Resume
Virginia Gow JP
155 Station Street
Blackheath 2785
Phone: 0247877370
Mobile: 0415093557
Key Skills
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Painting and drawing
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Sculpture
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Teaching and learning
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Workshops for children and adults
BA Dip Art
Education
Dip Primary
Education
Dip Bahasa
Indonesian
Dip Special
Education
JP No. 127984
Teaching full time, I also
worked as a Community Artist
1978- 2012
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Painting of “Mum Shirl” for Redfern Aboriginal
Medical Centre
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Organize
workshops for children and adults in Art, Music and Drama and Storytelling.
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Member of
Tilba Festival Committee
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Outreach
program for Wallaga Lake Aboriginal Community
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Miller
High Celebration NAIDOC Week 1989, 1990, 1991
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Guringai
Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group 1992 – 2012
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Co-producer COOEE CLASSIC SURFING EVENTS for Manly,
Warringah, and Pittwater Councils celebrating NAIDOC WEEK with Caroline Glass –
Pattison. 5 yearly events.
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1992 –
2005 Manly Council NAIDOC Committee member.
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Wrote and
performed “BRIDGE OF HOPE” with Lois Birk, and Caroline Glass Pattison for
Manly Council in 1997
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Poem
presented to Sydney Metropolitan Land Council in 1997
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Caroline
Glass Pattison, Lois Birk and myself performed poem at Manly Council Chambers,
Warringah Council Chambers and on “Tribal Warrior”
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Co-produced, with Phil Jones, THRESHOLD ART EXHIBITION
Manly Arts Festival 1999 - 2005
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Exhibit
painting “Ocean Care Day” Manly 2007-2010
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2005
Invited to exhibit at FLORENCE BIENNALE in ITALY.
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Five Community
Poles For Pittwater Council in remembrance Aboriginal Storyteller, Pauline
McLeod, and Les Saxby, Aboriginals Performer, who worked with me at Royal Far
West and other events on the Northern Beaches.
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Convener
Manly Poetry Society 2010-2012
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Blackheath
Art Society member.
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Blackheath Creative Writing Group member.
