Stacey Chapman

<p dir="ltr">Stacey Chapman is an artist, educator and founder of <a href="https://www.oceancityarts.co.uk/">Ocean City Arts</a>, a Plymouth-based arts education business offering affordable and accessible courses, workshops and hands-on creative experiences. Based at Faraday Mill, Ocean City Arts provides learning across drawing, painting, portraiture and other creative disciplines. Stacey also works with local schools, colleges and charities, and has exhibited in and around the city.</p> <p dir="ltr">Stacey completed MA Creative Education: Making Learning at Arts University Plymouth in 2022. She joined the pilot <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/alumni/workroom-grow">Workroom Grow programme</a> in 2023, where mentoring helped her recognise that her teaching and approach to arts education could provide the foundations for a creative business. She established Ocean City Arts in 2025 and opened its dedicated studio in June 2026.</p> <p dir="ltr">Alongside her teaching and business, Stacey is studying part-time for a Professional Doctorate in Education at the University of Plymouth. Her developing research interests include how the arts are taught and why they remain marginalised within the national curriculum, extending the creative education research she began during her Masters degree.<br /><br /></p>