Steve Marks

Creativity has always played a central role in how I explore the world and express myself. From a very young age art appealed to me as a language for communicating my thoughts and feelings with others. Whether it was drawing from my imagination or laying down thick impasto paint, I was in my element when […]

Lee Emery

After completing secondary art teacher training at Melbourne Teachers College in 1966, Lee Emery’s first art teaching positions, were at Watsonia and then Oakleigh High Schools (1966-1971). In 1972 she was asked to be the inaugural Executive Officer of a newly formed association to be called ACTA (Art Craft Teacher’s Association). This was a half-time […]

Deryck Greenwood

Deryck Greenwood is the Head of Visual Arts at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School and has worked in secondary education for the past 36 years. Deryck began his teaching career in South Africa, where he taught at a specialist state arts school for 11 years. Since moving to Australia, Deryck has worked within the independent school […]

Janette Grenfell

Janette Grenfell was an active member of Art Education Victoria community.

Dr Max Darby

Art Educator, Author, Consultant, Examiner, Artist. Max was passionate about the “Arts” and its importance and place in education. He had a broad range of experiences in the Visual Arts and was involved in many initiatives related to Art Education. He was a dynamic teacher whose classes were inspiring. Max took the time to know and […]

Robert Matthers

Robert (Bob) Mathers was a founding member of the Art Craft Teachers Association  (ACTA) having previously  started the Eastern Division Art Teachers Association (EDATA) when he was the art teacher at Mitcham and then Ringwood Primary Schools. Having completed his Diploma of Art in Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT he was seconded to the Education Departments Primary […]

Freya McCormick

Freya McCormick was the Treasurer for ArtEdVic for five and a half years, from November 2013 to August 2019. During her time as Treasurer, Freya helped steer the organisation through a period of transition which included a major move from ArtEdVic’s long occupied offices in Carlton, substantial changes to the organisation’s structure and funding sources, […]

Adrian Montana

  Adrian was a board member at Art Education Victoria from 2015-2021. While with Art Education Victoria Adrian was a secondary school teacher of Art, Visual Communication Design and Music at Emmanuel College. He was a VCAA sessional assessor for Studio Arts examinations. Adrian was also a reviewer for the International Journal of Art and […]

Jill Edwards

Jill Edwards was an active member of Art Education Victoria.