Museums & Galleries Queensland Announces 2022-2024 Mentorship and Internship Program Recipients

Museums & Galleries Queensland (M&G QLD) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2022-2024 Mentorship and Internship Program.

Open to Queensland’s museum and gallery staff and volunteers, M&G QLD’s Mentorship and Internship Program offers a unique opportunity to grow the expertise, industry knowledge and professional networks of people working in our sector and to enhance their career pathways. 
 
M&G QLD’s Executive Director, Rebekah Butler, said 
 
‘It is with great pleasure that M&G QLD announces the fifteen recipients of our 2022-2024 Mentorship and Internship Program. The number and quality of applications received was humbling and highlights the high demand for this type of professional development program within our sector.’ 

‘The Program provides a significant professional development opportunity for people working in our sector to learn from leading industry professionals and build lasting sectoral networks. We acknowledge our peer Assessment Panel for their time and professional insights, and each of the applicants’ host organisations for supporting our endeavours. Delivery of important programs like this would not be possible without the generousity and support of our industry colleagues.’ 
 
‘The successful applicants identified a range of learning objectives which will not only benefit them, their workplace and, in turn, their communities, but will also be shared with the sector at a local and state level through online forums and other professional development opportunities following their placements.’ 

Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, M&G QLD’s Mentorship and Internship Program offered two types of professional development opportunities for volunteer, emerging, mid-career and established professionals working in Queensland’s public galleries and museums: 

• Gallery and Museum Mentorship
• Volunteer Internship

Recipients of M&G QLD’s 2022-2024 Mentorship and Internship Program and their host organisations are listed below: 

GALLERY AND MUSEUM MENTORSHIP RECIPIENTS:

• Sarah Harper, Registration Coordinator, HOTA Gallery, Gold Coast
  Host: Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW

• Rebecca Lush, Curator, Integrated Pathology Learning Centre, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane
  Host: Fremantle Prison, WA

• David Masel, Assistant Curator, Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach
  Host: Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc, Albion Park Rail, NSW

• Daniel Qualischefski, Gallery Manager and Curator, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville
  Host: National Gallery of Australia, ACT

• Charla Strelan, Curator, UQ Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History, Herston, Brisbane
  Host: Powerhouse Museum, NSW

• Sarah Thomson, Public Programs and Community Engagement Officer, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
  Host: The Unconformity, TAS

• Bridie Weaver, Arts and Cultural Advisor, Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela 
  Host: Artspace Mackay, QLD

• Jamie Lee Wilcox, Assistant Curator, Artspace Mackay 
  Hosts: HOTA Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD and Bathurst Regional Council, NSW

VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIP RECIPIENTS:

• Janette McLaughlin, Volunteer, Rockhampton Museum of Art 
  Host: Canberra Museum & Gallery, ACT

• Helen Cameron, Volunteer, Museum Curator, Logan City Historical Museum
  Host: Redland Museum, QLD

• Tom Davie, Volunteer, Gold Coast Historical Museum Inc.
  Host: Supreme Court Library Queensland, QLD

• Linden George, Volunteer, Communications Coordinator, Miegunyah House Museum, Brisbane
  Host: Queensland Police Museum, QLD

• Anna Hahn, Volunteer, Care and Preservation Team, Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum 
  Host: The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, QLD

• Sherrie-Ann Shepherd, Volunteer, Photography and Digitisation Team Leader, Herberton Mining Centre
  Host: State Library of Queensland, QLD

• Louise Truan, Volunteer, Royal Queensland Art Society at Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
  Host: Cairns Art Gallery, QLD