If you or your organisation would like an Aboriginal or contemporary art workshop, then please contact me.

A rundown of workshops I have conducted are as follows.

2006

• In 2006 I was appointed Artistic Director for the CreateAbility Project with funding from Regional Arts NSW and Arts OutWest.

  CreateAbility was a series of art workshops with disabled and disadvantaged adults in the Central West with the aim of creating a body of work to be exhibited at the Awakenings Festival in Horsham in late 2006. The Awakenings Festival is an annual event in Horsham, Victoria, to showcase the artistic and creative talents of people with a disability.

  The workshops were conducted at Blayney Day Care, Blayney; Cootes Access Cen-tre in Orange; Cowra Special Needs, Cowra; Weigelli Rehabilitation Centre, Woodstock and the Central West Aquired Brain Injury Group, Canowindra.

  Ken Hutchinson, Sculptor, from Wattamondara and Caroline Briggs, Artist, from Canowindra facilitated the Cowra and Canowindra workshops while I facilitated the Orange, Blayney and Weigelli workshops. Ken also worked with the Weigelli residents teaching sculpture.

  The workshops were conducted between April and November, 2006 and were a great success both in showcasing the work of disabled people in the Central West of NSW and in the confidence gained by the participants of the workshops.

   

  

   

• May. As part of the "Breakaway" project for Aboriginal girls in Cowra, I taught the girls to paint their own story. These paintings will be on exhibition in Cowra.
• May. Invited by Orange City Council to conduct an art workshop with Aboriginal kids in the school holidays to create a mural on the wall of the Spring Street Carriage Cottage in Orange. This was featured on Prime Television.

   

  

   

• March. Invited by Accessible Arts NSW to facilitate a workshop for people working with disabled people to show them art practices suitable for their clients. This event was held at the new Campbelltown Art Centre.
• March. As part of Seniors week activities in my role as both Ambassador and tutor I worked with seniors at Lee Hostel in Blayney, an aged care facility. The artists ranged from mid seventies to mid nineties. These workshops culminated in an exhibition of their works at Lee Hostel. All people in this group had never painted before and were very proud of themselves at the exhibition.
• March. Once again conducted art workshops for the Small Schools Visual Art Festival. This year we worked at Carcoar public school.
• January - April. A Sense of Place project coordinated by the Bathurst Friendship Group. These workshops involved producing banners which celebrated each persons country of origin.

2005

• December. Coordinated a textile workshop at Cowra Regional Art Gallery for Internation Day of People with a Disability.
• In May I was invited by the NSW Dept of Education in Bathurst to conduct art workshops for the Small Schools Visual Art Festival. Workshops were conducted at The Lagoon and Lyndhurst schools.
• May. SHINE for Kids. An organisation that works with kids of prisoners. Art workshops with people who have a family member in jail.
• April - July. Created a mural for the Cootes Access Centre in Orange and worked with the local children painting the mural on the wall of the centre. The mural was opened by our Federal MP, Peter Andren. Featured on Prime Television.

   

  

   

• April. I was invited by the Mineral Policy Institute to run a workshop for the Aboriginal women at Condobolin as preparation for an exhibition at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Coop at Leichhardt.
• March. In my role as Seniors Week Ambassador for New South Wales, I was invited to work with Aboriginal Elders at Redfern Community Centre in Seniors Week 2005. The workshop involved teaching the particpants to paint on canvas bags.
• February, Worked with Aboriginal kids at the new site of th Kelso Community Centre in Bathurst.
• A series of workshops with disabled people in Blayney and Cowra. This resulted in a travelling exhibition of their works in Millthorpe, Cowra and Parramatta. Part of this exhibition was funded by Peter Andren and was opened was also opened by Peter at Kalari Gallery and Cellar door, Cowra. Featured on Prime Television.

2004

• December, Facilitating art workshops for disabled adults at Cowra Regional Gallery.
• July to November. Conducting art workshops for intectually disabled adults at Blayney Day Care, Blayney Hospital in conjuction with the International Day of People with a DisAbility. There are 15 adults involved in the workshops all working towards an exhibition of their work at the end of November in Millthorpe.
• October to December. Facilitating 6 art workshops teaching Errorless Art to Disabled adults in Cowra culminating in joining with the Blayney Disability group in their exhibition in December. These workshops are in conjunction with 2 other local artists who are teaching their craft as well.
• Facilitated an Aboriginal art workshop for Indigenous kids in Cowra with Reconnect, Cowra in October. This workshop was to foster pride in the kids Aboriginality and to celebrate the Aboriginal Tent Protest in Cowra by the Aboriginal youth of Cowra.

   

  
  Workshop at Cowra Regional Gallery

   

• In March I was invited by the NSW Dept of Education in Bathurst to conduct art workshops for the Small Schools Visual Art Festival. Workshops were conducted at Mandurama, Errowanbang and Millthorpe schools.

   

  
  Workshop at Millthorpe Public School

   

2003

• In May I was invited to conduct an art workshop with Intellectually Impaired adults at Blayney Day Care Centre.
• February-November. Taught Aboriginal art at Bathurst and Orange TAFE Campuses. Facilitated the painting of a mural in the Aboriginal designated classroom at Bathurst TAFE. Coordinated and presented the first art exhibition for Aboriginal students at Bathurst and Orange TAFE. The exhibition was held at the new Link ArtSpace at Bathurst TAFE. Worked in TAFE Outreach program with youth at risk for one term through Bathurst TAFE. Organised art exhibition for the kids for Youth Week 2003 at Bathurst Regional Gallery.
• July-November. Faciliating workshops for Intellectually Impaired adults at Blayney Hospital Day Care. Working towards an exhibition at Millthorpe School of Arts for Disability Week 2004.

2002

• I was invited by the art staff of Gilgandra High to conduct an Aboriginal art workshop for Years 7, 8, 9 , 10 and 12 for NAIDOC Week 2002.
• I was invited by the art staff at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst to help with an Aboriginal art project the students were involved in for NAIDOC Week 2002.
• Invited to conduct an Aboriginal art workshop for Australia Day at Blayney Day Care Centre. This involved working with elderly people.

2001

• I formed the Blayney Shire Youth Arts Council and conducted art workshops every Tuesday after school for the four school terms. In conjunction with the kids I facilitated an art exhibition at the end of the year funded by ArtStart at "The Cottage", Blayneys Tourism Centre.
• Conducted art workshops for 2 days with Reconnect, a Youth At Risk organization in Cowra.