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barb troughear crowden.

02 64927318

Qualifications
Employment
Professional Development
Public Collections
Private Collections
Commissions
Awards
Grants
Solo Exhibitions
Small Group Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Touring Exhibitions
Publications
Membership
Community Arts Projects
Other

QUALIFICATIONS

1999 Cert II, Ceramics, Bega TAFE
1985 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION, Burwood College, Melbourne, VIC.
1982 GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION, Hawthorn Institute of Higher Education, Melbourne, VICTORIA.
1977 DIPLOMA OF APPLIED ARTS, Riverina College of Advanced Education, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
Subject Majors: Textiles with Marcella Hempel.
Printmaking with Arthur Wicks.
Ceramics with John Elsegood.

EMPLOYMENT

2002 Ongoing. Manager Far South Coast Community College, Bega Valley Shire.
1989 Ongoing. Itinerant Support Teacher - Vision, Department of Education and Training NSW.
1979 - 1987 Assistant Director/Ceramics Instructor, Gawith Villa Adult Training Centre, Armadale Melbourne.
1978 - 1979 Craft Co-ordinator, Lady Nell Seeing Eye Dog School, Malvern Melbourne.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2001 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, NSW.
Invited Installation Artist.
2000 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, NSW.
“Thinking Big in Handmade Paper” Workshop
Tutor: Mark Lander, NZ.
1999 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, NSW.
Tutor Assistant for
“Creative Wearable Art” Workshop
with Susan Holmes, NZ.
1998 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, NSW.
“Recycled Percussion” Workshop.
Tutor: Albert Hollander, USA.
1997 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Creative Bookmaking and Surface Manipulation' Workshop.
Tutor - Adele Outteridge.
1996 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Master Class - Paper and Book' Workshop.
Tutors - Donna and Peter Thomas, U.S.A.
1995 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre' Workshop.
Tutors from Maningrida, N.T.
1994 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Stories to Tell' Workshop.
Tutor - American Paper Artist, Karron Halvorsen.
PRIMROSE PARK PAPER, Cremorne, Sydney.
'Casting' Workshop
Tutor - Ruth Faerber.
1993 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Paper Book' Workshop.
Tutors - Penny Carey-Wells and Kathy Nix.
1992 FIBRE FORUM, Mittagong, N.S.W.
'Images in Paper' Workshop.
Tutor - Sherry Cook.
PRIMROSE PARK PAPER, Cremorne, Sydney.
'Japanese Papermaking' Workshop.
Tutor - Juliette Rubensohn.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

1993 NARRABRI GALLERY, Narrabri, N.S.W.
Bega Valley Hospital.
Arts Council NSW.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Australia; U.K., U.S.A., Israel.

COMMISSIONS

1994 'ACCESS' Bega. Set design and construction for Integrated Arts Performance, 'From Both Sides'
3 Mumbulla School New Building Plaques.
Helen’s Garden - 5 metre long curtain pelmet.

AWARDS

1999 HC Meroogal Womens Art prize
1999 Institute Award – Ceramics, Bega TAFE
1996 Highly Commended, Bega Art Awards.
1995 Namoi Valley, 5th Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri. Open Section Award - First.
1993 Namoi Valley, 4th Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri.
Major Acquisitive Award and Open Section Award - First.
Piece - 'East Meets West'.
Judges - Jenny Kee; Effie Mitrofanis, and Barbara Schey.
J.R.KIRKLAND Memorial Award, Bega Valley Art Society.
1991 Highly Commended, CALTEX Awards, Bega.

GRANTS

1996 Marketing Grant, N.A.V.A. and N.S.W. Ministry for the Arts.
1994 Access, Bega.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1996 'The Paper Collection', Bega Valley Regional Gallery.
1993 'Stories IN Paper', Town Hall Cafe, Candelo, Bega.

SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 3 of a Kind, Mixed Media, Oil Painting, Photography with Maggy Troughear and Polly Crowden – 3 generations.
1999 All Fired Up – Ceramics, with Jenny Mein and Moira Turnbull, Spiral Gallery.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 3 of a Kind – Spiral Gallery, Bega.
2004 Bega Art Awards, Bega Regional Gallery.
Meroogal Women’s Art prize – In the Kitchen.
Gift – Spiral Gallery Xmas Show.
2003 Inspiralations, Spiral Gallery Xmas Show.
2002 Various Spiral Gallery Exhibitions.
Juried Red Hot Fibre Exhibition, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, QLD. Paper and String.
Artists Book Exhibition, Spiral Gallery.
2001 Women’s Art Exhibition, Spiral Gallery
Australian Cotton Fibre Expo, Narrabri.
Burrows and Nests, Spiral Gallery.
2000 Vaucluse House, Sydney.
Spiral Gallery Exhibition – Various, including International Women’s year exhibition.
Mandorla Religious Award, Perth WA.
Meroogal Womens Art Prize, Nowra.
Bega Valley Art Awards, Bega Regional Gallery.
Evolution Art Awards, Tambourine, QLD.
1999 Bega Rotary Club, Silent Auction, Brogo Homestead.
Sculpture Exhibition – Bega Regional Gallery.
Carnival Ware Exhibition – Bega TAFE, Old Bega Hospital.
Meroogal Womens Art Prize – theme The Garden. HC.
Various Spiral Gallery exhibitions including Women’s Exhibition, and
Spiral Gallery Xmas Show – In the Spirit.
1998 Spiral Gallery Exhibitions.
Inaugural Meroogal Womens Art Prize, Nowra.
1997 Spiral Gallery Opening , Bega
'Progressions', Bega Contemporary Art Group, Bega Regional Gallery.
'Womens Art', International Womens Day Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, Bega.
100 South Coast Visions, invitation only, Bundanon, Arthur Boyd's gift to the nation, Nowra.
6th Namoi Valley Australian Cotton Fibre Expo, Narrabri, N.S.W.
New Zealand Wearable Art Awards, Nelson. New Zealand.
Bega Art Awards, Bega Regional Gallery.
Mumbulla Steiner School Art and Craft Exhibition, Bega.
9th Annual Wyndham Art and Craft Exhibition.
1996 Bega Art Awards, Bega Valley Regional Gallery.
Bega Art and Craft Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Bega Regional Gallery.
Under 500 Show, Bega Contemporary Art Group, Old Bega Hospital Cultural Centre.
New Zealand Wearable Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand.
Master Class Papermaking Exhibition, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong.
1995 7th Annual Wyndham Art Exhibition.
'God Save the Queen' C.C.A.S. Exhibition, Canberra.
Illawarra Mercury 140th Anniversary Award, Wollongong.
5th Namoi Valley Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri, N.S.W.
'The Really BIG Paper Show', Broken Hill; Tamworth.
Neutral Bay Primary School, Sydney.
7th Tinpot Bush Artists Exhibition, Cobargo, N.S.W.
I.W.D. Womens Exhibition, Bega.
1994 POSTCODES Exhibition, Arts Council, N.S.W. Acquired by Arts Council of N.S.W.
6th Tinpot Bush Artists Exhibition, Cobargo, N.S.W.
Wild Womens Art, Bega.
Alice Craft Acquisition, Alice Springs, N.T.
'The Really BIG Paper Show', Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.
1993 WildArt Exhibition, Tathra.
5th Tinpot Bush Artists Exhibition, Cobargo, N.S.W.
'Papering the City', Australia on Collins, Melbourne.
Womens Art, Bega.
4th Namoi Valley Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri, N.S.W.
Wearable Art Exhibition, Bega.
'Pants off/Hands on', Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
'The Book Arts' Exhibition, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melb.
Bega Valley Art Awards, Bega.
Local Artists for Aids Exhibition, Bega.
'Sea Themes for Summer' Exhibition, Hidden Valley Gallery.
5th Annual Wyndham Art Exhibition.
1992 Nuggets Crossing Summer Exhibition, Jindabyne.
WildArt Exhibition, Tathra, Bega.
4th Tinpot Bush Artists Exhibition, Cobargo, N.S.W.
I.W.D. Womens Art Exhibition, Bega.
Alice Craft Acquisition, Alice Springs, N.T.
John Balmain Awards, Bega.
'Evolving Paper', Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne.
Bega Valley Art Awards, Bega.
4th Annual Wyndham Art Exhibition, Wyndham.
1991 3rd Tinpot Bush Artists Exhibition, Cobargo, N.S.W.
'Weaving, Sculpture, and Jewellery' Exhibition, Bega.
Arts Expo, Bega.
John Balmain Awards and Art/Craft Exhibition, Bega.
Caltex Awards, Bega.
3rd Annual Wyndham Art Exhibition, Wyndham.

