Writer and curator Frances Lord grew up in the artistic community of St Ives in West Cornwall giving her a unique perspective of the Cornish art scene and its history. She graduated with distinction from the University of East Anglia’s MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction in 2021 and also has a MA in Art History from Birkbeck, University of London. Frances worked at the Crafts Council, South East Arts and was Director of The Hampshire Sculpture Trust before going freelance in 2000. During her freelance career as a curator she specialised in site-specific and cross-discipline commissioning projects for the public realm. She has commissioned many well-known visual artists and makers, and worked with poets, filmmakers and composers for contexts as varied as historic parks and gardens, hospitals and schools.