Community Artist

Anna Ashton Community Artist

Professional Details

Qualifications and Training

1986-1988 BA – Ceramics, Bendigo College of Advanced Education

1993 Harp Making Workshop,(Andy Rigby), Maryborough

1987,1996 Fired Glass Workshops ( Alan Crynes), Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

1999 Printmaking & Clay Workshop, Northcote pottery

2001 Basic Certificate in Engineering (Welding), Bendigo TAFE

Professional Activity

1977 Taught pottery electives at Sassafras Primary School

1981 Tutored Raku Workshops for adults and children, Knox, Victoria

1982 Artist-in-Residence (Potter) Japara Community House, Montrose Victoria Conducted classes for adults and school holiday workshops

1983 Conducted Raku workshops for adults Lake Cargelligo, NSW

1979-1985 Potter Travelling, wholesale and retail sales

1985 Conducted pottery classes for adults Dunolly, Victoria

1985 Potter Taught adults with disabilities Wattle House, Maryborough, Victoria

1986 Taught pottery electives Dunolly Primary School, Victoria

1987 Participated in the “Benalla Mural” project, with Judy Lorraine, ceramic artist/architect

1989 Building tutor and pottery class St Paul’s Community, Torres Strait 1991 Artist-in-Residence “Earthsounds”, (Musical Instrument making in clay) Epsom Primary School, Victoria

1992 Conducted Pottery Classes for adults Dunolly, Victoria

1989 – 93 Nitty Gritty Clay Place Wholesale and Retail Pottery Shop, Pottery classes Dunolly, Victoria

1993 Established Cockatoo Café with partners Venue for local musicians, travelling troubadours and musical events. Dunolly Victoria

1995 – 2006 Founded “ Ministry of Fun”, Dunolly, Victoria Establishing venue for art events, workshops, concerts “Community enrichment through Arts experience”

1998 – 2000 Commissioned Sculpture Ballarat Gold Museum, Victoria

1998 – 2000 Screenprint Business Co-ordinator Teaching adults with disabilities printing techniques Maryborough Employment, Victoria

1999-2002 Potter/ arts educator Teaching children with disabilities, pottery and other Arts activities Maryborough Specialist School, Victoria

2001 Co-ordinated “Golden Fantasies”, workshops to create costumes and instruments (Arts Victoria)

2001 “Banners on Broadway”, Community banners for Dunolly Gold Rush Festival (Arts Victoria)

2001 “Carols by Lanternlight”, Lantern making workshops, culminating in Christmas Carol singing procession

2002 “Small Towns, Big Picture”, Banners in Dunolly, Talbot, Maldon, Wedderburn, Carisbrook… Primary school workshops (La Trobe University, CSV)

2002.2006 Ministry of Fun, Pottery Classes

2003-2013 Coolaroo South Primary School Peace Project, ceramic tiles (Grade 6)

2003 Artist in Residence, Roses Gap Music Camp, Parade costumes

2003 Central Goldfields Community Arts Action group, establishing community arts networks, Arts policy proposal, etc.

2003 Opened Cockatoo Café Gallery. Exhibition space 2003-2006 Ceramic community projects: Harmony Day seat, (Maryborough Specialist

School); Totem Poles, (Timor Primary School); Planter Box,( Maryborough

Specialist School); Planter Boxes ex Heart & Soul Festival, Dunolly (Vic. Health)

2006 Creative Headgear workshop, feltmaking with architecture students, (Deakin

University/ Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre)

2006 Transfer printing workshops, Dunolly 150 Rush Banners.(RAV funding)

1980-2006 Involved in various bush bands, harp ensemble, concert band and choirs; Cockatoo Capella, concert band touring Germany, June 2005

2006 Felt workshop, Mollie Littlejohn, TAFTA Fibre Forum…vests

2008 Sculptural hat making workshop with Judit Pocs (Hungary). TAFTA forum

2009 Multi dimensional felt with Alexander Pilin (Russia) TAFTA forum

2010 Multiple resist workshop, Anita Larkin

2011 Landscape in Felt…Liz Clay,(England) ) 2011 Nuno felt workshop, Nathalia

2011 Raw’n’Funky exhibition, Bendigo Living Arts Space

2011 Ceramic doorway mural, Corpus Christi School, Glenroy( grade 2 project)

2012 Symphony in Fibre exhibition, Maryborough Art Gallery,

2012 Felternative exhibition, Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Prahran

2013 Mad Hatters workshop, Brunswick South East Primary School, Grade 5/6 Art Challenge

2013 Harmony Day tile decoration, Coolaroo South Primary School parents