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Mieke is an established painter and printmaker with 40 years experience teaching printmaking. She has given many workshops within Australia as well as Internationally. These include taking adults for a month to Venice for printmaking in a studio on the Grand Canal, and on three different weekends, printmaking on Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon Shoalhaven River property. Mieke has also given lectures and demonstrations in regional galleries within NSW.

Mieke’s interest lies in blurring the boundaries between mediums using a mixed media approach to printmaking. She has regular solo exhibitions and participates in group printmaking exhibitions with Sydney Printmakers and the Print Circle. Her work is represented in major corporate and private collections in Australia and Internationally.

phone 0407 717 867 or 9427 9991
email miekec@bigpond.net.au

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Diana has coordinated the sketch club at the Workshop for many years. She has a B.A, Visual Art from City Art Institute (now UNSW College of Fine Art) and has exhibited in Solo and group exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and regional Galleries. She has won a number of awards and her work is held in corporate and private collections in Australia and around the world. Diana also writes and illustrates childrens' books.

phone 9498 8457
email diana_cole@bigpond.com
website dianacole.com.au

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Merridee has been teaching at the Workshop Arts Centre for the past 39 years. She is a professional specialist handmade manufacturing jeweller and designer and the winner of six prestigious De Beers Diamond Design Awards and six international opal design awards. She is also a member of the Gold and Silversmithing Guild of Australia.

phone 9416 6450

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Greg established Hovea Pottery, Perth WA, in 1980 after graduating from WAIT (Curtin University) with qualifications in Architecture and Design (Ceramics).

In 1985 he began a career lecturing in ceramics with TAFE and ran the ceramics workshop at Carine – TAFE until 2002. In 2010 he left TAFE and has taught pottery on a casual basis at various venues and at Hovea Pottery.

He has exhibited widely in Australia in both solo and group exhibitions since 1980. Greg has taught and run workshops in the US, Japan, Singapore and Europe. In 2008 he undertook a 3 month McKnight Ceramic Artist Residency at the Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and subsequently was in the McKnight exhibition in 2009 at NCC.

His work is included in many collections including the WA Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery.

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Head of Learning Area – Art, Design & Applied Technologies Pymble Ladies College
▪ Teacher of Visual Arts
▪ Responsible for the educational leadership and curriculum delivery of:
▪ Visual Arts, Food Technology, Hospitality, Design & Technology, Software Design & Development, Textiles & Design, Technology Mandatory and Photographic & Digital Media
▪ State placings in three HSC courses in 2018 with multiple selections to Art Express & TexStyle in 2017 and 2018; improvement in overall cohort results and most students achieving band 5 & 6 results across all courses
▪ Support staff professional development and related accreditation requirements – 16 teaching staff, 4 technical support staff and 6 subject coordinators

QUALIFICATIONS
▪ 2018 – Masters of Education (Visual Arts) – University of NSW. Completed with a Distinction average. Undertook a literature review into STEAM education and conducted my final research project in teacher perceptions of creativity.
▪ 2001 – Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (with Merit) – University of Sydney
▪ 1991 – Bachelor of Art Education – University of NSW

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