalities and styles. I like the challenge of this approach and how it can launch artists' careers, find platforms, and work in different ways and spaces, as well as how contemporary art can engage the audience or create experiences, transforming spaces and places not normally used for art exhibitions " (Dollery, 2024).