UNSW Library’s engagement program for Care is a relationship was recognised with a Highly Commended Award at Museums & Galleries of NSW IMAGinE Awards 2024.

M&G NSW IMAGinE Awards 2024:

< UNSW Library 2024 award

For the 2023 exhibition, Care is a relationship, UNSW Library worked in collaboration with Black Dog Institute and SPHERE to host a series of 3 workshops facilitated by artist-in-residence, Michele Elliot, that explored ideas of care and caregiving through craft. Work created in the sessions formed part of the collaborative artwork A Cloak of Care that evolved throughout the exhibition. In addition, there was a dedicated makerspace set up in the gallery where students could drop-in and participate at any time during Library opening hours. 

  • Crafting Care Workshop (2 August 2023), facilitated by Michele Elliot for the exhibition Care is a relationship (2023). Credit: UNSW Library.

Project Team:

Michele Elliot, Artist-in-Residence
Jane Eliasson, Visual Communications & Publications Coordinator, UNSW Library
Megan R. Fizell, Curator, Special Collections & Exhibitions, UNSW Library
Jane Knowles, Associate Director, Research Collections and Exhibitions, UNSW Library
Emily Morandini, Exhibitions Coordinator, UNSW Library
Priya Vaughan, Post Doctoral Fellow, Black Dog Institute
Chloe Watfern, Policy Post Doctoral Fellow, Black Dog Institute