THE ARTISTS
Meet this year’s lineup of artists.
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Gerry Bobsien
Gerry Bobsien is Director, Maitland Regional Art Gallery. She has worked across leadership and curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Australia, Newcastle Art Gallery, and The Lock-Up and provided…
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Kristen Dunphy
Kristen Dunphy has over 30 years’ experience writing and story producing drama for Australian television.
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Juno Gemes
Juno Gemes is one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary photographers. In words and images she has spent 41 years documenting the changing social landscape of Australia, and in particular the lives and…
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Dom Jacobs
Dom Jacobs recently retired after many years as a childcare educator. She is married to Brett and is the mother of seven children. She and Brett live on Worimi Country…
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Julie Janson
Julie Janson’s career as a playwright began when she wrote and directed plays in remote Australian Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. She is now a novelist and award-winning poet. Julie is…
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Dub Leffler
Dub Leffler is an illustrator, writer, animator and mixed media artist, working in the arts through books, film, television, muralism and art education. He has taught and workshopped illustration in…
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Duncan McDuie-Ra
Duncan McDuie-Ra is professor of urban sociology at the University of Newcastle. His research is interested in urban social and cultural life, especially the ways bodies move through and between…
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Carly Phillips
Carly Phillips is a primary school teacher who lives in Newcastle with partner Sami and daughter Zena. She has been an environmental activist since her days at Newcastle University where…
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Ailsa Piper
Ailsa has worked for over 35 years as a writer, director, actor, teacher, speaker and broadcaster.
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Nardi Simpson
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer, musician, composer, and educator from northwest NSW freshwater plains. A founding member of Indigenous folk duo Stiff Gins, Nardi has been performing nationally and…
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