Sandra Conte Email & Phone Number

Sunshine Coast, Qld, Au

Global

eARTh e-mag was founded as a free, goodwill, online publication highlighting the work of global artists operating at the intersection of art and environment. *Currently operational on IG social media platform @earth_emag for sample most recent archival issues go to IG biolink.eARTh e-mag launched in TEDx format May 2013 at the Balance Unbalance International Conference in the UNSECO listed Noosa Biosphere. RADF Moreton and Arts Queensland generously provided Conte Creative Concepts with funding for the concept development of eARTh e-mag. *eARTh emag online editions completed in 2016 with the decision to maintain an ongoing, active instagram account.

Based South East Queensland Servicing All Countries

Conte Creative Concepts was established by co-creatives Sandra and Jaia Conte as a consultancy service to the creative industries with a particular strength in intercultural activity. Projects have been completed in Art, History, Writing, Publications, Promotions, Venues, Music, Events and Festivals. The business has performed, facilitated and undertaken residencies in galleries and studios over many years. Sandra has been artist-in-resident, creative-in-resident, writer-in-resident and researcher-in-resident over various organisations, achieving targeted outcomes for each. She has also been an agent for artists and writers and facilitated illustration of a children's publication delivered across three charity organisations and placed in every primary school in Australia. Sandra has also mentored diverse groups and individuals from disengaged youth to the long term, mature unemployed, University students and awarded artists. Having delivered various projects for numerous organisations - private, educational, community and corporate, Sandra has project managed numerous festivals and events. Having been employed by five tertiary education institutions, six local government authorities, an advisor on multiple public art projects and government consultancies, she is also a committed curator, historian, visual artist and facilitated creative projects within schools for various age groups, staff and the parent community. Conte Creative Concepts' co-creatives are concept networkers who 'join the dots' for the creative industries, effect groundbreaking projects from concept to completion through curating exhibitions for clients and from its own art collection - a recent example being an Indigenous ARt tRAIL across five remote Australian communities as an incursion for east coast students; also commissioned art works, publication production, audio engineering and sound mixing to promoting artists, activating spaces and festivals. Email ConteCreativeConcepts@gmail.com

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Several new roles as IG content creator for various clients - eg. a national art writer's IG account; various Sunshine Coast arts festivals, events and galleries. Arts Previews and Reviews. Most recently for Sunshine Coast based Wildflowering Women and a biography co-authored entry for the impending Women of Brisbane e-publication.

Yam Yarrila Arts And Museum

Guest Curator STILL: National Still Life Award 2023

'Dancing in Fetters, the culture of convict dance', tours nationally from 2021 through 2024 to Queensland, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, New South Wales and Western Australia. Funded by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia programme, the tour launched November 26, 2021 at the Commissariat Store Museum, Brisbane and can be tracked on the Instagram account @dancingnfetterstour managed (up to October 11 2022 as per funding allocation) by tour advisory Publicist, Sandra who has delivered integrated branding, strategic marketing reports and recommendations; original tour manager (up to October 2022) Joan Kelly; exhibition curator is cultural historian, Dr. Heather Blasdale Clarke.

Moreton Bay Australia

~ Writer and Editor 'CMS the Story so far' 15 year anniversary publication; CMS Year Books 2012 through 2020. ~ Developed and implemented three and five year strategic marketing plans. Prepared a marketing milestone document towards an adolescent community for Caboolture Montessori School.~ In former marketing director role, initiated at 4 March 2018 and administered through until 21 February 2021 the School Instagram account.

Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia

Situated in the Cultural Services Division, Moreton Bay Regional Council, the permanent position led the operational provision of contemporary and dynamic gallery services and spaces across a network of galleries and teams to achieve positive visitor experiences and corporate objectives. Galleries included Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (Hub Facility), Redcliffe Art Gallery (new venue opened October 10, 2020) and Pine Rivers Art Gallery (re-located), along with the associated Uplift art spaces programmed for community and a significant Council Art Collection, including Public Art along with securing and curating of signature exhibitions and instigating collection donations. Devised an in-house curated program representing the weight of exhibition offerings, enhanced by the securing of highly sought touring exhibitions. A staff of 30+ comprised long serving venue supervisors, installation crews, assistant curator, collections officer and trained volunteers.

Queensland, Australia

The Arts Industry Expert/Peer pool assesses applications received under Arts Queensland’s competitive investment and funding programs.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Managed all marketing and publicity for the annual Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show, under then Club President Cr Jenny McKay.

Logan City, Queensland

Sandra was selected from a competitive field as Creative-in-Residence, Logan Art Gallery for her project entitled 'Creative communing with the stingless native bee', undertaking this in 2016 with numerous educational outcomes extending to authoring a resource kit publication and curating a 2017 gallery exhibition. Sandra is passionate about advocating for collaborative research and development of stingless native bees with awareness-raising through creative programming. She worked with all age groups on this project, taking bees into the gallery and has facilitated the same in primary schools.