TOURING EXHIBITION

'The Really BIG Paper Show' Curated by Pauline Guthrie, Tin Sheds, SYDNEY.
1995 Tamworth Gallery 7th August-24th September.
Broken Hill Gallery 1st March-10th April.
1994 Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney Uni. 30th November-23rd Dec.

PUBLICATIONS

2002 Textile Magazine No. 67.
1999 Craft Arts International, Events and Review section, No.45.
1998 Textile Magazine No. 67.
1997 TEXTILE Fibre Forum No. 49.
Craft Arts International, No. 40.
1996 Craft Arts International Buyers Guide. No. 38.
TEXTILE Fibre Forum No. 47.
1995 TEXTILE Fibre Forum No. 43.
1994 Articles in the newsletters 'The Deckle Edge' (Papermakers of Victoria) and 'Paperfile' (N.S.W. Papermakers).
1993 TEXTILE Fibre Forum No. 37 & 38.
PORTFOLIO Section, CRAFT ARTS International. No. 29.
OZ Arts No. 8.

MEMBERSHIP

APRA.
Papermakers of Victoria.
National Association for the Visual Arts. (N.A.V.A.)
Australian Forum For Textile Arts. T.A.F.T.A.
Crafts Council of N.S.W.
Contemporary Art Group, BEGA.
Primrose Park Paper, Sydney.

COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS

1995 Winter Festival Performance Screen, Mumbulla School for Rudolf Steiner Education.
1994 Integrated Arts Performance, funded by ACCESS, Bega.
'From Both Sides' - Set design and construction.
Education Week Banner. Bega West P/S. 'Teaching and Learning Together'.

OTHER

2001 Craft Australia – Professional Affiliate.
2000 Craftmark Accredited.
1998 Taught papermaking at inaugural Camp Creative, Merimbula.
1998 From Both Sides screen toured to Adelaide Fringe, with “heartland” production.
1997 Director - Spiral Gallery, Bega.
Member of the Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery Committee.
(since 1989) P P/T teacher of braille to vision impaired - Dep't School Education.
Papermaking instructor since 1986.
Professional Musician since 1975 - voice/guitar/bass.
1995 Invited artist to teach papermaking at Bega H/S Year 11/12. Art Camp, Wambiri, Tathra, Bega.
Secondary Art Teacher - Relief. Since 1989.
1993 Co-Ordinator, J.R. Kirkland School Awards, Exhibition, Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery.
Bega West P.S. Talented and Gifted Childrens Program.
Invited artist to teach papermaking at Bega H/S Year 11/12. Art Camp, Wambiri, Tathra, Bega.
C.A.P. - Artisans Program - Pambula & Merimbula P.S.
Partner in Heirlooms Gallery, Bega.
1992 Co-judge. Walter Henry Childs Combined Schools Exhibition, Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery.
1979-1988 Craft instructor/Assistant Director, Gawith Villa, Adult Training Centre, Melbourne.
1978 Craft Co-ordinator, Lady Nell Seeing Eye Dog School, Melbourne.
1974-1975 Travelled extensively throughout Kenya, Morocco, Europe, and Asia.

barb troughear crowden - works in paper & paperclay raku
PO Box 440 Bega 2550 NSW Australia
02 64927318
barb@pulpaddictionpaper.com.au
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