About

About CAST

CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation is a research group based in the School of Art at RMIT University.

CAST produces art research that critically engages with environmental, social and public spheres with a particular interest in how artistic practices intersect with issues of equity, access and democracy. CAST is a hub for critical thinking, collaboration and the exchange of ideas, knowledge dissemination, practice-led artistic research and socially-engaged art practice. CAST engages on local and international levels by collaborating with practitioners, communities, industry, and government partners.

Internal Advisory Group

Marnie Badham
Leader, CAST research group (acting), Senior Research Fellow

Grace McQuilten
Leader, CAST research group (maternity leave), Senior Lecturer

Thao Nguyen
CAST Coordinator

Daniel Palmer
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, School of Art

Fiona Hillary
Program Manager, Masters of Art, Art in Public Space

Andy Tetzlaff
Coordinator, RMIT Art Intersect

Tammy Wong
Lecturer, Arts Management

Kelly Hussey-Smith
Lecturer, Photography

Alison Bennett
Program Manager, Master of Art (Photography)

External Advisory Group

Andy Miller
General Manager Multicultural Arts Victoria

Angharad Wynne-Jones
Head of Creative Engagement, Arts Centre

Esther Anatolitis
Consultant, advocate, and writer

Penelope Benton
Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts

Ralph Horne
Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation for the College of Design and Social Context,

Vicki Couzens
VC Indigenous Research Fellow

Owen Craven
Senior Curator, Urban Art Projects

Larissa Hjorth
Director, Design & Creative Practice, Enabling Capability Platform

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.