CV John Waldron John Waldron has over thirty years experience in the creative industries as an art educator, curator, manager and consultant. John has had 20 + year experience managing visual art, cultural heritage and public art collections and has worked with teams to develop public art policy and has project managed/ curated significant public art projects and programs. From mid-2012 John has worked as Director of Blue Sky View (BSV) and provided consultation, project management and curation for a range of corporate and government public art projects. Relevant Education History Doctor Creative Industries, (Candidate) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (2017 - 2020) Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, Deakin University, Geelong (2004) Diploma of Education – Visual Art, Polding College, Sydney (1983) Relevant Employment History 2012 - Director, Blue Sky View (public art, museum, exhibition and project and program services) 2013 - Director, Makeway Lab (art & health, social innovation initiative) 2004 - 2012 Curator, (Cultural Heritage and Collections Manager), Sunshine Coast Council Director, Caloundra Regional Gallery and Noosa Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast Council 2004 - 2008 Director, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra City Council Relevant Professional Membership/Involvement 2016 - Member, Queensland Arts & Health Leadership Group 2016 - 17 Chair, Conference Organising Committee, MA National Conference, Brisbane 2017 2014 - 17 Chair, Museums Australia, Queensland 2012 - 16 Chair, Museum & Gallery Services Queensland 2011 - 16 CoFounder Nowhere Art Group Professional Highlights Project Management – Public Art 2019 Public Art Conservation and Relocation, Big Feathers by Bronwyn Oliver, Brisbane City Council, (Project Manager) Public Art Relocation, Subtropical Treasures by Rhyl Hinwood, Brisbane City Council (Project Manager) Public Art Restoration, Treasures of the Tweed Mural by David Adams, Tweed Shire Council (Project Manager) 2018 Public Art Conservation and Relocation, Expo 88 Public Artworks - Morning Star by Jon Hudson Barlow, Brisbane City Council Collection (Project Manager) 2018 Public Art Conservation and Restoration Program, Expo 88 Public Artworks - Plant Form by Robert Juniper and The Rock by Stephen Killick, Brisbane City Council Collection (Project Manager) 2017 Kirra Eagle, Assessment & Conservation Program. City of Gold Coast Collection (Project Manager) 2016 - 17 Public Art Conservation and Restoration Program, North East Region, Brisbane City Council (Project Manager) 2015 - artplusplace - A range of public art projects (Curator / Project Manager) 2014 - 16 Living History Program, Brisbane Showgrounds, Lend Lease & RNA (Curator) 2014 - 15 Drawn Together, Public Art & Event Program, Caloundra & Beerwah, Sunshine Coast Council (Artist/Curator) 2013 ASSI 150 SEQ Commemorative Program (Project Coordinator / Curator) 2012 TreeLine, Art, Science, People & the Environment, Sunshine Coast (Project Manager / Curator) 2011 Floating Land, Water Culture, Sunshine Coast Curator / Co-Producer) 2010 TreeLine, Art, Science, People & the Environment, Sunshine Coast (Project Manager / Curator) - GAMAA winner 2006 Public Art Program, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk 2011 Noosa Junction Station Public Art Program (Curator) 2010 Andy Goldsworthy, Strangler Cairn, Conondale Range Great Walk. (Curator) 2010 The Bunya, Cooroy by Glen Manning & Kathy Daly. Funded by art+place. (Project Manager) 2009 Bullcock Beach Redevelopment - a community public art project (Project Manager) Curatorship - Exhibitions 2017 Magnificent Makers, State Library Queensland (Exhibition Designer) 2017 Freedom Then, Freedom Now, State Library Queensland (Exhibition Designer) 2017 What’s up Sunshine, Noosa Regional Gallery (Curator) 2017 The Newsmakers, Landsborough Museum (Curator) 2017 Glass Houses, Bribie Island Seaside Museum, Moreton Bay Regional Council 2016 Sunshine Coast Environment Photography Awards, Maroochy Botanic Gardens 2016 Australian Surf Photography & Film Awards, Surf World, Gold Coast 2015 Far From This Land, WWI Commemoration, Sunshine Coast, Landsborough Museum 2014 - 16 Living History Program, Brisbane Showgrounds, Lend Lease & RNA 2013 The Australian South Sea Islanders, The State Library of Queensland 2013 Gubbi Gubbi Gun'doo Yang'ga'man, Noosa Regional Gallery 2012 - 17 East Coast Encounter, (National Touring Exhibition) 2015 GAMAA winner 2012 - 13 An Architect’s Eye, The John Mainwaring Collection (National Touring Exhibition) 2010 The Promised Land, The art of Lawrence Daws (National Touring Exhibition) 2008 Across Country, Ken Hinds Cultural Collection (Queensland Touring Exhibition) 2006 Privately Collecting, Ken Hinds Collection (Queensland Touring Exhibition) 2006 Ownership, Wave Hill Walk-off 40th Anniversary - 2007 GAMAA winner 2000 Refined White – Centenary of Federation Project (Touring Exhibition) Supported by Vision of Australia - Touring Funding. This project celebrated the culture and contribution of the Australian South Sea Islander people. Consultation 2019 Significance Assessment, Boonah Scenic Advertising Drop Curtain, Scenic Rim Regional Council Exhibition & Theme Development, Heritage Archive Building Project, Peachester History Committee 2018 Heritage Report, Kingston Butter Factory, Logan City Council 2018 Collection Significance Assessment, Landsborough Museum, Sunshine Coast Council 2015 Connected Collections Queensland, State Library Queensland 2015 Feasibility Plan & Collection Management Plan, Surf World Gold Coast, City of Gold Coast 2014 - 15 Review Bundaberg Art Galleries, Bundaberg Regional Council 2013 Pioneer Wall, Relocation & Reconfiguration, Logan City Council 2013 Feasibility Study, Artspace Mackay, Mackay Regional Council 2013 The Showcase, Project Plan, Mackay Regional Showcase Committee 2006 Bankfoot House Management Plan, Caloundra City Council Project Management - Public Events 2020 THRIVE Creative Mental Health Forum, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour (Curator) 2018 THRIVE Creative Health Forum, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour (Curator) 2015 Drawn Together, Public Art & Event Program, Caloundra & Beerwah, Sunshine Coast Council (Artist/Curator) 2013 ASSI 150 SEQ Commemorative Program, Project Coordinator / Curator 2012 TreeLine, Art, Science, People & the Environment, Project Manager / Curator 2011 Floating Land – Curator / Co-Producer 2010 TreeLine – Project Manager / Curator - GAMAA winner 2006 Public Art Program, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk 2002 - 04 Feast of the Senses - Coordinator/Founder - a tropical food, wine and arts event for FNQ Project Management – Capital Works.