Visual Art Educator Professional Development Day | Iluka Visions

This year's annual professional development program for visual arts educators will feature presentations by your peers, a hands-on workshop with artist Fiona Rafferty, and a special insight tour of Some Like it Hot with curator, Wendy Garden.

Cost: $25pp including lunch and afternoon tea

Places are limited.

FIONA RAFFERTY works from her studio in the Swan Vallery, WA and is inspired by being immersed in the landscape, both geographically and culturally. Rafferty grew up in Geelong, Victoria, in a vibrant, multi-cultural, migrant community and was greatly influenced by her family. Rafferty holds a Master of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts (Art) from Curtin University and has served as a teacher in Victoria. She has spent a decade in the UK, where her four children were born, and is now located in Perth, Western Australia. Rafferty has created work in Snowdonia National Park, Wales; the London Underground; cattle stations in Western Australia and the rainforest of Tamborine Mountain, Queensland.

Learn more about Fiona Rafferty here

WENDY GARDEN is the Assistant Director of Access and Engagement at the Library & Archives Northern Territory. She is an independent curator and held the curatorial position of the Australian Art Curator at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. She holds a doctorate in art history from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Arts research degree. Her writing and research interests focus on contemporary Australian art and photography. Previously Senior Curator at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery in Victoria, Garden has over twenty years’ experience curating exhibitions including solo artist retrospectives, group shows and touring exhibitions.

Learn more about the Some Like It Hot exhibition here

The Visual Arts Educator Professional Development Day is made possible thanks to Iluka Resources, the City of Bunbury, and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.