director caitlin hepworth
​qualifications & background

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qualifications

teaching background (selected)

Postgraduate
2002 - University of Sydney
Master of Teaching in Secondary Visual Arts
University of Sydney Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Education 

Undergraduate
2000 - National Art School
Bachelor of Fine Arts -  Sculpture Major

1997 - National Art School
Ad Dip of Fine Arts - Sculpt Major, Drawing Minor

Exhibitions

2019 - SEPT - MAANZ National Exhibition, Finalist, Octagon ArtSpace, Woodworks Gallery, Bungendore NSW

2019 - MAR - Transitions, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre with  Pamela Irving, Kate Butler and Rachel Bremner

​2019 JAN - The Dock Mural, Permanent large-scale mosaic.
The Dock - 81 Giles St, Kingston Foreshore, Canberra.

2018 - OCT - 'Fire Affected' with Robert Linigen
Gallery One88 Fine Arts, Katoomba
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2018 - AUG - Association of Contemporary Mosaic  - Director Giulio Menossi, San Pietro, Ploaghe, Sardinia, Italy
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2018 JUNE - 5th AUG -  The Waterhouse Natural Science Prize
Finalist, South Australian Museum

2018 MARCH - MAY -  'Transitions' - Craft ACT with Helen Bodycomb, Pamela Irving, Kate Butler and Rachel Bremner

2018 APRIL  - MAY - 'Sculpture at Scenic World'
Public Sculpture Exhibition, Blue Mountains NSW

2018 APRIL - MAY - 'Sculpture Otherwise'
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
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2017 AUG - MAANZ National Exhibition, Finalist, Long Gallery Hobart, TAS, Third Prize Wall Hanging, Juried Exhibition
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2017 APRIL 'Mosaic Arts International'. Finalist, Janice Charach Gallery, Detroit Michigan USA. 
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2017 APRIL 'If These Walls Could Speak' with Blue Mountains Artists Network - Woodford Academy

2017 MAR 'The Elements' with Blue Mountains Artists Network
Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens

2016NOV  'The Stories we Tell'
Finalist, Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics, Chicago, USA.

2016 OCT   Dwelling, Solo Exhibition at the Woodford Academy

2016 APR    Mosaic Arts International - Finalist, Women’s Museum of California - San Diego, USA

2015 AUG    MAANZ National Exhibition, Finalist, 107 Projects Gallery Redfern NSW, First Place - Wall Hanging Mosaic

2014 SEPT    FracturedScapes, X Gallery Bungendore NSW with Kate Butler and Kelly Wild

2013 JULY     Illuminate, MAANZ National Exhibition, Finalist, Bundoora Homestead Victoria

​2013 APR     TAFTA - Design on The Edge 3D
        
2012 Seductive Smalti, Bundoora Homestead Access Gallery Victoria

2011 - MAANZ, Art from the Heart, Tap Gallery Sydney

2003 Ceramic Art Association of NSW
           1st Place Glass,
           2nd Place Glass
           Best Mosaic in Show

2010 - 2019 - Director Hughes Studio - Weekly Classes for children and adults, Specialty workshops, guest tutors.
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2019 - Mosaic Art Online - Sculptural Mosaics Online Course

2017 - ContextArt - Workshop Facilitator

2015 - Sturt Summer School - Facilitator 
Mosaics - Fundamentals and Beyond - 6 days

2015 - Penrith Regional Gallery 
Modernist Mosaic Weekend 

2012 - 2014 Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Workshop Facilitator - children's workshops, smalti course, sculptural mosaic course.

2008 - 2012 Blue Mountains Grammar School
Visual Arts Teacher. Co-HOD 2010-2012, 
Art Camps, Exhibitions, Extension Art, HSC

2003-2007 Tara Anglican School for Girls (TARA)
Teacher of Visual Arts and Visual Design, Head of Waugh House (05-07), Productions, Sets, Art Camps, OS Tour, Exhibitions, HSC

2002-2003 Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum Educator. 2002 Biennale, Patricia Piccinini, Primavera, Jones and Starling, Arte Povera, Hossein Valamanesh.

memberships

NAVA - National Association for the Visual Arts - Premium Member
MAANZ - Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand - Life time member, Education and Community Officer, National Exhibitions Coordinator 2019, NSW Exhibition Coordinator.
SAMA - Society of American Mosaic Artists - Individual Member
AIMC - International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists

Professional growth

PREVIOUS

May 2019 -  Recipient of the 2018 Society of American Mosaic    Artists Robin Brett Mosaic Scholarship to attend the Chicago Mosaic School for tuition with Verdiano Marzi.
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2018 Third Symposium of Contemporary Mosaic, Sardinia, Italy
            Artistic  Director Giulio Menossi

2017 Scoula Mosaicisti Del Friuli, Spilimbergo, Italy with              Carolina Zanelli

2017 Ravenna Method at Koko Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy                   with Arianna Gallo

2016 Shard Logic with Kelley Knickerbocker MASS

2016 Critique Class, SAMA Karen Ami, Sue Gianotti and Andryea Natkin, 

2016 Colour, Value and Andamento Sue Gianotti, SAMA

2016 Ancient Techniques to Contemporary Art Rachel Bremner, STURT SUMMER SCHOOL

2015 Critique Class - Colour in Mosaic - Pattern and Visual Complexity in Mosaic with Emma Biggs

2014 Texture and Light Workshop with Marian Shapiro

2013 Day of the Dead Workshop - Guerilla Mosaicing  Carrie Reichardt & Linda Griffiths -MAANZ

2012 Wheel Throwing, Printing on Clay, Building Clay Torsos at Blackwattle Pottery

2012 3D Substrates Workshop with Marian Shapiro 

2010 AIS Visual Arts Conference Up Close and Personal Biennale.MCA

2009 Rich Tasks in the Secondary Classroom Dr Jill Forster AIS

2009 Drawing from Nature with tutor Sharon Muir 5 day workshop 
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2004 Painting the Still Life with Kim Spooner  5 day workshop NAS ​