RGA - Key Persons
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- PRESIDENT
- Contributor to Songlines
Fiona Talkington is best known as a presenter for BBC Radio 3 and for 20 years presenting the award-winning programme ‘Late Junction' showcasing her passion for and knowledge of music from classical and jazz, to world music, folk, and experimental. She has presented the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall, is a regular voice on Radio 3's lunchtime concerts and the Afternoon show, as well as presenting features and documentaries not only on Radio 3 but on BBC World Service, Radio 4 and 6Music.
Fiona has curated numerous events and festivals including at Kings Place in London and the Royal Opera House, and she was curator for a 3-year series at the National Jazz stage in Oslo bringing together Norwegian and British musicians, writers, and artists. Her awards include the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for her services to the arts. She has also been a guest curator for the Reading Fringe Festival including curating a music and literature project called ‘Conversations with Trees'.
As a writer Fiona is a regular contributor to Songlines magazine and has written for the Guardian and Independent newspapers and has contributed numerous articles and chapters on Norwegian arts and music. She is editor of the English edition of ‘The Sound of the North' by Luca Vitali.
Fiona has an MA in Literature and the Visual Arts from the University of Reading. She enjoys working with projects which span different art forms and she is an Associate Artist for Reading's Jelly.
She has worked on various projects for Reading Refugee Support Group including creative writing projects with people from Afghanistan and hosted RRSG's 25th anniversary event at Reading's Town Hall.
Fiona was born and brought up in Reading where she still lives.
Mick McNicholas is an artist living and working in Wokingham, UK. Following a successful career as a digital artist, Mick's practice led him to develop his skills in drawing originally as a way to enhance how he made digital works, but as he progressed he rediscovered his passion for producing physical works of Art that actually exist in the world. He has pursued the path of Representational Artist, working across media and primarily from life, ever since.
Despite studying Art & Design Foundation in his youth, and having an MA in Digital Media, Mick is largely self-taught when it comes to representational art. However, he has taken classes and attended workshops with internationally renowned artists, such as Hollis Dunlap and Nicolás Uribe. He now regularly organises workshops for other international artists, as an extension to his artistic practice.
Mick's drawings and paintings have been exhibited in several prestigious shows (most notably at the Mall Galleries with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Pastel Society, and in the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition), and various group exhibitions around the country, such as The New Light Art Prize Exhibition.