Patricia Grayburn Patricia Grayburn Patricia Grayburn, MBE DL has a long involvement with the arts in Surrey after moving to become Arts Administrator at University of Surrey in 1983. She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 2002 and was awarded MBE in 2004 for services to the arts. She is responsible for the Lewis Elton Gallery and the breadth of public art across the University of Surrey campus and her roles include Chair of the Guildford Book Festival, Executive Director of the Guildford International Music Festival and Committee member of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Trust, Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund and
Patricia Forde an opportunity to become Director of the Galway Arts Festival (proposed by Ollie Jennings in 1990) meant that she never returned to teaching. She left in 1995, subsequently working in "Ros na Rún", "Aifric" and RTÉ soap "Fair City". Forde's other work has included a creative programme for children at the festival, which developed into the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. She is married with two children and lives in Moycullen. Patricia Forde Patricia Forde, former Director of the Galway Arts Festival and children's author, born c. 1960. Forde was raised in Market Street, Galway, a fluent Irish speaker.