About us

Birra-li Ward

Birra-li Ward is a visual arts educator who has over twenty years of experience and has worked in both primary and secondary schools in Victoria and internationally as a teacher and learning area leader. 

She was selected through the Victorian Academy of Teaching to participate in the inaugural Teaching Excellence Program; as a resultwas selected for the Innovation program; and was also selected for the Teacher Fellowship Program through Independent Schools Victoria. She collaborated across disciplines and presented at both STEM and Science conferences.

Birra-li has been the recipient of two scholarships to study at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and was also chosen to be an Art21 educator in 2019 to study at the Teachers College in New York and is now also a member of the Contemporary Art Educators Coalition. Birra-li uses her art practice to engage with advocacy groups and uplift voices from all members of our community, which received support from the Australian Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria.

She has a Micro Certification in Collaboration from Deakin University and an Acknowledgement of Country through The University of Melbourne. She has worked closely with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in advisory and administrative work and has been the Chief Assessor in leading assessors to deliver fair and equitable assessment across the state.

 

Andrew Landrigan

Andrew Landrigan is a secondary school teacher with over twenty years of experience. He currently leads an assessment development team in the Victorian Department of Education. His teaching expertise is primarily in Visual Arts, supported by experience teaching Media and English. He founded the specialist Visual Arts Program at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and led its curriculum development, delivery and management from 2013 to 2018. From 2009 until 2010, Andrew was the Education and Public Programs Manager at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Andrew served as the State Reviewer for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Studio Arts study from 2017 to 2018 and as the Lead Assessor for the VCE Art Examination from 2011 to 2022. Alongside his advisory and administrative work for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), he has assessed the VCE Art and Studio Arts examinations, as well as the VCE Extended Investigation Critical Thinking Test, Written Report and Oral Presentation. He completed a Master of Arts (Education) at the University of Melbourne in 2021 and a Graduate Diploma in Literary Studies at Deakin University in 2021.