John Armstrong has served in a range of roles where he has been responsible for major initiatives in policy and industry development and export as well as large projects with an emphasis on business, sustainability, culture and community accountability and participation. He is presently operating Harbinger Consultants, a cultural and economic development consultancy that has worked extensively in Queensland’s diverse regions, communities and cultural sectors.

Linda Carroli has over 30 years professional experience in media, publishing and communication; creative industries and practice; higher education; and consulting and facilitation. Her projects are principally oriented towards cultural, community, enterprise and regional development and engagement to develop forward planning and strategy that prioritises sustainability by building local capabilities and vision.

John Armstrong has served in a range of roles where he has been responsible for major initiatives in policy and industry development and export as well as large projects with an emphasis on business, sustainability, culture and community accountability and participation. He is presently operating Harbinger Consultants, a cultural and economic development consultancy that has worked extensively in Queensland’s diverse regions, communities and cultural sectors.

Linda Carroli has over 30 years professional experience in media, publishing and communication; creative industries and practice; higher education; and consulting and facilitation. Her projects are principally oriented towards cultural, community, enterprise and regional development and engagement to develop forward planning and strategy that prioritises sustainability by building local capabilities and vision.

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.

Stephen Clark began working in the arts industry in Queensland in 1985. From a successful performing arts background he has worked extensively around the state in arts management and touring, event & festival production, cultural development and tourism destination marketing. Stephen’s successful marketing and management consulting business activities have included a diverse range of projects for an equally diverse range of clients from the public and private sector in regional and remote Queensland working with local government, local business’ and communities to enhance sense of place and identity, promote creative enterprise and advance professional development in the arts sector. Stephen holds a Master of Business Degree from the University of Queensland, he is a member of Australian Business Volunteers and was an arts business advisor with the former Australian Business Arts Foundation.

Tony has been part of the Australian photography industry for over 30 years. His experience spans the gamut of the industry from photographic retail with George Camera Stores (since renamed Ted’s) through to key positions in leading photo wholesalers, including Maxwell Optical Industries, Kodak Australia and Adeal. He managed the Kodak Imaging team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics; and together with his staff of over 100, was responsible for maintaining the largest digital imaging workflow ever undertaken – managing the capture, storage and display of over 200,000 images and the sale of 80,000 prints over the 10 days of the games. 

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Dr. Rhi Johnson is a Toowoomba based artist and lecturer who works primarily in the fields of Printmaking, Artist’s Books and Mixed Media art.  She is interested in the formation of everyday narratives, and how these can be disrupted or subverted visually.  Rhi investigates visual cues that  can punctuate an environment, object or space of perceived meaning, and in doing so, may allude to subconscious methods of processing information.  She explores these through smaller scale book, paper and canvas works, through to large-scale mural works.

Karri McPherson was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Australia soon after. She is a contemporary painter and muralist living in Toowoomba, Queensland and is undertaking a Bachelor of Creative Art at the University of Southern Queensland. Throughout 2017, she undertook a month-long residency learning how to translate her work onto a large scale, ultimately leading to her participation in the First Coat Festival. Her practice explores geometric art in relation to contemporary spatial confinements and through her hard-edge forms she seeks to break down the boundaries of perception. By actualising hard-edge forms within a public setting, McPherson seeks to understand the power that geometric street art has to infuse communities with the simplistic beauty of shape, form and colour.

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Christina Papadimitriou is an art and photography teacher of 15 years, who is passionate about art education and community engagement. Currently the chairperson for North Queensland Art Teachers (NQArT), she believes a strong network can provide opportunities for like-minded people to share their knowledge and skills to further their own, and others’, art and education practices.

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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.  

Kay Watanabe is a Brisbane-based visual artist, mainly working in the field of printmaking, and she has also diversified into paintings and 3D objects.  Kay actively exhibits in shows and art fairs in Australia and internationally, and has received awards and commendations. She also teaches at workshops for various organisations.