How to: Utilise Indigenous Art and Protocols in the Classroom

Dr Robyn Heckenberg is a practicing artist, curator and senior lecturer in Indigenous Studies at a regional university. She is familiar with working in the classroom to provide students with the tools that can creatively support an understanding of Indigenous perspectives and social histories.

She has worked many years in community arts projects, major public art projects and small community programmes for young and old. She sees visual medium and the creative arts as providing heart-felt ways of expressing history, environmental issues and community aspirations.