MICRO-BIO

• I am a cultural community development practitioner and not-for-profit management professional with 20+ years of experience in Australia

  I am a cultural community development practitioner and not-for-profit management professional with 20+ years of experience in Australia Less

EXPERIENCE

• The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA

  • Project Manager Sector Capacity Building
  • May 2021 to Present

• Queensland University of Technology

  • Doctoral Candidate
  • Creative Industries
  • August 2017 to December 2020

• Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia

  • CEO
  • Management
  • March 2015 to August 2017

• Country Arts WA

  • AACHWA Coordinator
  • AACHWA
  • November 2009 to March 2015

EDUCATION

• Queensland University of Technology

  • PhD
  • July 2017 to Present

  Strong Houses, Strong Voices is an arts-based, practice-led research project that uses co-created first-person video narratives to present the lived experiences of a group of post-natural builders currently constructing houses within South African informal settlements with the organisation Qala Phelang Tala/Start Living Green (QPT). The study resulted in eight video narratives co-created with QPT’s post-natural builders and an exhibition for the South African Vrystaat Arts Festival titled "The House in Freedom Square". This exhibition featured these video narratives accompanied by a suite of other artworks reflecting my experiences and analysis. A further outcome is the adaptation of two video narrative methods that extend upon the digital storytelling methodology. These methods are suited to individuals who, due to time, geography or technology, lack capacity for group work, have limited traditional literacy capabilities, or prefer to work through oral or visual communications. The research also proposes a model for community-based creative collaboration that can be used by other practitioners to support empowering community cultural development practice.

DISCIPLINES

• Fine And Studio Arts Management

• Community Organization And Advocacy

• Visual And Performing Arts, General

Interests

• Indigenous Studies

• Arts Activism

• Community Engagement

• Regenerative Futures

• Decolonization

• Practice Led Research

• South Africa

• Community Development

• Digital Storytelling

Languages

• English

Links

• Strong Houses, Strong Voices