Mel Barry, experiences teacher

Mel Barry

location_on Ultimo, Sydney

local_activity classes: Experiences

female Women-owned


I enjoy facilitating novel ways for organisations and individuals to seek fresh perspectives. A creative breakthrough is powerful, and creative pursuits can help to spark self-improvement, original ideas, or innovation.
Mostly self-taught as a workshop facilitator, with some formal training as a creativity facilitator in England, since 2012 I have delivered many hundreds of hours of adult creative expression sessions for a range of public and private organisations, festivals, and community groups in London and Sydney.
As an independent curator in London I produced public exhibitions to showcase professional and aspiring artists alike. These featured a range of collaborative projects across sculpture, painting, drawing, cartooning, printmaking, dance, and poetry. I enjoyed a five year collaboration with a therapeutic gardening charity serving the London public. In their lovely English garden I delivered public exhibitions, and creativity sessions for individuals, pairs, and groups.
Delivering workshops is one of a number of ways that I practise and stretch my own creative expression and curiosity. My inspiration is mostly found in dancing, bird song and other natural beauty, music and singing, societal themes such as citizenship and social action, devised theatre and other performance, and political art.
As a sustainability professional I specialise in a range of soft skills across external communications, engagement, and creativity. I have developed these throughout my career with a focus on environmental and community-based initiatives.






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