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The Western Sydney Creative (WSC) is supported by Advisory Committee (WSCAC). The principal function of the WSCAC is to advise and support the implementation and development of WSC and to enable the University to consult with a representative body of professionals and peers drawn from the arts and cultural sector and beyond.
The Committee is also an advocatory body, helping to promote the work of WSC to the stakeholders in the region. The Committee may also review, evaluate and make recommendations regarding acquisitions for the art collection and the WSC grants programme adopting open and transparent processes and in accordance with all other relevant legislation and regulation.
Gabrielle Trainor AO, Chair
Gabrielle Trainor is a non-executive director and advisor whose experience covers over 25 years on boards in the public and private sectors ranging from infrastructure, financial services, transport and urban development, to sports, arts and culture, and the empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She has a Masters’ degree in Creative and Cultural Practice from Western Sydney University and has had a long involvement with Western.
Gabrielle’s roles in culture and the arts include her co-chairing a review of the Australia Council (now Creative Australia), seven years on the board of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the maximum nine years as chair of the National Film and Sound Archive. Gabrielle is a Churchill Fellow and a member of Chief Executive Women. In 2017, Gabrielle was named an Officer in the Order of Australia.
Lisa Chung AM, Chair, Australian Unity
Lisa is a professional non-executive director and currently sits on the boards of Australian Unity Limited, AVJennings Limited, Warren and Mahoney Limited, the Foundation of the Art Gallery of NSW, The Front Project, the Sydney Community Foundation, the Committee for Sydney and Artspace. She previously held the following roles:Deputy President of Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; Non-executive director of APN Outdoor Group Limited, an ASX 200 listed company; Chairman of Urbis; and Chairman of The Benevolent Society, Australia’s first charity.
Dr Jessica Olivieri, Co-Artistic Director, Urban Theatre Projects
Dr Jessica Olivieri (She/Her/They) is a BA graduate of the now defunct, always legendary Western Sydney University Art School, undertaking study at the Piet Zwart and receiving a PhD from Sydney University. Prior to this, Jessica had a practice as an artist and curator showing at major institutions like Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Jessica's experience of growing up in an intercultural environment, as well as ten years of house-bound chronic illness and dyslexia, have informed her commitment to intersectional access to the arts.
Steven Alderton, Director and CEO, National Art School
Steven Alderton is the Director and CEO of the National Art School specialising in strategic development, education, change management and building capacity for new audiences. He has curated exhibitions by leading Australian artists, including; Tracey Moffatt, Patricia Piccinini, Ricky Swallow, Karla Dickens and John Olsen. Steven has worked closely with First nations artists at Lismore Regional Gallery, Casula Powerhouse, Australian Museum and NAS to ensure a strong Indigenous voice on many key projects.
Toby Chapman, Director of Visual Arts, Penrith Performing & Visual Arts
Toby leads the strategic and creative programming for visual arts across Penrith Regional Gallery as well as Penrith Performing & Visual Arts. He is an arts leader and curator who has worked with cultural organisations across Western Sydney for the past 15 years. He has curated exhibitions and programs for major institutions and festivals including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival, Shanghai Biennale and Jakarta Biennale. Toby has a Bachelor of Arts, Art History and Theory & Film Studies and is currently completing a Master of Arts, Curatorial & Museum Studies.
Sebastian Goldspink, Director of Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Sebastian Goldspink is a Sydney-based independent curator. In 2011, he created the artist run space, ALASKA Projects as a platform for exhibiting contemporary art in unused or disused spaces. Since its inception, ALASKA has showcased over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions. A proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Goldspink has curated exhibitions nationally throughout Australia and internationally in London, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Christchurch. In 2022 he curated the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art for the Art Gallery of Australia entitled Free/State. The Biennial bought together a multi-generational group of 25 Australian artists. Sebastian is currently the Director of Hazelhurst Arts Centre.
Dr Leo Robba, Associate Dean, Engagement, School of Humanities Communication Arts
Dr Leo Robba is Associate Dean, Engagement for Western’s School of Humanities Communication Arts. He is visual communications expert and leader in eco-social Design practice, theory and place-based participatory approaches to Planetary Health. As a Design academic and well-known fine artist, his practice-based research examines the nexus between environment, culture, human health and well-being. He is recognised for his current research, the Painted River Project that links art, science and design to focuses on the ecology of water, the uniqueness of place and to advancing more tangible ways for diverse communities to care for natural systems.
