earlY work.
A few earlier projects when in roles with Yarra Ranges Council and Frankston City Council, Victoria and Sunshine Coast Council.
YOU & I.
Concept, project design and project delivery. Workshops facilitated by lead artist Yandell Walton.
A Yarra Ranges Council initiative brought together community health and education organisations from Melbourne’s eastern region to engage young people in a creative skills development program exploring the complex issue of respectful relationships. Three groups of high school students participated in workshops spanning photography, digital media, collage, and paste-up practices. The program culminated in an exhibition, a public artwork, and the development of branding for a statewide health promotion campaign.
Paste up by Upper Yarra Secondary Students Photo Yandell Walton
DANCE HERE.
Concept, project design and delivery in collaboration with dance community.
A multi-year dance sector development project engaging six cultural venues, artists, educators, dance schools and community to build audiences, capacity, participation and networks. Working for Yarra Ranges Council, this project included a month-long program of unexpected people dancing in unexpected places across the region.
Dancer Gulsen Ozer at Tarrawarra Museum of Art
FABRIC—slow fashion artful living.
Fabric was delivered as part of my role as Team Leader Creative Development at Sunshine Coast Council. A four-year industry development program for slow fashion, artful living and sustainability. It brought together artists, designers, makers and communities to explore new possibilities in textiles, fashion, and design, encouraging practices that are environmentally conscious, culturally connected and creatively bold. Through exhibitions, residencies, workshops and industry collaborations — Fabric supported innovation in sustainable fashion and design while fostering dialogue around the role of creativity in shaping more ethical and artful ways of living.