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Name: Lleah Smith
Age: 26
Favourite Colour: Ultramarine Blue
Favourite Time of Year: Autumn - A time of transition, rejuvenation and beautiful warm colours. 
Favourite Space: My childhood bedroom - filled with my first ever artwork, stories, pieces and tales from all my adventures abroad. A base to feel brave and run away into the world from. 
Favourite Object: The Little Prince: In all languages and formations. Introduced to me in the Bolivian desert and a beautiful reminder that there will always be more to discover, secrets to be shared and magic to happen.
Favourite Outfit: My Rainbow Fish Leotard - This was my 21st birthday gift from my bestest friend, handmade and inspired by a fantastical fairytale that makes me feel otherworldly and wonderful when I am wearing it. 

Kitty/Kimberly Sheriden

Kitty/Kimberly Sheriden

Name: Kitty/Kimberly Sheriden
Age: 25
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Time of the Year: Winter - But only when I'm in Japan. 
Favourite Space 2/1/2016: In front of Luna Park in Milsons Point, Sydney. It is the perfect spot in Sydney to show off its beauty and tacky glitz and glam. The lights are Kitty the bridge is Kimberly. 
Favourite Object: Jeremyille Hello Kitty NYC Print: This is my favourite object because it is my first ever artwork gifted to me by my best friend for my 23rd birthday. It is the perfect work for me because it has SO much going on and I AM Hello Kitty. 
Favourite Outfit: My velvet jumpsuit, red feather jacket, leopard print shoes and leopard hat. Why; Because I feel FAB. 

Andy Gates Donnelly

Andy Gates Donnelly

Name: Andy Gates Donnelly
Age: 26
Favourite Colour: Forest Green
Favourite Time of the Year: Spring
Favourite Space 2/1/2016: I love where the ocean meets the cliffs - This spaces makes me look like and feel like I am floating in the sky. 
Favourite Object: This photograph is my favourite object because I love the vibrant colours in it. I bought this work on a day I was feeling sad, I was with a friend and I had some spare cash lying around and I felt like doing something for me. When I look at this picture it makes me happy. I was also intrigued by the fact the photograph was shot under salt water. Then it was the reaction between salts and the developing process that manipulated the colours. 
Favourite Outfit: Naked. That's when I am most comfortable. I was born naked and free and the rest is ANDY. 

Selena Joy Griffith

Selena Joy Griffith

Name: Selena Joy Griffith
Age: 44
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Time of the Year: Autumn/ Spring - Transitional times
Favourite Space 2/1/2016: I love my garden. It is my favourite learning and sharing space. It has been a collaboration between me, my friends, my daily and nature. It feeds many people and animals and is full of life and beauty. 
Favourite Object: My Chook Egg Basket: it is functional and tells a story of where the eggs come from. My Chook: She makes the eggs. My Dog Banjo: Unconditional love and protection of the chooks. 
Favourite Outfit: My silk and hand beaded dress. I love hand beaded outfits - I have two the same one in yellow and one in green. I bought them for $10 each at a closing down sale 14 years ago, I have never worn them until this day. 

Tom

Tom

Name: Tom
Age: 8
Favourite Colour: Bright Green
Favourite Time of the Year: Christmas
Favourite Space 2/1/2016: Treehouse
Favourite Object: Lilly
Favourite Outfit: Army Onezy

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These smiles are real ~~~~ the brilliant @clarenceslockee jumped across the Moana 🌊 to share his kōrero as part of our ‘Indigenising Place’ panel alongside #WharehokaSmith @elisapeta__ and @kayemareedunn ❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯
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✏️ STORY WORLDS 🌍 
Starts today πŸ“Œ
22 participants (local national international) ✊🏼
4 days πŸͺ»
21 sessions 🌊
3 sites πŸͺ¨ 
400+ tickets sold 🎟️ 
Almost 50% First Nations Led 🚩

