Signature projects include School Without Walls, House of Imagination and Forest of Imagination. Penny’s doctoral research focused on how we support children’s learning identity as artists.

Penny coordinates the SW Creative Education Network, is a member of the Policy, Pedagogy and Practice Research Centre at Bath Spa University, RSA Innovative Education Network, Cultural Learning Alliance, HundrED and Crafts Council Learning Advisory Groups and Visiting Lecturer at Plymouth College of Art. Penny is Co-Investigator on the AHRC Global Challenges Research project ‘Rethinking waste and the logics of disposability: Compound 13 Lab’ in Mumbai.

Penny was awarded by Action for Children’s Arts for her contribution to arts education and by Creative Bath for her work in creative education.