Moreton Bay

Sandra has facilitated highlight projects such as the Australia Council funded 'Stories of ID', a series of workshops and resulting gallery exhibition. The project engaged partner organisations and lead artists to work with young people from families suffering mental illness and/or substance use. It received recognition as a Best Practice model by Creative Partnerships Australia. Sandra Conte has written a resulting publication about connecting young people creatively presented as a DVD with ebooklet and short film of the project along with print publication to double as an evaluation report. Sandra is available to facilitate similar projects for organisations looking to connect young people creatively contecreativeconcepts@gmail.com

South East Queensland

Sandra has previously operated as a news editor and/or writer for several publications ~ Sunshine Valley News, Glasshouse Country News, Clean Earth Living and Orbit Teen Magazine. As foundation producer of eARTh e-mag she continues to promote this from instagram with archival e-magazine editions free to read online from the eARTh e-mag website.

Logan, Queensland, Australia

Invited to fill the position of Team Leader, Logan Art Gallery; accepted the role as acting for three months until a candidate could be found.

Caboolture

To celebrate Queensland Education Week, was engaged to curate the exhibition 'Young Legends' in partnership between Stronger Smarter Institute then with QUT and State Library of Queensland, kuril dhagun, Level 1, State Library. Exhibition focused on upward aspiration, awareness, dreaming, ambition and social commentary as expressed through multi-media, photography, writing and other works celebrating the achievement of Indigenous young people across Australia.

University Of The Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast World Environment Day Festival Director with four way partnering between Sunshine Coast Environment Council, Sunshine Coast Council, University of the Sunshine Coast and SEQ Catchments.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

As Director of the registered business Art Gallery of the Sunshine Coast, provided exposure through curated exhibitions at both ongoing and pop-up locations. With a stable of 12 artists, a series of continuous exhibitions were curated throughout the entire Sunshine Coast region including restaurants and vacant shops, NAIDOC Celebrations for galleries such as Hyatt Regency etc. Also engaged by Sunshine Coast Regional Council to populate a series of long term vacant shop fronts throughout Nambour as an arts trail for cultural activation of the town centre.

Adelaide, South Australia

Had the privilege of working under Director Francesca Cubillo and subsequently Philip Watson, to curate and deliver international standard exhibitions representing First Nations Australian artists. Tandanya is a unique organisation in being completely Aboriginal owned and operated. Initiated working partnerships with Adelaide Festival Centre art space, sat as Indigenous representative of SALA (South Australian Living Artists) festival Board. Co-curated shows with leading arts organisations.

Oversaw the identification and transformation of an earmarked space into a dedicated 'category a', non-acquisitive gallery as authored into a unique business plan and programming which gained unanimous adoption by Councillors of the then Caloundra City Council. Worked harmoniously with a volunteer group and gallery society to ensure sustainability of operations in adherence to a state of the art gallery space of international repute. Prior to the gallery opening in 2000, was contracted by Caloundra City Council 1997-2000 to make a case for a regional art gallery, consult and formulate business plan and specific brief for such.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Took leave from substantive position at Central Queensland University to undertake maternity leave role at Griffith University to curate and program exhibitions across all Griffith University campi, along with responsibility for the University Art Collection, various public art projects and administration of VACB grant funding.

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Took annual leave from substantive role as Curator at Central Queensland University to fill in for Gallery Director Rockhampton City Council who was on sick leave.

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Initiated and undertook the first Curatorial role at Central Queensland University to oversee University Art Collection, create an outreach gallery space in a City Annexe and curate Colour My World exhibition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists of Central Queensland. During such coordinated filming of Archie Roach music, a University mural and Archie Roach Concert for CAITEC at CQU. Instrumental in facilitating the first Arts Queensland Torres Strait Island artist grant for Anne Gela for work preparation realised in the CQU 1995 'Shades of Malu' exhibition by Anne Gela.

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Directly responsible to the Vice Chancellor for a multimillion dollar advertising and marketing budget, University press and community relations across all five (Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Emerald) and overseas campi, University annual graduation ceremony and events, Musica Viva Concerts, course, campaign and event marketing. During that period initiated research and recommendations for integrated corporate identity as shepherded the University from College to University College to University status. Devised a community relations unit structure with position descriptions and recommended location and type of capital works to accommodate such on Rockhampton campus, with successful delivery on all.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Principal of a female-only University residential college for 130 students. Involved residing on site in Principal's residence and overseeing a staff of 20 (administration, grounds, cleaning, janitor, dining hall), various contracts, conferences, University residential enrolments, pastoral care, tutors and deputy principal. Attendance at University wide Graduation ceremonies (Mayne Hall) and representation and speaking engagements at public events. Ex-officio position as Principal on Uniting Church appointed College Board of Governors.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Editor of three consecutive annual editions of 'The Directory of Tertiary External Courses in Australia'. Research Assistant and editor of inter-University publication 'The cost and usage of study centres'. (UQ and CQU collaboration).

On site residence overseeing round-the-clock pastoral care of 130 students. Representing Principal at various engagements, weekly and daily college formal activities. Appointing, rostering and meeting with eight appointed tutors. Identifying and facilitating specific pastoral requirements for students.

St Lucia Brisbane

Postgraduate dress history exhibition. Critic's Choice, 'The Australian'.

Bachelor Of Arts, Double Major Fine Arts, Combined Major History/Ancient History

Activities and Societies: RowingFine Arts and Local History, specialised in Dress History

Senior Certificate For University Entry, Arts

Postgraduate Coursework Honours Fine Arts Transferred To Ma Local History (Qual).

Curated Australia's first academic dress history exhibition entitled 'Dressed to Kill - the Impact of World War Two on Queensland Women's.