About me
| Short Bio | Interested in creative research practices weaving environmental issues, community involvement and cultural change. Developed and participated in projects including Fluid Space, Nimxu Mixja and ħożż il-ħsejjes. Manages the Gabriel Caruana Foundation. |
| Looking for | Creative collaborations, networking, mentoring, sustainable methods of financing a non-profit making organisation. |
| Other Roles | Art Activist, Assistant Curator, Curator |
| Skills | Advocacy Concept Creation Curation Event Hospitality Project Oriented |
Education
| Education History | University of Malta, 2002 – 2005, B.A. Hons primary area Geography, secondary area History of Art, Malta University of the West of England, 2014, MSc Countryside Conservation and Management, UK |
Experience
| Achievements | Art related grants: Investment in Cultural Organisation 2020 – 2022 Forma Mentis, VoPS, 2020 – grant awarded 30 @ 20, SiSS, 2020 – grant awarded ħożż il-ħsejjes, Project Support Grant – Arts Council Malta – April 2019 – January 2020 – grant awarded Nimxu Mixja, Kreattiv – Arts Council Malta – October 2018 – June 2019 – grant awarded Privat: the natural body as fiction, March 2020 Fluid Space, VIVA International Festival – April – May 2018 – grant awarded Kreaturi Project, Creative Communities – Arts Council Malta – January to December 2017 – grant awarded Art Links Project, SiSS, March to December 2017 – grant awarded
Nominations: Nimxu Mixja (in collaboration with Kristina Borg, Skola Primarja, St Tereza, Birkirkara, and GCF) nominated for Premju ghall-Arti, 2020 |
| Work | Project Management, research, production: 2016 – present: Project proposal development, management, communications for the Gabriel Caruana Foundation December 2019 – present: Production Manager fuse, an Exhibition curated and developed by Elyse Tonna for Valletta Cultural Agency and the Valletta Design Cluster October 2016 to March 2019 – provision of research services to Valletta 2018 Foundation September to October 2016 – Project Management Services to Valletta 2018 Foundation
Planning and Environment: 2010 to 2016 – Environment Protection Officer, Environment Authority 2006 to 2010 – Planning Officer, Planning Authority |