Lisa Beilby works across the visual, new media and performing arts as an artist, curator, producer and designer – extensively in cultural development, touring, event and project management. She is an accomplished creative producer, arts administrator, writer, researcher and marketeer. Lisa has significant design, visual arts, multi-media, community and public relations skills, happily applied in a variety of capacities in locations remote, regional and urban.

Lisa has a strong interest in curating creative projects within cultural heritage and social history frameworks, recognising their importance as fabulous tools for the delivery of a variety of stakeholder satisfactions – great for community, great for the cultural and wider sectors.

Elysha Rei is a Japanese-Australian visual artist and arts manager based in Brisbane, with a passion for providing opportunities and professional development for artists and communities. Since completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Rei has exhibited work, curated exhibitions and managed cultural spaces across Queensland as well as Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, New Zealand Thailand and the US.

Rei’s experiences as an artist extend to independent exhibitions, art commissions and projects for clients such as Museum of Brisbane, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane City Council, Artisan, Redland City Council, QIC, Engage Arts, First Coat International Street Art Festival and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. She has also held roles as founder and Co-Director of the artist-run initiative Made Creative Space Toowoomba (2011-13), Director of the regional art gallery Dogwood Crossing in Miles (2012-13), and founder and Director of the international artist residency Sam Rit Residency, in Thailand (2013-17). She now holds a Master’s in Business Administration and is currently working to develop the first Education and Public Program at the Queensland State Archives. 

Laura Pike is the professional development co-ordinator at NAVA, the National Association for the Visual Arts. Laura works with artists throughout Australia to develop key professional skills for artists, through workshops, seminars, and events. Collaborating with leading professional artists and organisations, Laura develops resources for NAVA members, and facilitates panel discussions on critical issues facing the sector. Laura’s background is in art, design and education – teaching at a tertiary level, and a co-director of creative collective, Province Studio.

Andrea Smith is a Grants Writer, Arts Business Educator and Copyright specialist. She has successful graduates working in the arts worldwide from her many years of teaching business to artists. Her ultimate goal is to help artists become sustainable in their practice, by showing them how to make the business behind the artform equally fun and easy as the art itself.

Elysha Rei is a Japanese-Australian visual artist and arts manager based in Brisbane, with a passion for providing opportunities and professional development for artists and communities. Since completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Rei has exhibited work, curated exhibitions and managed cultural spaces across Queensland as well as Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, New Zealand Thailand and the US.

Rei’s experiences as an artist extend to independent exhibitions, art commissions and projects for clients such as Museum of Brisbane, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane City Council, Artisan, Redland City Council, QIC, Engage Arts, First Coat International Street Art Festival and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. She has also held roles as founder and Co-Director of the artist-run initiative Made Creative Space Toowoomba (2011-13), Director of the regional art gallery Dogwood Crossing in Miles (2012-13), and founder and Director of the international artist residency Sam Rit Residency, in Thailand (2013-17). She now holds a Master’s in Business Administration and is currently working to develop the first Education and Public Program at the Queensland State Archives. 

John Stafford is a Director of CREATIVEMOVE, a Brisbane-based visual arts consultancy providing strategic advice and delivering outcomes for the arts, built environment and government sectors. The company specialises in public art commissions, artist services and curatorial projects. In November 2016, John and co-director, Jodie Cox, launched Onespace Gallery in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, a mixed-model style of gallery and innovative space to present contemporary art and design.

John has undertaken numerous curatorial and project management activities for a range of clients including: Lendlease; Aria Property Group; South Bank Corporation; Brisbane Airport Corporation; Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation and the Redland City Council; City of Gold Coast; Brisbane City Council; Cairns Regional Council; Mackay Regional Council; FORM (Crown Towers Perth Development); Supreme Court Library of Queensland; School of English, Media and Art History, University of Queensland; Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; and artists shortlisted for projects in a range of Australian cities and overseas.

Kirralee Robinson is an artist and Gallery technician based in Brisbane.  She has a bachelor degree from QUT in Visual Arts and currently owns and operates a woodworking studio. Kirralee has been working in galleries around the Brisbane area for 4 years across a broad range of disciplines including public art, craft and design, building projects and art handling. 

To Be Advised

Scott Maxwell has lived and breathed the arts industry for over 4 decades. Actively involved in major art projects (community art, public art, concept design, interpretive design & visual arts) in Queensland and overseas, Scott’s qualifications and experience engages students with art workshops from kindergarten aged children to masterclasses at tertiary institutions throughout QLD and interstate.

Lee Fullarton is a practicing and teaching artist that has worked extensively with children of all ages within schools and alternative settings in Australia and in New Delhi, India. Lee has extensive experience in: visual art practices with children, artist in residence programs, arts project management, developing curriculum resources in the arts for education, galleries and museums. Whilst Lee maintains her arts practice she works as teaching artist across two primary schools in Queensland, is a Flying Arts Artist Facilitator and coordinator of Primary Arts Network Ipswich.

Jandamarra Cadd, a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Warung descendent, is an inspirational man with many stories to tell. With his vibrant and expressive portraitures, Jandamarra’s artwork is emotive and insightful –  and is a powerful medium to bridge the story telling divide between Aboriginal and mainstream Australia. 

Adam Busby is an American born, Brisbane based Illustrator, Designer, Mural Artist and Design Lecturer. Constantly evolving and progressing, his work is graphic, bold and always pushing the line between design and illustration. Adam’s background is in fine art and design, which continues to influence his work in a very unique and profound way. Whether editorial, large scale murals, animation or products, Adam’s unique style cuts through the noise every time.

Leighann Ness Wilson is a designer and educator who has over 10 years’ experience in the design industry both locally and internationally, specialising in corporate interior design. As the inaugural STEAM Education Officer at QUT The Cube, Leighann was responsible for designing and delivering workshops to middle years students.  This interdisciplinary approach to pedagogy has remained central to Leighann’s practice as an education consultant who works across the primary and middle school sector directly with students and their educators.