Lynley Kennett – Head of Art and Design and Technology

Lynley.kennett@thebicesterschool.org.uk

Lynley was born in Adelaide, Australia and attended The Finders University of South Australia to study for a Bachelor of fine Arts and English Literature, specialising in painting and drawing. Prior to teaching at The Bicester School, Lynley taught in Adelaide and Sydney.

Lynley’s favourite artists include Jill Ricci, Tom Roberts, Barbara Kruger, Robert Rauschenberg, Jenny Holzer and Jasper Johns.

Lynley would describe her happy place as somewhere warm (she’s always cold!) or a creative city. Her favourite part of the job is seeing students succeed and go to follow creative careers and be super successful!


Christina Ware – Lead Teacher of Graphics/Teacher of Art

Chrissy Ware is an Alumni student of The Bicester School, and now the lead Teacher of Graphics, where she teaches in a classroom she once sat in as a student. Chrissy also teaches Art and leads the annual Ski and Snowboarding trip during the Easter Holidays.

Chrissy graduated from University with an Honours Degree in Illustration and has built up a portfolio of work through a Freelance Career as an illustrator and designer, which has seen her work published in books, magazines and online.

Chrissy is particularly interested in street art, graphic design and photography. In her spare time she enjoys visiting the theatre, going to art galleries, and wrapping up warm on an Autumn day, packing a picnic and exploring a good country park with her family.

 


Bruno Sousa – Teacher of Art

Bruno studied at the Art School of Lisbon where he graduated in Fine Arts – Painting in 2007 and took a Master’s in Art Teaching at the University da Beira Interior in 2012.

He works as a freelance children books illustrator, with a few books published in Portugal, and worked with art galleries that represented his name on his painting and drawing collections.

Bruno can’t live without a sketchbook and is always planning new projects. He loves to push his students towards creativity and to try different approaches to their ideas because a creative mind is a happy mind!

 


Alice Brazzill – Teacher of Art

 

Alice Brazzill is an Art Teacher who went into teaching after studying a Bachelors of Painting at Camberwell College of Arts in London. Whilst perusing her Art Education, Alice worked in the Public Art Sector across the city, gaining experience that would go into inform her decision to complete her PGCE in 2021. Alice’s favourite artists include Louise Bourgeois, Frida Kahlo, Olafur Eliasson and Rebecca Warren. She enjoys visiting exhibitions in her spare time and going to the cinema.

 

 


Mrs Susan Murphy – Resistant Materials/Product Design Technician

After completing her education, Sue joined the Royal Air Force as an Electrical Engineer. Her career culminated in her being a shift leader on a front line fast Jet base. She enjoyed her nine years of service, including three years in Germany and numerous detachments abroad.

Having married and raised a family, Sue returned to work full time, working at a local USAF base as a Charge hand for a large maintenance company.

In 2004, she joined The Bicester School as a Technician in the Design and Technology team, bringing many transferable skills with her.

 

 


Julie Goody –  Art Technician