Julie
Chambers
Recent Professional Development
2011 -
Invited as an Artist in Residence to The American Foundation of Arts on
Skopelos, Greece from the 21st June 2011 – 5th July 2011
2011- Panel member Local Government Forum ‘Creative Construct – New
Directions for Revitalising Civic Amenity and Creating Public Value’
Woodward Conference Centre, Law Building, University of Melbourne,
Tuesday 27th September, 2011
2010 - Judge and Opening Speaker for ‘The Realist Art Exhibition’
Mildura Show Society. October 13th 2010
2010 - Opening Speaker at the 2010 Print and Drawing Awards Swan Hill
Regional Gallery, May 15th 2010
2010 - Judge and Opening Speaker at the 2010 Rotary Art Show Stefano’s
Gallery, May 7th 2010
2009 - Guest Speaker at Community Information Evenings – Aboriginal Art
and Printmaking (with David Frazer) – The Art Vault Mildura
2008 -
2011
Director of The Art Vault Mildura
Member of the Palimpsest Symposium Visual Arts Planning Committee for
the Murray Darling Basin
2003 - 2009
part-time Bachelor of Visual Arts, La Trobe University, Mildura
2009
Guest Speaker at Community Information Evenings – Aboriginal Art and
Printmaking (with David Frazer) – The Art Vault Mildura
2008
Opening Speaker for the la Trobe University ‘End Of Year Visual Arts
Exhibition – 1st and 2nd Year Students’
Guest speaker at The Arts Forum for La Trobe University Visual Arts
Students and the community, La Trobe University Auditorium, Mildura
1997 - 2009
Practice Manager Specialist’s Surgical Practice, Mildura
1996
Executive Officer, Focus Programs, ACT Department of Education &
Training (semester 1)
Special Project Manager for the Australian National Training Authority &
Office of Technical & Further Education (sem. 2)
1995 -1996
Member of the Executive of the Design in Education Council of Australia
(DECA)
Representative on the Board of the National Affiliation of Arts
Educators (NAAE)
1995
Member of the ACT Department of Education & Training ‘High School
Performance, Review & Development Restructure Committee’
Seconded from October to December to the Department of Education to
carry out action research and make recommendations to the ACT Department
on students at risk in the ACT.
1992 - 1995
Deputy Principal/ Acting Principal, Kambah High School, ACT
1990 - 1991
Deputy Principal, Alfred Deakin High School, ACT
1988 - 1990
Level 2 Curriculum and Policy Development/ Level 2 Staffing and School
Administration/ Level 2 Student Welfare, Alfred Deakin High School, ACT
1988
Director of the 8th National Conference of the Australian Institute of
Art Education (AIAE) titled ‘Art is Political’, Canberra
1986 - 1988
Vice-president of the Australian Institute of Art Education
1985 - 1988
Member of the National Secretariat of the Design in Education Council of
Australia
1987
Member of the ACT Department of Education Arts Liaison Committee
1986 -1987
Member of the ACT Council for Teachers of the Arts
1985 -1987
Senior Teacher for Arts, Technology and Health/ Acting Deputy Principal
Curriculum, Staffing and Student Welfare, Alfred Deakin High School, ACT
President of the Canberra Art Teachers Association (CATA)
1984 -1985
Senior Teacher Arts, Health and Languages other than English, Wanniassa
High School, ACT
Member of the ACT Department of Education Curriculum Review and Renewal
Committee for the Arts
1981 -1984
Member of the Schools Authority Committee for planning and building
1981 -1983
General Curriculum Consultant (K-12), Curriculum Consultancy Section,
ACT Department of Education
ACT representative at Interstate Management Meetings of School
Inspectors
Convenor and member of Curriculum Accreditation Panels for the ACT
Department of Education
Member of the ACT Department of Education Staff Selection Panels
1977 -1980
Senior Adviser to students and teacher of Sociology and Visual Arts,
Stirling College, ACT
1971 -1976
Teacher of Visual Arts, Mathematics and Health/ Form Adviser, Belconnen
High School, ACT
1968 - 1971
Teacher of Visual Arts, Lithgow High School, NSW
2011
Studio artists at The Art Vault Exhibition, Main Gallery at The Art
Vault, 18th May – 6th June 2011
2010
Finalist Port Jackson Press Australia Graduate Print Award James Makin
Gallery Melbourne
2009
La Trobe University Visual Art and Graphic Design Graduate Exhibition –
Visual Arts Research Studio (VARS)
Solo Exhibition ‘Given Away’ - The Art Vault
Writers Festival 30 X 30 Exhibition ‘Black and White’ – The Art Vault
2008
Invited to participate in a group photographic exhibition ‘Portrayed’ –
Stefano’s Gallery 25, Mildura
Grand Opening Exhibition November 1, 2008, The Art Vault, Mildura
Wangumma Artist’s Group Exhibition, Information Centre, Wentworth, NSW
2003 - 2006
End of Year Student’s Exhibitions, La Trobe University, Mildura
Recent Professional Development
2010
Maximising Conference and Business Events to Grow your Business, Mildura
Rural City Council
Maximising Your Business Value, WHK Thomsons, Andrew Fressl & Phil
Dymock
E-Commerce Opportunities from Business Events & Conferencing, Sunraysia
Rural Counselling Service
7th Print Symposium, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 15th – 17th
October, 2010
Work
is held in private collections in Melbourne, Canberra and Mildura