work history
My career is a combination of writing/journalism layered with a good helping of community development/social enterprise with a massive amount of creativity and the arts. Since 2009 I have been operating as a Freelance Arts Consultant, Project Manager & Curator, working with clients, artists and communities to deliver projects in the Arts, Community, Government and Business Sector. Some of these projects are listed below…
Specialist Grants Coordinator - Department of Natural Resources and Environment. October 2022 - Current.
Grants Coordinator - Communities Tasmania (now Department of Premier and Cabinet) Tasmanian Government. March 2021 - October 2022.
Board Member - Inscape Tasmania Inc. Founding member of Inscape Tas; a philanthropic organisation that supports artists to operate in non-arts and health-based environments. www.inscape.org.au 2014 - 2021
Project Manager & Curator - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Designing, curating and producing a new exhibition titled The Change Room, which focused on Tasmanian Women in Sport 2019 - April 2020.
Artwork Assessor - Royal Hobart Hospital March. Developing a strategy for the RHH to assist in the management of artworks that have been gifted or purchased by the hospital. August 2019 - 2021.
Stakeholder Engagement and Marketing - University of Tasmania, Architecture & Design. Employed to launch and promote the new Bachelor of Design. 2018 - 2020.
Education Coordinator - Resource Work Cooperative - Developing & delivering Creative Re-Use workshop experiences for all ages and delivering a program to education the broader community on reusing and recycling. 2018 - 2021.
Artriage Project Manager & Curator - Resource Work Cooperative - Current. An art assessment initiative with the South Hobart Tip Shop to care for and re-home original paintings, prints and photographs. 2017 - 2021.
Curator - RACT Insurance Tasmanian Portraiture Prize. Delivering a statewide art competition for under 30-year-old portrait artists and curating the touring of shortlisted entries 2014 - 2020.
Consultant - Revising the Huon Valley Arts and Heritage Strategy and Action Plan. Working with the Huon Valley Council and Community to deliver a five year strategy for Huon Valley Council and the broader community. Feb - Sept 2018
Project Manager – Wide Angle Tasmania. Delivering a six-month skill sharing pilot project funded by the Tasmania Community Fund. Early September 2017 – April 10, 2018.
Curator & Project Manager - Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery Redevelopment. Project Design, Management & Curatorial services to RACT to redevelop and re-design the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery. Establishment of an Exhibition and Residency program, redesign of a 10-room gallery and ongoing Curating of an annual exhibition program. June 2016 – January 31, 2018.
Media Coordinator - Moonah Taste of the World – Glenorchy City Council. Implement a media strategy to promote and profile the MToW. March 2016 and 2019.
Visual Arts Officer - Moonah Arts Centre. Responsible for curating, managing and scheduling the Visual Arts Program for the Moonah Arts Centre. Oct 2015 – April 2016.
Community Marketing Coordinator - Ten Days (Tasmanian International Arts Festival) Developing community engagement, support and promotion of the state-wide festival. Nov 2014 – May 2015.
Community Engagement and Training Design - Health Tasmania (formerly Tas Medicare Local – TML) in partnership with Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania. Community Development Training Development & Delivery to 25 community houses across Tasmania & writing a related Community Development manual. 2015 - 2016.
Communications Manager - Tasmanian Writers Centre. Providing marketing, media and communications to support writing in Tasmania. Oct 2013 – June 2014.
Regional Arts Development Officer - Tasmanian Regional Arts. Working as part of the TRA team to promote, support and develop arts and cultural programs in regional Tasmania. Oct 2009 – November 2012.
Project Manager-Social Enterprise - Tasmanian Regional Arts. Undertaking a three year Social Enterprise project funded by the Westpac Foundation supporting community arts organizations to develop relevant ventures to attract additional funding to support projects. www.branchingout.blogspot.com.au April 2009-2012.
Coordinator, Co-founder, Writer & Editor - WriteResponse.blogspot.com.au An independent online reviewing blog profiling the arts across the state. This is a volunteer position with funding sourced to support writers to attend festivals and events. May 2009 - Current.
Research Associate - University of Tasmania. Author of Tasmanian Social Enterprises; Capturing their Stories 2012 and Co-author of the Tasmanian Social Enterprise Study and Report 2011 with the Institute for Regional Development, UTAS. Dec 2009 - 2012.
Freelance writer - Independent Publishers. Writing for Enterprise Tasmania, Feast magazine & Strata Press and other publications within Tasmania. Nov 2010 - 2012.
Film Distribution Consultant - Big hART Inc. Identifying International, National & Local Film Festival & distribution avenues. Development of a media/marketing package & associated material. www.bighart.org. 14 October 2008 - Feb 2009.
External Assessor - Screen Tasmania. Working as a freelance consultant to assess funding applications through the Screen Tasmania grants program. August 2008 - 2014.
Community Development Coordinator - Derwent Valley Community House. Community House manager; Developing & implementing relevant community projects such as ArtHouse an exhibition profiling isolated artists, adult learning programs and community engagement projects. Nov 2005 - Nov 2008.
Tasmanian Manager - Creative Producer & National Media & Marketing Manager - Big hART Inc. Strategic and on the ground role to develop and implement community arts projects with a focus on inclusion, partnerships, skill development, mentoring and sustainability. Project Manager - Radio Holiday - Ten Days on the Island 2005. 2000 - 2005.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Project Management Training - 2 day course with Dept of Natural Resources and Environment - November 2022
Certificate IV in Arts Administration–Academy of the Arts 2008
Wide Angle Camera Operators Course–2007
University of Tasmania, School of Fine Arts Feb 1995-Dec 1996