Accessing Art through Cultural Mediation with Dr Carol Masel

Your Facilitator: Dr Carol Masel

Dr Carol Masel has worked as a cultural mediator at the University of Queensland Art Museum for 3 years and as a volunteer guide at the Queensland Art Gallery and the Gallery of Modern Art for 9 years. Over this time, and across both institutions, Carol has supported visitor engagement with passion and commitment. She has special interests in the practice of slow looking, art and mindfulness and visual thinking strategies. At the University of Queensland Art Museum, she has recent involvement with the development and delivery of cultural mediation training at the Somerset Regional Gallery and, in partnership with Creative Australia, for the invigilation team in the Australia Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Carol also draws on her past professional background working in health-related disciplines in large public hospitals and in universities to facilitate meaningful, inclusive and accessible shared conversations with gallery visitors.