Gwen Carr obituary

My mother, Gwen Carr, who has died aged 85, was well-known for her pioneering work as education officer at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and later as group education officer for Tyne and Wear Museum Service. In 1994 she received the Gulbenkian award for the most imaginative education work from Lord Gowrie, the then chairman of the Arts Council, at the National Portrait Gallery.Her approach and philosophy were always to make art accessible to as wide a range of audiences as possibl