Lizzy Emery ~ thecraftywitch
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QUALIFICATIONS
Current   Ph.D. by Research (Women's Studies) - College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
2015       Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours - First Class) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2012       Bachelor of Visual Arts (Art History and Theory) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2008       Certificate IV, Women's Studies - TAFE SA

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2019 - current
Gallery Staff, Pepper Street Arts Centre

EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR
2016:
Beyond Nature, The Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, Fringe 2016.

2015:
Diverse Feminisms, curated with Lauren Mustillo, 
Westbar Gallery, University of South Australia, exhibition held in conjunction with, Transgressions: 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference, Flinders University, September 2015.


2014:
Present Moment,
Adelaide South West Community Centre
Cloud Watching, Alice Blanch, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
In Vivo: Inside the Living, Cheryl Hutchens,
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Talent Within, (co-curated with Jill Newman), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Animalia, Kacey Boxall and Alyshia Eming,
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective,
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Being There, Urban Cow Studio


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Concrete and Lived, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Love a Good Yarn: Knitting and Crochet, From Nanna to Now, Migration Museum Adelaide

2014:
Encounter: 2014 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Graduate Exhibition, SASA Gallery

A Little Scream, South Australian School of Art, Foyer Gallery
Present Moment, Adelaide South West Community Centre

The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide

2013:
Untamed, The Mill 
Touching Light, Ladybeads Gallery Space 

2012:
Studio Print Exhibition, Fontanelle Gallery Project Space 
Red Threads, Lincoln College
Blood Sweat and Theory, Seedling Art Space 

2011:
Rare: 2011 SASA Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia 
Nexus Members Exhibition, Nexus Multicultural Gallery 
Tree Talk, (with Audrey Emery), Pepper Street Arts Centre 
Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party, Pepper Street Arts Centre 
Blood Sweat and Theory, SASA Gallery student project space
The RiAus Crochet Coral Reef, The Science Exchange 
 
2010:
Sixteen, SASA Gallery Project Space, part of the 121 artists in 12 weeks project
Seen, Not Heard: An Exhibition of Artist Made Books, Goodwood Library
International Women’s Day Exhibition, St Peters Cathedral


SELECTED COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS 
2016:
WOMAD Festival Kidzone art workshops, Dream Baskets with Lizzy Emery
Summer workshop program, Pepper Street Arts Centre

2015:

The Magic of Indigo, summer workshops, Adventuress Textiles, Port Adelaide
‘Start Arts’ Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre (working with adults with Alzheimer’s Disease)
Spring Textile Workshop program,The Magic of Indigo and Bountiful Baskets public workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre

2014:
Textiles Workshop with students from Trinity College, University of South Australia, Textiles studio
Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre

2013:
Basketry Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre

2012:
Textiles Workshop Programs, Fontanelle Gallery workshop space
SALA Basket Making Workshop, Norwood Town Hall
SALA Children’s Art Workshops, Campbelltown Community Centre
Children’s Mosaics Mural Project, Enfield Kindergarten
Dye Making ‘Master Class’ workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Summer Wearable Art workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Silk Shibori Scarf workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery

2011:
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre
Art Workshop Program, Hutt Street Centre Art Program 
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery
Children’s Tie-dye fabric workshop, Enfield Kindergarten
Intergenerational textiles workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre 
Children’s art workshop for Tree Talk exhibition, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2010 Magill community art workshops, Magill Primary School
Campbelltown City art project, SALA Festival event
Pepper Street Arts Centre, children’s mural project

EXHIBITION ESSAYS
2015: 'Talking About the 'F' Word,' co-authored with Lauren Mustillo, Diverse Feminisms, Westbar Gallery, September 2015
2014, 'The Healing Cloth,' Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, November 2014
2014, 'A Little Scream,' Honours Student Exhibition, South Australian School of Art Foyer Gallery, June 2014
2014,  'Looking Out, Looking In: Two exhibitions exploring the experience of landscape,' Alice Blanch and Cheryl Hutchens, Women's and Children's Hospital, May 2014
2014, 'Present Moment,' Adelaide South West Community Centre, May 2014
2013, 'Touching Light,' Ladybeads Gallery, May 2013
2012, ‘Concrete Me,’ Concrete Me, Andre Lawrence and Elyas Alavi, Nexus Multicultural Gallery, July 2012. 
2012, ‘Re-Collected,’ Re-Collected: A Photographic Survey of Place, Alex Bishop-Thorpe, Prospect Gallery, August 2012.


ART INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 
2011- 2017, casual workshop instructor, Pepper Street Arts Centre 

2009 - 2016, volunteer gallery assistant, Pepper Street Arts Centre

2011-2013, volunteer assistant, art mentor and workshop instructor, Hutt Street Centre Art Program
2011-2012, Workshop Coordinator, ‘Crafty Skills,’ held monthly at Tooth and Nail Studio 

2009 - 2011, volunteer gallery assistant, The Jam Factory
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