Assisting Helen (As artist/support worker) with collage components for the stop-motion animation in her digital story

Assisting Helen (As artist/support worker) with collage components for the stop-motion animation in her digital story

Assisting Helen (As artist/support worker) with collage components for the stop-motion animation in her digital story

Assisting Helen (As artist/support worker) with collage components for the stop-motion animation in her digital story

Art Arena teamed with Life Without Barriers to voice the importance of the NDIS for people living with disability and their carers. As Coordinator, I managed the materials, concept, OHS, Team led support workers and ensured the inclusion of all participants in creating the banner

Gelatin Plate Printing can produce exciting quick results for children and adult artists. With my supervision and assistance, my daughter Avalon (2&1/2 yrs) made this lovely second layer for a body of prints.

Gelatin Plate Printing can produce exciting quick results for children and adult artists. With my supervision and assistance, my daughter Avalon (2&1/2 yrs) made this lovely first layer for a body of prints.

Demo Collagraph from the 'Introduction to Collagraph Printing' workshop I programmed and tutored at Art Arena

Demo Collagraph from the 'Introduction to Collagraph Printing' workshop I programmed and tutored at Art Arena

Demo Collagraph from the 'Introduction to Collagraph Printing' workshop I programmed and tutored at Art Arena

'Expand Your Thinking: Artists, Ideas, Imagery, Forms, Materials & Spaces' - coordinated by myself, Artist/Educator Ellen Jaye Benson in consultation with Art Teacher Melanie Lever for Warilla High's Yr 10 - students here are working on their 'Self-Discovery Identity Maps'

Flyer from my Gelatin Plate Printmaking Weekend Workshop I coordinated and tutored for Art Arena

Melanie's Testimonial (High School Art Teacher)- "This class has given me a variety of skills and ideas that I can take and use in my own arts practice and with my students at school. Very hands on and great notes/resources for further learning" (Mel at Art Arena)

Beth Crawford's Testimonial (Artist/Art Educator) : "What a great workshop, very creative with like-minded people who also enjoy a new process of making artwork" (Beth at Art Arena)

Karin's Testimonial: "I have really enjoyed learning a new and fun way of printing. Ellen was a great teacher and knowledgeable, I look forward to coming back and doing more" (Pictured: Karin in background Beth in Foreground at Art Arena)

Anastasia's testimonial: "I had a very enjoyable experience. It's nice that there was such creative freedom, no work that you did was better or worse than another.... Ellen was very friendly and helpful and allowed your creativity to roam freely" (Anastasia at Art Arena)

Yr 9 Field Trip to Moona Moona Bay Nowra Anglican College with teacher Daniel Jones

Colour Pencil Botanical Study Demo for Yr 9 Field Trip to Moona Moona Bay Nowra Anglican College with teacher Daniel Jones

Quick Plein Air Demo for Yr 9 Field Trip to Moona Moona Bay Nowra Anglican College with teacher Daniel Jones

Quick Plein Air Demo for Yr 9 Field Trip to Moona Moona Bay Nowra Anglican College with teacher Daniel Jones

Flyer from my Studio 19 Workshop - my aim was to keep it extremely accessible and affordable

Tutored a Gelatin Plate Printmaking Workshop I prepared for Studio 19 Pictured here is the plate making process

Stencil Cutters at the Gelatin Plate Printmaking Workshop I coordinated and tutored for Studio 19

Artist Bettina Purdie's beautiful found botanical prints on the drying rack at my workshop

Artist Paige Phillips beautiful stencil and found lacework prints on the drying rack at my workshop

I was the invited international judge for the CAPIUSA DESIGN FESTIVAL IV in 2012 and also submitted 3 double-page artworks for the accompanying black edition 2 magazine

Intensive Support for Jeremy Lindhe at Arts Access Way-Out-West Programme Photo by Catherine Acin

Traveller's Aid Artist in Community Residence My Observational Drawing Workshop I Coordinated and Tutored (My student Sachiko and I standing in front of our botanical drawings)

I coordinated a workshop that teamed artists from RMIT Drawing as support for marginalised young artists to create artworks for the resting rooms at Traveller's Aid Southern Cross Station - with an 'In Transit' theme

I coordinated a workshop that teamed artists from RMIT Drawing as support for marginalised young artists to create artworks for the resting rooms at Traveller's Aid Southern Cross Station - with an 'In Transit' theme