Cultural Mapping

Born in Valdobbiadene, Treviso, Francesco was educated at Treviso’s Artistic High School and holds a master’s degree in graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. Francesco lectured in printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna for two years. He currently lives between Margaret River WA, where he teaches printmaking techniques at Margaret River Printmaking and Bologna, where he is a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara.

Francesco is presenting the 'Printmaking' creative workshop at Making Time.

Noongar and Yamatji woman Dellas Bennell is an established artist, with a career spanning over 30 years.

Dellas was recently artist in residence at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. Encompassing both realism and contemporary art styles, her practice began with acrylic on canvas, with many works responding to her heritage and to coastal living. More recently she has worked with textiles, three-dimensional sculpture and major public art commissions.

In early 2023, Dellas’s first short film, Meeting Places: Our Story in Art, premiered at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. The film shares knowledge and memories of meeting places within Noongar culture, on which Noongar artists base their contemporary artforms.

Dellas also likes to provide encouragement to fellow artists, by engaging in conceptual conversation around artistic story and supporting individual artists to investigate their stories through art workshops at Bunbury’s Noongar Arts Program.

Pip Kelly is a film-maker and creative producer from Perth, Western Australia. She has an academic background in Socio-cultural studies and Film Directing and professional experience in arts management, museums and galleries, community engagement, community cultural development and arts festivals.

Guided by her passion for storytelling, Pip has worked closely with communities in Australia and Cambodia, exploring themes of identity, belonging, memory, truth-telling, cultural practices, cultural objects, and contemporary art.

Pip's films have screened on Stan, ABC and SBS, at international festivals and have won Australian film awards.

Pip is the Project Producer for Mapping Leschenault which is a cultural mapping project endorsed by Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation. 

Pip loves to connect with nature and all the beautiful beaches that run along the Great Southern Region of WA.