As artist in residence at Chiang Mai University Thailand, Colleen served as Director and Creative Producer of “E-bride, the business of love” an art performance on the theme of internet global matchmaking. This bilingual work engaged multiple artforms within the grounds of the university at 14 separate locations with a cast of 40 made [...]
Project Coordinator and Designer Melbourne International Arts Festival I worked with the Artistic Director, Kristy Edmunds to curate the exhibition ‘Inside the Maker’s Mind’ at the Victorian Arts Centre. I created lightboxes using tracing paper over the concrete poles on which images were projected and artists’ notes were printed. [...]
Creative Producer/Concept Developer/ Designer
100 brides in paper wedding dresses on the steps of Parliament House as part of the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Involved over 200 students as dancers, designers and photographers. The event was featured on the ABC and Channel 7 news. I wrote an article recently about the Mail-Order Bride dress [...]
Ready To Wear Again – Melbourne Museum
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2006 – Concept and Creative Producer
10 designers created fashion from recycled garments in the front foyer of the Museum over 9 days. Designers included a name is a label and India Flint.
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I created a design competition for young designers at Brunswick Baths over two years, that extended the boundaries of Fashion and Wearable Art. The first event featured a floating catwalk and a 2-storey projection screen and Franco Cozzo as guest judge. The second show featured a trapeze suspended by a crane hanging over the water, [...]
Producer/Concept Developer at Melbourne Museum. Sparks and sawdust flew as 20 designers created furniture from extremely desirable recycled materials for the public to purchase. A 3-day spectacle with extreme power tools and a Mongolian BBQ. Featured on the Channel 9 Today Show. Designers included Gordon Tait ,
An exhibition of 125 edgy designs from across the nation. I introduced a mentoring program and internships with leading industry professionals for prize-winning entrants, I also sourced sponsors to increase the amount of prize money. The exhibition featured on the Today Show and the Channel 9 news. I convinced Stelarc to appear [...]
News: Day of the Dead Mariarchi Band
Skeleton Crew has been launched, I am working with a group of Melbourne's most talented musicians. Dave Evans on accordion, Dan Witton on Tuba, Nara Demasson on banjo and Adam Pierzchalski on trumpet. Derek Ives is our new maestro. of Long Pigs and Candy Butchers fame. I will be playing puppets. We are playing festivals, cabaret and making a Music/Theatre/Puppet show together. We will be filming a video clip in May!!!!
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