Experience

Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM)

• Board Director

  • Apr 2015 - Present

• Head of Arts Programs

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  www.anvam.org.au2018-21 Olivia Newton-John (ONJ) Cancer Wellness & Research Centre VIC-Advisory Committee Director - Persona collaborative project April 2017- Dec 21 Co-curator: March to Art: Place Apr-May 2021 No Vacancy Gallery VIC 2019 (ADM) Australian Defence Magazine Award : Inaugural Women In Defence-People & Culture Winner ACT2019-23 Lead Mentor/Facilitator: Changed forever-in partnership with Shrine of Remembrance-VIC Touring Exhibition Co-curator: March to Art: Narratives Apr-May 2019 No Vacancy Gallery VIC IVAE18 touring exhibition-NT Gov/Territory Tribute Partnership Jan-April 2019From War Exhibition 9 Nov 2018-3 Feb 2019-Australian Parliament House ACT International Veterans Art Exhibition IVAE18 20-27 Oct 2018 Hyatt Regency SYD-Invictus Games NSW2018 Museums Australia (AMAGA VIC) Individual Award for ExcellenceCo-curator: March to Art: Community Exhibition Mar-Apr 2018 Collins Place Gallery, VIC Mentor/Curator: Coming Home - Veterans Arts & Photography Exhibition-Nov 2017 Uniting, Armadale VICVetRAP: Veterans Regional Arts Program-'Tools of the Trade' Outreach Project 2017-Regional VICVeterans & Family 'Creative Vibe' Art Therapy Programs 2017-18 - Melb Legacy Co-curator: A March to Art: Identity, Mar-Apr 2017 Space@Collins, Melb-(2017 VicHealth HC Award-Build Health Through Art)Lead Mentor: partnership REWIRE, Austin Health, UniMelb & Ivanhoe RSL 2016 Research Program VICANVAM Creative Arts (Art Therapy) programs at Soldier On, VIC 2016-17Co-Convener: 2016 Military Veterans Mental Health Trauma & Creative Arts Therapies Research Colloquium, UniMelb VIC partnership Foundation & Visual Arts Program Development-ADF ARRTS Program 2015.1 & 2 ACT-funded to 20222015 Lead Creative ADF (Australian Defence Force) ARRTS (Arts for Resilience, Recovery, Teamwork & Skills) Programs Pilot 15.1 & 15.2 ACT2014-15 Victorian Aboriginal Remembrance Committee



Deakin University

• Retail Office Equipment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Arts Educator

  • Jan 1993 - Present

  Teaching ExperienceJan 1993 – present •Deakin University, Melbourne •La Trobe University, Melbourne •Koonung Secondary College, Melbourne •Sacré Cœur, Melbourne•St Francis Xavier’s Primary School, Melbourne•Genazzano FCJ College, Melbourne•Loyola College, Melbourne•St Aloysius’ College, Sydney •St John’s College & Darwin High School, Darwin •St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba•St John Fisher College, Brisbane



Austin Health

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Clinican - AthR

  • May 2011 - Feb 2021

  Volunteer Senior Art Therapist - IPU Ward 17



Australian Department of Defence

• Australia
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Lead Australian Defence Force (ADF) Program Development & Creative Arts Mentor - ARRTS Program

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2020

  2017-2020 ANVAM Panel for ARRTS Program Delivery - Lead Creative Mentor Foundation & Lead Visual Arts Program Development - ADF ARRTS Program 2015.1 & 2 ACT - funded program & research to 2023 2015 Lead Creative ADF (Australian Defence Force) ARRTS (Arts for Resilience, Recovery, Teamwork & Skills) Programs Pilot 15.1 & 15.2 ACT



Shrine of Remembrance

• Australia
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ANVAM Lead Arts Mentor/Facilitator

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  2019-23 Lead Mentor/Facilitator: Changed forever exhibition - ANVAM collaboration with Shrine of Remembrance - VIC Touring Exhibition



Yarn Strong Sista - Creative & Cross-Cultural Education Consultancy

• Senior Creative Education Consultant

  • Jun 2004 - Mar 2014

  Arts & CultureEducation