Lauren Simmonds
Arts Educator at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
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Australia
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Artists and Writers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Arts Educator
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Jul 2019 - Present
Delivering arts education programs to primary and tertiary gallery visitors. Delivering arts education programs to primary and tertiary gallery visitors.
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3Flames
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India
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Hospitals and Health Care
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Artist
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Mar 2005 - Present
Arts Industry ExperienceOther industry related experience includes 10 years working within the arts industry largely within public galleries; including Manningham Arts Centre, Manningham Gallery and the Counihan Gallery In Brunswick. Lauren has worked as a curator and curatorial assistant in public, artist run and commercial galleries, undertaking a range of duties including curation, front of house administration, public programming, exhibition installation, workshop presentation, marketing, promotion and fundraising. Lauren has created art projects, exhibitions and facilitated workshops across various scales from full day workshops to 4 week exhibitions with; Monash Museum of Art, Artplay, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Art Impact Conference, Wesley Collage, Kids’ Own Publishing, Monash Early Learning Centre, Doutta Galla and Counihan Gallery In Brunswick. These projects have ranged from exhibitions and workshops inspired by her own practice of working with paper and fragile materials. Lauren is confident in her abilities to communicate and connect with children and enjoys the new possibilities that are created for students, viewers and herself through these creative collaborations.
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Experience
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2000 - 2014
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Counihan Gallery
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Australia
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Gallery Assistant
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Oct 2007 - Mar 2012
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Gallery Assistant
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2005 - 2007
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Education
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Deakin University
Bachelor's Degree, Visual Arts (Painting)