Dr Moira Simpson Artist, Curator and Art Educator specialising in Visual Arts, Cultural Diversity, & Ethnomuseology.

Celebrating Diversity Illustrated Presentations, Lectures, Seminars and Workshops

Topics can be adapted for a range of audiences including: • Special interest groups such as art societies and guilds; • Staff of museums, art galleries and heritage organizations, • Under-graduate and post-graduate students of Museum Studies, Heritage Studies, Tourism, Archaeology, Anthropology, and Arts Education; • Pre-service and in-service teachers; • Primary and secondary students. Please contact me to discuss your requirements.

Dr Moira Simpson Evocative Arts and Heritage

ABN 26 469 153 422 Phone: (08) 8388 2371 [email protected] www.evocativearts.com.au

Museology, Heritage, and Non-Western Visual Arts Museum Learning Illustrated presentations Illustrated presentations for Staff of Museums & Arts of Aboriginal Australia: Tradition & Change Art Galleries, Academics & Students Bark Painting of Arnhem Land Museums & Multiculturalism Aboriginal Art of the Australian Desert Region Museums & Indigenous Peoples in Post-colonial Contexts: Confrontations & Collaborations History & Activism in Aboriginal Australian Art Museum Collections: Questions of Ownership, Maori Art: Tradition & Change Custodianship & Repatriation History & Activism in Native North American Art Ethnomuseology: Culturally-appropriate Display, Ravens, Eagles, Thunderbirds & Sea Wolves: Conservation & Interpretation Indian Art of the NW Coast of North America Protecting the Sacred: Concealment & Revelation Totem Poles: Forms & Functions Globalisation, Glocalisation & Indigenization: Spiderwoman & the Holy People: Navajo Art of the New Museum Models in Culturally-Diverse Settings. American Southwest Cultural Symbolism in Museum Architecture: Cotton, Turquoise & Clay: Pueblo Art of SW USA Global Perspectives Inuit Art of the Arctic The Educational Role of the Museum: History & Contemporary Developments Indonesian Art Multicultural Education & the Museum Art of the Aztecs of Mexico The Design of Exhibitions for Children Arpilleras: Stitched Textiles of South America Interactive Art Exhibitions for Children Encaustic Art: History & Contemporary Practices Contemporary Fibre Arts Felt: Origins, Traditions and Contemporary Devel- opments in Felt-making Critical Thinking and Visual Literacy in Museums and Art Galleries. Practical Visual Art Arts Education Workshops Illustrated lectures, seminars, & workshops for For: Pre-service & In-service teachers Pre-service & In-service Primary Teachers & Artists & Visual Art students Secondary Art Teachers Adult learners in informal learning settings Most can be adapted for children Backward By Design: Implementing an Effective Arts Curriculum Encaustic Painting Authentic Learning in the Arts: Teaching About Introduction to Wet felting Arts in Social and Cultural Contexts Introduction to Nuno Felting Understanding Visual Culture: Cross-cultural Colouring and Decorating Papers for Collage & Stitch Approaches to Art Education Colour & Resist: Wax Ways with Fabric and Paper The Sacred & the Profane: Culturally-Sensitive Approaches to Art Education Printing & Stamping on Paper & Fabric Transforming Fabrics with Transfer Dyes Visual Literacy in Childhood Education Follow the Needle: Introduction to Hand Stitching Learning from Objects Politics & Advocacy in Stitched Fibre Art Critical Thinking & Visual Literacy: Looking At & Responding to Art Works Sheer Ecstasy: Colour, Layer & Stitch with Sheers Public & Site-Specific Art: Interpreting Place Designing & Making Shadow Puppets Giant Puppets from Cane & Tissue Paper Artists-in-Schools: The Artist as Educator Mask-making: Design & Construction in Card

Dr Moira Simpson www.evocativearts.com.au