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