Monica Syrette has a background in art and music gaining a Bachelor of Arts from the Canberra Institute of the Arts and a Post Graduate Diploma in Animation and Interactive Media from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She has worked at the Grainger Museum since 2004 and is currently Assistant Curator. Ms Syrette was Archivist at Arts Project Australia in Melbourne from 2004 to 2008 and is currently undertaking a PhD in the history and practices of art studios for people with intellectual disabilities at Sydney College of the Arts.
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