CAMERON STEAD_COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ART-MAKING WORKSHOPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES
PLACE-BASED ACTIVATIONS
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Cameron Stead has more than 10 years’ experience in community engagement, with a previous career in corporate communications and public relations, a current position as Artist Educator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (2020-), and a recently concluded role in the City of Sydney’s public art team (2020-2023), where he coordinated and led public programs.
Independently, Cameron works closely with major arts institutions, Local Government and small art galleries to devise and facilitate a variety of community engagement programs, resources and workshops, responding either to his own creative practice, a gallery’s art collection, or desired community outcomes.
Let’s work together.
Targeted community engagement strengthens interpersonal and place-based connections, and enables meaning-making in a safe and supportive environment.
Through creative play, we develop new skills for problem solving and lateral thinking, and deepen our understanding of different cultural practices, while receiving respite from screen-time, work and institutional learning.
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RECENT PROJECTS
EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP SERIES
PHIVE, Parramatta (Burramattagal People)
Over the course of six weeks, participants are guided through a series of exercises and art-making techniques to develop technical and conceptual applications of watercolour paint, along with ink, graphite and gouache.
The course was developed following the success of a prior one-off engagement, using watercolour paint to respond to the architecture of PHIVE. The six-week course aims to extend upon the initial offering, and create a safe and welcoming community space for the sharing of skills, knowledge and interests.
PRIDE MONTH ACTIVATION
Stanton Library, North Sydney (Cammeraygal People)
Cameron Stead was invited by North Sydney Council to develop a series of Pride Month engagement activities at Stanton Library, which invited participants to the design a ‘Postcard of Gratitude’ and a ‘Say Something Poster’, along with drop-in workshops and a resulting book that catalogues the project.
Cameron created the guiding principals of ‘Communities, Connections and Kindness’, as universal themes and accessible entry points to the concept of Pride. The activities were informed by his own practice, along with celebrate queer Australian artist David McDiarmid, and the long history of creative placards created for Pride and equality rallies.
ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES, THE BALNAVES GIFT
Mosman Art Gallery (Borogegal and Cammeraygal Peoples)
Cameron Stead was invited by Mosman Art Gallery to create a suite of engagement resources, responding to artworks in the collection, donated by Neil Balnaves AO. The project was a unique opportunity for to develop curriculum-led inquiry and creative activities, responding to both historically significant and contemporary artworks.
The 12 A3 colour resources lead students (K-12) through a variety of different activities, including drawing, collage, creative writing, object-making and performance, while learning about the history of landscape painting in Australia, the movement of Impressionism, colonialism, as well as the influence of technology in art-making and as a subject.
