Grant Writing

I am practice led cultural researcher, performance (auto)ethnographer, academic educator, as well as a specialist in producing Community Arts & Cultural Development (CACD) programs and interdisciplinary creative collaborations. I have 25 years experience spanning the arts, theatre, arts health & wellbeing and CACD practice. I have undertaken public sector roles in government, and arts and not for profit organisations.In April 2022, I graduated with a Doctorate in Cultural Research (DCR) at the Institute for Culture and Society (Western Sydney University). My thesis titled "Unmasking the 4th Space: Collaborative Creativity In Praxis at the Intersection of Artists, People with their Communities and Institutions" is applied research. With a focus on the linear and non-linear transformations between artists, people in their communities and institutions engaged in the collaborative creativity. My work further explores a space for narratives that are often not heard to be rewoven and performed at the centre.

Seed is a new generation of communications and PR consultancy. Ethical, socially sensitive and aware, we develop strategic communication and PR programs that support conscious leadership and help drive positive social and environmental impact. We are passionate about what we do which ensures our campaigns are creative and compelling, connect with audiences and create discussion. At Seed, we believe purposeful organisations deserve to get their message out there and be heard, to help this we work with realistic budgets, giving you the opportunity to gain exposure.

Bringing magic into the world. Performing as Mx Robert Frost (Exploratory experiential sound focused on harsh noise and modified hearing through cognitive practice), and as part of Atunement with Panos Couros (exploratory, musique concrète, ambient). Designing and building electronic musical instrument equipment as MxRF. Building creative community and sharing synthesis knowledge as Mid Mountains Modular (Mmm).

I'm a visual artist, editor, researcher, project manager and teacher. I make exhibition work (installations), edit (academic articles, PhD and Master theses, exhibition catalogues) and produce neat layout (articles, catalogues). I’ve worked in digital humanities (visual arts, history, museums) and journal publishing (scientific, art history). I've taught at uni and TAFE (visual arts) as well as high school (visual arts, English). I am available for editing, layout, teaching/workshops, research and anything to do with managing projects, publications or collections data.