Knox Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Section 32 (feature public art project Immerse, 2016). Lead Artist: Clare McCracken. Key Collaborators: Brienna Macnish, Robert D Jordan. Associate Artists: Jessie Stanley Performers: Ernesto Muñoz, Isabella Vadiveloo, Kasey Gambling. My role in project: Project Facilitator. Primary Partner: RMIT University, internal project working group. Image courtesy of Andrew Ferris.

Knox Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Section 32 (feature public art project Immerse, 2016). Lead Artist: Clare McCracken. Key Collaborators: Brienna Macnish, Robert D Jordan. Associate Artists: Jessie Stanley Performers: Ernesto Muñoz, Isabella Vadiveloo, Kasey Gambling. My role in project: Project Facilitator. Primary Partner: RMIT University, internal project working group. Image courtesy of Rhiannon Slatter.

Knox Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Section 32 (feature public art project Immerse, 2016). Lead Artist: Clare McCracken. Key Collaborators: Brienna Macnish, Robert D Jordan. Associate Artists: Jessie Stanley Performers: Ernesto Muñoz, Isabella Vadiveloo, Kasey Gambling. My role in project: Project Facilitator. Primary Partner: RMIT University, internal project working group. Image courtesy of Andrew Ferris.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Touch this Earth Lightly: A participatory environmental art project. Artist: Bridget Nicholson. My role in project: Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary partners: Rowville Chinese Social Group, Knox Environment Society, Knox Birdwatchers, Scoresby Rovers. Image courtesy of Ella Rose.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Funded by Knox City Council and Vic Health. Project: Words for Change, 2019.  Artist credit: Anna Farago. Primary partners: community members and groups from Boronia, Victoria, including Boronia K-12 College. My role in the project: Grant Writer, Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer, Knox City Council.

Knox Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Untitled House (feature public art project Immerse, 2017). Artist credit: Roh Singh, Larry Parkinson, Morganna Magee, Untitled House, 2017. My role in project: Project Facilitator. Primary Partner: Swinburne University, internal project working group. Image courtesy of Rhiannon Slatter.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Connecting to Place, Connecting People. Artist credit: James Beattie and Carmen Davies, Adam Magennis, Marbee Williams, Mandy Nicholson and students from Bayswater Secondary College. Facilitated by Marcia Ferguson. My role in project: Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary Partners: VicTrack, Victorian State Government, Metro. Image courtesy of Marcia Ferguson.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Immerse 2015. Artist credit: Matt Blackwood, Fair and Handsome, 2015. Primary partners: Metro Cinema, Boronia. My role in project: Curator and Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Image courtesy of Matt Blackwood.

Into the Light was a community art project launched in 2011 to support recovery from the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires. Partly funded by Regional Arts Victoria with support from their Arts Recovery Officer, the project used art to foster healing, reduce isolation, and build community connections in Whittlesea and surrounding areas. Due to its impact, locals requested its continuation, recognizing recovery as a long-term process. The project included workshops in twelve schools across the Whittlesea, Nillumbik, Mitchell, and Murrindindi shires, engaging people of all ages and abilities in creative expression and shared reflection. My role in the project: Arts Recovery Officer, Regional Arts Victoria.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Immerse 2016. Artist credit: Stephen Clendinnen and Khodayar Amini, The Final Camp Of Khodayar Amini, 2016. My role in project: Curator and Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary Partners: Boronia Church of Christ. Image courtesy of Stephen Clendinnen.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Immerse 2017. Artist credit: Jody Haines, #I AM WOMAN series, 2017. My role in project: Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary Partner: Knox Community Art Centre. Image courtesy of Rob Sloane.

Knox Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Marie Wallace Reserve Playspace Murals, 2018. Artist Credits: Ghost patrol (David Booth and Carla McRae), 2018. My role in project: Project Lead. Primary Partner: internal project working group. Image courtesy of Richard Serong.

Image courtesy Jo Herbig

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Suburban Bloom, 2014. Artist credit: Textile art, Adrienne Kneebone, Nina Amberg-Pederson and Brydie Dyson, Performance art, Catherine Rutten and Nina Amberg-Pederson, photography Marilyn Ellis, Jeanette Anderson, Julie Bird, Julie Castieu. My role in project: Artistic Director and Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary partners, Knox Photographic Society, The Basin Neighbourhood House, Mountain Gate Shopping Centre, Coonara Neighbourhood House and Chosen Bean Cafe. Image courtesy of Jo Herbig.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Immerse 2017. Artist credit: Brenton See, Share Your Colour, 2017. My role in project: Curator and Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary Partner: Eastern Regional Libraries. Image courtesy of Jo Herbig.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Immerse 2017. Artist credit: Rebecca Westlund, The Proverbial Bird, 2017. My role in project: Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Image courtesy of Jo Herbig.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Wall-to-Wall Mentoring Program. Artist credit: James Beattie (DVATE) and Carmen Davies (SUP) and Matt Thompson with Wantirna Secondary College. My role in project: Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary partners: Wantirna Secondary College, Studfield IGA supermarket and Studfield Trader’s Association. Image courtesy of Jo Herbig.

Funded by the Department of Justice and coordinated by Knox City Council, the Wall-to-Wall program produced 8 murals with 8 schools throughout Knox over 3 years.

Knox City Council Arts and Cultural Services project. Project: Suburban Bloom, 2014. Artist credit: Textile art, Adrienne Kneebone, Nina Amberg-Pederson and Brydie Dyson, Performance art, Catherine Rutten and Nina Amberg-Pederson, photography Marilyn Ellis, Jeanette Anderson, Julie Bird, Julie Castieu. My role in project: Artistic Director and Project Lead, Community and Public Arts Officer. Primary partners, Knox Photographic Society, The Basin Neighbourhood House, Mountain Gate Shopping Centre, Coonara Neighbourhood House and Chosen Bean Cafe. Image courtesy of Marilyn Ellis.