Trish Barnard

Trish Barnard

About Trish

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Trish has over 30 years of research, curatorial, interpretative writing and community engagement experience across the Arts and Anthropology sectors. She is an accomplished writer with national and international publications. She has served as a peer assessor for funding applications and has extensive experience securing community grants. She is a third-generation descendant of the Yambina and Jangga people from Central Queensland. Trish brings strong business acumen, stakeholder engagement capability and experience delivering complex projects on time and within budget.

Trish’s 30+ year background extends across private and public sectors, with extensive research, curatorial, interpretative writing and community engagement experience in the Arts (galleries, museums, public art) and Material Culture Anthropology. She is an accomplished writer with national and international publications. This is complemented with her project management experience which delivers successful quality projects and outcomes on time and within budget. She was a Member of the Australia Council Register of Peers for Arts Funding, Australia Council for the Arts (the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body) and a panel member and peer assessor for funding applications to Arts Queensland. That experience enhances her capability for securing grant funding for communities and gives her knowledge of how to define objectives and priorities relative to funding guidelines. Trish has proven her ability with a high level of business acumen and people skills that enable her to carry out and deliver tasks at hand working on a broad range of projects. She is also a third-generation descendant of the Yambina and Jangga people from Central Queensland.

Trish has proven her ability with a high level of business acumen and people skills that enable her to carry out and deliver tasks at hand working on a range of projects. She has authored many publications and continues work as a curator and interpretive writer. Trish is also a proud descendant of the Yambina and Jangga people from central Queensland.

Core Capabilities

  • Research
  • Project Planning and Management
  • Proposal and content writing
  • Reporting

Qualifications

  • Bachelor Visual Arts
  • Masters Degree
  • Research Associate with Department of Anthropology James Cook University and University of Queensland

Key Experience

  • Research Project Coordination
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Solution and Research Orientation