This was the first project I worked on a year ago when I landed in Ngā
The many faces of PhD interviews! 
20 interviews ~ 80 mins long 
Across 8 weeks 
Across the Asia-Pacific 
Across disciplines 
Across time zones 
Across planes of thinking, experience, context. 
Across 
Across 
Across 
I can not wait to enter the next
The Para-Pedagogical: Liberating Pedagogy to Transform Cultural Institutions πŸͺ¨ 

Conference paper for #inclusivemuseum #EighteenthInternationalConferenceEnginesofInnovationandSocialParticipation

A selection of slides in a non-linear order ⭕️ 

So,
🌊 One whole year in Ngāmotu πŸ”οΈ from the mountain to the sea ~~~~~ friends and fragments ❀️‍πŸ”₯
Excited to be presenting at the 18th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum in Zaragoza, Spain πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ, 15–17 Sept 2025.

Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums ~ Enginee of Innovation & Social Participation πŸŒ€ 

Honoured to be
πŸš€ Landed!
Our beautiful STORY WORLDS brochure is out in the wild 🌊🌳

Pick up a copy at @dawn.oakura or at the front desks of @puke_ariki museum, libraries and @govettbrewster — with branding thoughtfully crafted by @e__sutherland ✨

πŸ“– Story
Fragments πŸͺ¨ & ferments 🌾🌢️
~~~~ grateful for time spent on Darug, Gadigal and Bidjigal country at the generous invitation of @bankstownartscentre #RachaelKiang @vanessabartlett with #GutWaters 🌊 
~~~~~ also warmed by my buddies turning up and
Everyone carries a history of contamination; purity is not an option ~ Anna Tsing 

Tomorrow’s fermencise @bankstownartscentre ✨ sold out ✨ 🎫 
Part of #GutWaters 🚿 

Fizzy slippery fingers 🫧 
Contamimated thoughts 🦠 
Digesting encounters πŸ’š
πŸ“š Today 🌞
Fizzy fizzy friends πŸ«™ 🫧 πŸ₯¬ 
~~~~~ my upcoming session at @bankstownartscentre exploring 🦠 CONTAMINATION through SALTY JARS 🦠 is almost sold out!!! 🎫 

Part ferment lesson~ part philosophical enquiry ~ part collective knowledge sharing ~~~~ the e
Listen deeply, speak honestly, and imagine boldly with Story Worlds | 11 - 14 September @govettbrewster @puke_ariki ~~~~ 

a lively program curated by our working group including @fermentingknowledges @sleepy_creatures @rebeccabeyerart #erinmaessen #
Little Mish & Little Llee 8 years married (if you count from round one) πŸ’¨ ~~~~~ a life full of love 🧑
Two fires πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ 
One winter swim 
& a feast πŸ₯— 
All in one week 
Big hero energy 🦸🏻‍♀️ 🦭 
~~~~ @mish.mash.radio.ensemble @anna_briers @passtheamyl 🌭 🐼
Igniting the fizz 🫧. 
First day of my PhD practice-led project today 🍢
Quite surreal — and a real honour to be in relation and conversation with those I admire πŸ’«

People doing vibrant, lively, and necessary work across the Asia-Pacific 🌏
A
Goodbye Thailand ~ via Sydney (Bondi) ~ thru to Aotearoa 🌴 πŸ₯₯ 
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Two weeks of soaking up and soaking in knowledges, waters, sunshine, stories, art and culture with my leading lady @mish.mash.radio.ensemble ~~~ post holiday blues have already kicke
In September 2024 I moved to Ngāmotu to take on a new role overseeing programming and learning across @govettbrewster and #PukeAriki museum and libraries. It’s quite a unique opportunity to work across an ecologically entangled set of instituti
On Thursday 3 July I will present at #APARN2025 in Bangkok at @chulalongkorn.university ~~~ In advance of sharing my paper ‘Agitating towards Flourishing: Fermentation Intelligences in Para-Pedagogical Practice’
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@ge.raldine8736 encou
Blissed out ✨ 
Water all the ways 🌊 
Food all the ways πŸ₯— 
Roadside fruits πŸ₯­ 
~~~~~~ dreamy eyes πŸ‘€
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