Tempo Arts - about us

Tempo Arts is a professional arts organisation formed in 2001 and
based in the South East region.

Directors

Saffron Summerfield

Saffron Summerfield is a singer/composer and audio-visual artist. She
plays guitar,cuatro, bouzouki and keyboards and blends found sound
into her recorded work. Her music and songs have been used in
film,television and radio and she has toured as a performer in the UK
and overseas. Saffron set up Tempo Arts with Phyllida Shaw in London
2001 as a vehicle to collaborate with other artists and deliver high
quality arts provision to all sections of the community.
" I believe that involvement in arts activities can provide meaning and
true connection among individuals,families and communities".

Sarah Yates

Sarah Yates is an artist specialising in video and sound. She has a BA
in Fine Art from Kingston University and has exhibited internationally in
Spain and Berlin as well as in different parts of the UK. Over the past
few years she has worked across the South East region curating
artists projects in alternative spaces and has recently managed
Coastal Currents Arts Festival in Hastings and Rother. Sarah has
developed a variety of arts education projects for children and adults
in both gallery and informal settings. She has worked closely with
organisations across the South East coast including the De la Warr
Pavilion, Aspex Visual Arts Trust and the Brighton Festival Fringe.

Christine Gist

Christine Gist currently divides her time between Deal, Kent and
Hastings, East Sussex. She lived in the USA for many years, receiving
a BFA in sculpture from the University of Washington, Seattle and an
MFA in sculpture from Yale University School of Art, New Haven. She is
a practising artist, curator and visual arts consultant with extensive
experience of working with artists, public agencies and private
institutions across the South East region and mainland Europe.

Heidi Foster

Heidi Foster became a Tempo Arts Director four years ago when she
moved to Rye. Her artistic perspective and personal interests,
including playing the flute in a small orchestra, drawing, creating
mosaics and singing in a choir, gives her an understanding of Tempo
Arts goals. Heidi worked with Saffron on two local digital film making
projects - 'This is our Village' - an intergenerational film made with
residents of Rye Harbour village, and ' a Day in the Life of ARRCC' - a
film depicting the work of an arts rehabilitation centre. Heidi is
Treasurer/Director of Tempo Arts.