Anne Riggs

I am visual artist with extensive experience in studio and community practice. I have worked at Arts Access both as an artist and project manager.

I am very interested in art as a means to wellbeing and have recently completed a PhD researching this subject. The PhD was both practical and theoretical; I set up a number of community arts projects with the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault and worked with women who had experienced trauma. We worked together first creating mosaics, and then on a 12-week grief and loss project. From the research I created an exhibition “ART IN THE SHADOWS. trauma loss grief” shown at the Monash Medical Centre, and wrote a full thesis.

I have recently completed a two-year project with the City of Manningham – co-ordinating, teaching and making art for the wonderful and award winning “Wombat Bend Playspace” – a park designed as an all-ability space. The project involved 100′s of people in creating the art – many of whom had a disability. This is one of my most satisfying and beautiful art projects.

I have worked both in Australia, and overseas with performing artist Alex Pinder.

You can visit my website for a more thorough over-view of my arts practice.

Contact Details

Phone:

9532 5667

Website:

http://www.anneriggs.com

I identify myself as:

I am an Artist who would like to work with People with a Disability

Artforms:

Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Multimedia, Other

I have experience working in:

Community centres, Supported residential services, Schools, Prisons, Health centres, Hospitals, Other

Areas of interest:

Project management, Project coordination, Mentoring, Curating, Workshops, Other

I am based in:

South-eastern suburbs