Past Teaching Projects
Further information on a selection of large scale, past teaching projects Ruby has delivered.
Delivering Effective Arts Learning (DEAL)
DEAL was a professional learning program in arts curriculum for primary teachers in South Australian government schools (IED category 1–4). It connected professional teaching artists and classroom teachers to address and explore the Australian Curriculum: The Arts.
The program ran annually across two terms and comprised of a one day professional development (PD) intensive followed by a series of one on one deliveries in the classroom or further PD intensives with teaching artists. The teacher then lead a creative class project, applying their new learning supported by the teaching artist.
Ruby worked as lead artist for the Visual Arts portion of this program from 2020-22, delivering tailored educational experiences for 13 teachers across 6 different schools including regional areas. Outcomes from this program included teachers’ depth of knowledge, skills, techniques and confidence in Art and the Australian Arts Curriculum, development of teachers’ capacity to deliver engaging and challenging arts programs and overall, improved student learning outcomes.
Now adapted to the Artists in Schools program, Ruby continues to work regularly as a contractor for Carclew in schools across South Australia.
Video credit: Maddie Grammatopoulos
Photo: Repeater Productions
Children’s Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide Festival Centre works with local visual artists who collaborate with children to create new artwork and unique experiences. Each exhibition provides young people with the opportunity to engage with diverse arts practices, learn new techniques, and ask challenging questions. The Children’s Artspace run both in-school and in-gallery workshops and produce curated professional exhibitions of children’s artwork.
In 2021, Ruby was the first artist to work on this program, delivering art experiences inspired by her own arts practice for students at Keller Road Primary School and Hackham West Primary School. These resulted in a final exhibition, Kaleidoscope: Playing with Colour, which opened in 2022 and was the first exhibition launching Adelaide Festival Centre’s new gallery, Children’s Artspace.
Funded by the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation, Children’s Artspace is actively facilitating local, national, and international partnerships and is run in collaboration with Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED program with support from the South Australian Department for Education.
Artist in Residence positions
Ruby has completed numerous Artist in Residence (AIR) positions at schools across South Australia and overseas. This includes positions at Concordia College, Highgate (2018), for Marryatville High School’s Gifted and Talented Program, Glenside (2012 & 2016), the International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012) and St Ignatius’ College, Athelstone (2011). Each residency has been unique; differentiated to the needs and outcomes of each school and its students.
St. Ignatius’ College, 2011. Photo by Helen Orr
Concordia College
In 2018, Ruby completed an 15 day AIR at Concordia College, working alongside teachers in the Art Department as a practicing artist and facilitator with students from years 7-12 in Visual Art and year 10 and 12 Visual Art Design.
Based on the theme of identity, Ruby developed programs aligning with ACARA, SACE and MYP, inspired by her own practice, with a focus on realistic portraiture and self-portraits. Her work as AIR resulted in student artworks that were completed during the residency being displayed in a whole school exhibition.
Concordia College, 2018