Sister Sounds Lockdown - Covid-19 Series - Lisa Arnott

This podcast series looks at how individuals and businesses are being affected by Covid-19.

Guest Lisa Arnott, is the Director of SilverHub Jewellery School and Studios -www.silverhubstudios.com

Lisa has worked within the arts, health and culture sector for over 25 years and began her career as a volunteer artist at Pilton Triangle in North Edinburgh. Her career has included working as an artist or project coordinator for leading socially engaged community arts organisations including , Out of the Blue, Craigmillar Community Arts, Whale arts and North Edinburgh Arts Center in Edinburgh.

She spent 5 years living in Australia where she worked for a variety of community arts organisations, setting up artists networks, working with the indigenous community and within mental health art organisations. Before leaving in 2008, she was the Cultural Planner at Maribyrnong City Council in Melbourne.

Alongside her career within arts and culture she has had her own successful artistic jewellery practice. Whilst in Australia she developed the idea for SilverHub Studios an incubator for jewellers so that they could collaborate, share resources and business networks whilst also providing education opportunities within the field of jewellery design.

As a social enterprise SilverHub provides professional space for 12 independent jewellers to evolve their own business. The studios also run a variety of day and evening leisure classes. Alongside this they also have provided community-based projects with a variety of charities to bring the act making to people and communities who would traditionally not have access.

She is passionate about equality within arts and design education, community development and the arts and design for empowerment. She is a mother to her amazing 14-year-old daughter Aildih (pronounced Alee).

Her qualifications include an MFA Sheffield Hallam (with outstanding distinction), a Post Graduate Certificate in Community Education and a BA Honours Degree from Edinburgh College of Art.