The staff, students and myself would like to offer you a big thanks for all you have done.
It is wonderful to hear Fine Art students talk about structure so enthusiastically – and that is down to you. When you started you mentioned, humbly, that you knew nothing about art – yet you have taught us all so much.
The learning and leading pathways you supported each student to embrace – using their individual pieces of artwork – was creative work at its best. You started exactly where they were – their art; you helped them to understand where they were, and how they got there – how they created. You did it all with a smile.
Your ability to work with information and relate it to any context in ways that are engaging, inclusive and illuminating for all parties is exceptional; as are your communication and team building skills.
Fine Art students can be skeptical, sometimes, of teaching and learning contexts that are not deemed relevant to the work of Fine Art, you met this skepticism head on with grace, courage and equanimity, and connected to all our students in ways that staff found inspirational.
We look forward to working – or rather creating – with you again.
Peter Cripps,
Department Head, Fine Art (Sculptor) RMIT University. https://www.rmit.edu.au/