Teaching

Ruby has been working as a Teaching Artist alongside her Art Practice since 2012. She’s passionate about Arts education and feels her Art and Teaching Practices are intrinsically linked, inform and support one another and she enjoys giving back to the artistic community through teaching. This includes workshops, mentoring teachers, professional development and residencies.

Drawing from years of practical experience and a Master of Teaching (2023), Ruby combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on expertise, tailoring workshops to a variety of demographics and specific learning outcomes, including ACARA, SACE, IB and MYP achievement standards and content descriptions.

Her imaginative, fun and informative approach is well received by students. Ruby has taught in South Australia, interstate and overseas. She teaches regularly in schools, at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Central School of Art, on programs with Carclew, and with councils such as City of Playford and City of Onkaparinga.

Ruby completed facilitation and studio based artistic residencies at many schools including Saint Ignatius’ College (2011), Concordia College (2018) and notably at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012). Ruby was also the lead Visual Arts Teaching Artist for the DEAL (Delivering Effective Arts Learning) program, supported by Carclew and the Department for Education. Within this program Ruby mentored IED category 1-4 teachers, supporting the development of their Arts knowledge, skills and meaningful delivery of the Arts.

Enquiries to have Ruby teach at your school or organisation are welcome.

 

Ruby is a highly competent educator… she values the voices of young people, supporting them to visually communicate their own ideas through their art.
- Kylie Neagle, Education Coordinator, Art Gallery of South Australia
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[Ruby’s] dedication, professionalism, passion for her practice, acute attention to detail, paired with her immense creativity and curiosity to learn and to teach others, has led her to be one of our most senior and well-respected teaching artists.
- Tess Syme, Program Coordinator, Carclew
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Ruby's teaching philosophy sees and treats students as artists, not studiers of art which was empowering. She is able to facilitate a positive experience for the student's journey within the world of education and the arts. Student engagement with Visual Arts lessons at our school increased exponentially and it has created an entire shift in the way that our community views Art as a subject.
- Chloe Virgin, Year 5/6 teacher, Christies Beach Primary School