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I am a practice-led researcher in the areas of art + climate/everything change, speculative futures disaster preparedness and food security - based in Narrm (Melbourne). For the past 10 years, my practice has been centred on the role of artists and transdisciplinary collaboration in climate communication and community activation. Since 2016, I've been a core artist of Arts House's REFUGE project where artists, First Nations elders, emergency services, academics and community rehearse climate-induced disaster scenarios.

I am the Director and Creative Lead of Fair Share Fare where art, research, collaboration and cookery collide. We recently launched Fawkner Commons in collaboration with Fawker Food Bowls - a hub for food production, aggregation, distribution and creative food security programs in the north of Moreland.

I am currently working on the PORTAGE: Shelter/Camp project (year 2) with Claire G. Coleman and five intercultural weavers, part of REFUGE, as well as the REFUGE talk series: Preparing for a Pandemic, Living in a Pandemic and Recovering from a Pandemic.

Unpacking the Canada Council's $85m Digital Strategy Fund. What worked and what can the arts sector in Australia learn from it? 

Whitehorse - Yukon Canada
Feb 18 2021 To Feb 18 2021

Field Trip - Arts, Science, Tech and Environment Symposium

Sunshine Coast
Aug 08 2020

Little Lunch Online (LLOL) was a daily online meetup and creative exchange to support the Australian arts sector during the Corona Virus pandemic in 2020.

Mar 23 2020 To Sep 30 2020