Ruth Bell has worked as a teacher for over twenty years in primary, middle and secondary schools as a generalist and visual art specialist. She has also worked as advisory teacher for art and the arts and been involved in developing practice at local and national level; this included developing CPD for teachers as a part-time lecturer at UCE and training Secondary teachers of art through School Centred Initial Teacher Training. More recently she has been involved in researching creative practice across the curriculum and currently is working as a Creative Agent and practitioner for Cre8us .