Jo Rhymer

Jo Rhymer is a freelance lecturer who teaches for the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Wallace Collection and is also an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society. She has over twenty years of teaching experience in prestigious gallery and museum Learning departments including at the National Gallery and Tate. She is also experienced in leading tours in museums and galleries abroad.

Jo’s areas of specialism are 19th and early 20th-century French and British art. She is interested in the benefits of slow and close looking at paintings and has developed a guided, slow looking technique within gallery settings. Her teaching style encourages interaction, and where possible, involves discussions in front of art. She actively encourages students’ observations combined with the knowledge they bring to a session, which can open up new avenues for interpretation.