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Ariel Dandelion

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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We’re moving ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐Ÿ›ป ~~~~ a special little house on a hill. Maunga from the kitchen window ๐Ÿ”๏ธ expansive ocean in abundance from the back door ๐ŸŒŠ 
//// cows on rotation๐Ÿฎ and sauna in our Google searches ๐Ÿ”ฅ //// Mish has some big news (watch this
These smiles are real ~~~~ the brilliant @clarenceslockee jumped across the Moana ๐ŸŒŠ to share his kลrero as part of our ‘Indigenising Place’ panel alongside #WharehokaSmith @elisapeta__ and @kayemareedunn โค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅ
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โœ๏ธ STORY WORLDS ๐ŸŒ 
Starts today ๐Ÿ“Œ
22 participants (local national international) โœŠ๐Ÿผ
4 days ๐Ÿชป
21 sessions ๐ŸŒŠ
3 sites ๐Ÿชจ 
400+ tickets sold ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ 
Almost 50% First Nations Led ๐Ÿšฉ

This was the first project I worked on a year ago when I landed in Ngฤ
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 ๐Ÿชจ 

Conference paper for #inclusivemuseum #EighteenthInternationalConferenceEnginesofInnovationandSocialParticipation

A selection of slides in a non-linear order โญ•๏ธ 

So,
๐ŸŒŠ One whole year in Ngฤmotu ๐Ÿ”๏ธ from the mountain to the sea ~~~~~ friends and fragments โค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅ
Excited to be presenting at the 18th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum in Zaragoza, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ, 15–17 Sept 2025.

Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums ~ Enginee of Innovation & Social Participation ๐ŸŒ€ 

Honoured to be
๐Ÿš€ Landed!
Our beautiful STORY WORLDS brochure is out in the wild ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒณ

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 โœจ

๐Ÿ“– Story
Fragments ๐Ÿชจ & ferments ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ
~~~~ grateful for time spent on Darug, Gadigal and Bidjigal country at the generous invitation of @bankstownartscentre #RachaelKiang @vanessabartlett with #GutWaters ๐ŸŒŠ 
~~~~~ 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 โœจ sold out โœจ ๐ŸŽซ 
Part of #GutWaters ๐Ÿšฟ 

Fizzy slippery fingers ๐Ÿซง 
Contamimated thoughts ๐Ÿฆ  
Digesting encounters ๐Ÿ’š
๐Ÿ“š Today ๐ŸŒž
Fizzy fizzy friends ๐Ÿซ™ ๐Ÿซง ๐Ÿฅฌ 
~~~~~ my upcoming session at @bankstownartscentre exploring ๐Ÿฆ  CONTAMINATION through SALTY JARS ๐Ÿฆ  is almost sold out!!! ๐ŸŽซ 

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) ๐Ÿ’จ ~~~~~ a life full of love ๐Ÿงก
Two fires ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ 
One winter swim 
& a feast ๐Ÿฅ— 
All in one week 
Big hero energy ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿป‍โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿฆญ 
~~~~ @mish.mash.radio.ensemble @anna_briers @passtheamyl ๐ŸŒญ ๐Ÿผ
Igniting the fizz ๐Ÿซง. 
First day of my PhD practice-led project today ๐Ÿถ
Quite surreal — and a real honour to be in relation and conversation with those I admire ๐Ÿ’ซ

People doing vibrant, lively, and necessary work across the Asia-Pacific ๐ŸŒ
A
Goodbye Thailand ~ via Sydney (Bondi) ~ thru to Aotearoa ๐ŸŒด ๐Ÿฅฅ 
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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 Ngฤmotu 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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