ROBERT CELESTE

My involvement with the Living of the Museum West began in 1995. In 1999 my first Museum project was working as a freelance artist with Helen Laffin on, 'Hear Our Voices: Women of Melbourne's West'. Then my computer skills in desktop publishing, IT (Information Technology) and sculpture were to be used in other areas in the Museum, such as working with Olwen Ford and Gary Vines, on the Brimbank Heritage project, and working with artist Libby McKinnon on the Whittlesea mosaic project. At this time I am working with artist Kerrie Poliness, using my sculpting skills with concrete to help finish the pipestack construction.

My background: I was born in Williamstown. I have studied the arts and in 1982 finished T.O.P. Arts, at Footscray TAFE. In 1985 I finished a Bachelor of Arts degree at Victoria College Prahran, (major in sculpture, minor in ceramics, drawing, photography and printing). In 1992 I began creating leather masks for 'Commedia Dell'Arte' theatre. I completed an Advanced Diploma of Art {Electronic Design and Interactive Media} in 1998.

With the mixture of skills that I have, the Museum has presented me with many challenges, and a wide variety of areas to develop my interest in the arts and in the Museum.

Robert Celeste has his own Web site