Brooklyn, United States, during Churchill Fellowship. As part of my Churchill Fellowship I visited the incredible Arthur Ashe Institute, whose health promotion programs in salons and barbershops focus on ‘culturally competent care’. I was lucky enough to...
My Churchill Fellowship is taking me to Scotland, Switzerland, France, England, South Africa and the United States. I am currently on the road, meeting people around the globe who are using hairdressing to make their community a better place. September 2013
I’m loving being back in the big sky electric heat of the Australian desert. At the moment my two favourite things in Kalgoorlie are the ever-cheerful ladies of Fossick who keep running such stylish events, and this crunchy dubstep timelapse video of the Superpit by...
I am currently in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, meeting hairdressers who run innovative programs and making a series of short films about these programs. Find out more about the project as it develops here. May 2013
Country Arts WA held their AGM, during which the Board welcome several new Directors and elected a new Executive. I am honoured to have been elected Chair by my fellow Directors, and look forward to leading the organisation through a period of sustained growth and...
The publication Meta-Meta: cool water for burning questions is now available for free download here. The publication is full of great images, ideas and directions from the 2012 Meta-Meta event in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A must-read for anyone interested in creative...
Regional Arts Australia recently had their AGM, and elected a new executive team. I was honoured to be selected by my peers from around the country as Vice-President. The AGM took place during the biannual Regional Arts Australia national conference and festival, at...
Earlier this year I did some work as a Script Advisor on Alex Kelly’s fantastic new documentary, Queen of the Desert. The film features Starlady, a gutsy and gorgeous hairdresser who works in central Australia – including as a guest in our very own Wilurarra...
The 2012 WA Churchill Fellows were formally presented with their Fellowships last week at Government House, Perth, Australia. The presentation was followed by a dinner hosted by the WA Churchill Alumni Association. I was represented by the delightful Carly Davenport,...
I’m thrilled to share the news that I have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship. My Churchill Fellowship will focus on social change hairdressing around the world, with site visits to Japan, the USA, Canada and South Africa. This research builds on the learning...
Meta-Meta, the retreat for practitioners in community cultural development, intercultural and socially engaged practice that I have been co-organising, has been a runaway success. By all accounts the international and Indonesian participants have been delighted,...
I’m delighted to announce I have been re-elected to the Country Arts WA Board of Directors. I will also continue as the Country Arts WA Board representative to the Regional Arts Australia Board. Country Arts WA is a dynamic and flexible not-for-profit,...
