Inclusive Museum Conference 2026
The Hybrid Museum: Libraries as Collaborative Knowledge Makers 19th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, Chau Chak Wing Museum; 24 September 2026 Abstract: UNSW Library’s Exhibitions Program bridges academic research and cultural collections to translate complex scholarly work into engaging exhibitions. This model, which we frame as a hybrid museum, defines a new mode of knowledge...
ALIA 2026 Conference Panel
Curating collections, stories and impact: Exhibitions in Australian academic libraries ALIA (Australian National 2026, Sydney, NSW; 14 May 2026 Abstract: Over the past decade, academic libraries in Australia have increasingly invested in exhibition-making teams and infrastructure. These growing exhibition programs represent a national shift in how academic libraries are positioning themselves within their university communities...
ALIA 2026 Conference Presentation
Exhibiting Knowledge: An Experiential Approach to Research Engagement ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association) National 2026, Sydney, NSW; 13 May 2026 Abstract: UNSW Library’s Exhibitions Program bridges academic research and student engagement by collaborating with experts to translate complex scholarly work into engaging exhibitions. This approach not only makes research more accessible and understandable but...
GLAMSLAM 2026 Conference
From Lab to Gallery: Translating STEM Research into Recyclable Exhibition Assets GLAMSLAM 2026, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW; 23 April 2026. Abstract: Integrating sustainable principles into exhibition design requires moving beyond thematic content to physically embodying the circular economy within the production process itself. The Materials Revolution exhibition at UNSW Library achieved this by translating SMaRT Centre research...
THETA 2025 Conference
Sustainable Exhibition Design: Educating Through Eco-Friendly Practices THETA (The Higher Education Technology Agenda) Conference Winds of Change, Perth, WA; 26 May 2025↳ Audience Favourite Presentation Award; Richard D’Avigdor Conference Award 2024. Abstract: UNSW Library’s Exhibitions Program, launched in 2017, collaborates with partners across the university to develop and stage exhibitions that highlight diverse research outcomes and...
ArlisANZ 2024 Conference
From Science to Art: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions at UNSW Library ArlisANZ (Arts Libraries Society / Australia and New Zealand) 2024 Conference BEING SEEN, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney; 28 November 2024 Abstract: UNSW Library’s Exhibitions Program establishes the Library as a cultural centre point on campus where students, researchers, and the broader community intersect....
Curating Multisensory and Food-Based Art
On 21 September 2022, I presented the talk “Curating Multisensory and Food-Based Art” at the Museum & Galleries of NSW’s event, SPARK: Museums. Ideas. Connections., at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This talk surveys curatorial projects staging multisensory encounters where audiences see, hear, feel, smell, and sometimes taste the artworks on show. It...
Affect and food art
Paper presented at Higher Degree Research Conference (Panel 5: Cultures; Performances; Mediations), UNSW Art & Design, 24 October 2019. Elizabeth Willing, Goosebump. 2010 (reinstalled 2013), detail of a participant eating a biscuit. Installation view, Sugar, Sugar, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1 to 19 October 2013. Abstract: This art theory PhD examines instances of food art...
Lecture: Backing Yourself As An Artist
Invited Lecturer, Backing Yourself As An Artist: Professional Development Short Course, convened by Suzanne Davey & Dr. Therese Kenyon, Eramboo Artist Environment; 9 March 2019 Synopsis: As visual artists and craftspeople we occasionally need a boost to deepen our resilience and ability to sustain our art/craft practice. Eramboo is conducting this cultural development course during...
Seer as Seen: Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concept of reversibility applied to food-art
Paper presented at Higher Degree Research Conference (Panel 4), UNSW Art & Design, 4 September 2018. Allan Kaprow, Eat (1964), installation view towards front entry with bridge centre, two performers serving wine, and apples suspended from the ceiling Abstract: This PhD research addresses modern and contemporary practices of food-art, analysing the rationales and aspirations that motivate artists,...
Lecture: Still Life Talk at Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery
I have been invited to speak about the history of the still life at Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery on Saturday 12 April at 2pm. The talk is special event for the exhibition The Last Supper by Ken + Julia Yonetani which features a 9-metre banquet table cast from salt. I will be speaking about the...