COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

As an arts educator, cultural producer and community arts facilitator for more than twenty-two years, I have grounded experience from a broad range of creative working environments, alongside a diversity of people.

My engagements in collaboration with communities centre respect and reciprocity, cultural safety, accessibility and ethical practice.

As a practising artist, I bring creativity and innovation to all of my projects, with a commitment to deliver engaging and quality experiences for communities and audiences.

I have produced many projects for small and large cultural organisations, independently and collaboratively. I have 12 years experience working as an artist educator in major art museums giving me a solid knowledge and understanding of creative programming for early learners, school students, families, adults and people with disabilities.

I hold a current NSW Working with Children Check.

Let’s connect! I look forward to hearing about your ideas and project.

Engaging community at the Inner West Council’s Creative Tool Box Symposium, Marrickville Library June 2025
Photo by Carlita Sari Photo

Teacology with WEAVE Parramatta for PHM

A collaborative installation co-created with WEAVE Parramatta for Sydney Design Week, Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo 2015

Photo: Marinco Kojdanovski. © Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.

Art Steps for NGA

A Century of Quilts: Art Steps School holiday workshop at the National Gallery of Australia 2024

re-new: a spring gathering

Public program for re-member exhibition curated by Nicole Barakat at Fairfield City Museum and Gallery 2022

Photo: Legacy Studios

SHADOW PLACES PHM & NARRANDERA

Shadow Places, a collaborative community project with the Cad Factory and the Powerhouse Museum for Sydney Design Week 2016

Photo: Vic McEwan

Remembering our roots: Cultural practices for community care & well-being

A community gathering centering cultural and ancestral practices from Bilad Al-Sham (the Levant) and First Nations creative practices for well-being. Curated and produced by Nicole Barakat Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville 2025

Photo: Rhiannon Hopley Photography

Eucalyptusdom collaborative artwork

Work in progress for a collaborative artwork co-created with Rohingya Women’s Development Organisation Australia for the Eucalyptusdom exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo 2022

The Gardens by the Kids

Workshops creating a collaborative work with children from Granville East Public School and St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School Erskinville for The Gardens by the Kids project 2025

FAMBO X MCA X Sydney Festival

Wild woven colour cave, a collaborative installation for FAMBO and Museum of Contemporary Art’s Contemporary Kids program for Sydney Festival 2020

FRESH AiR Artist Residency

Students embroidering water in their mother tongue onto plant dyed cloth. Fresh AiR artist residency at Fairvale High School, 2016