Ms Boag has worked in a variety of settings within the visual arts field, as a practising artist, an artist run gallery director, in tertiary visual arts education and for the past ten years as an educator at the National Gallery of Australia.

Adriane believes in social justice and access to the arts for all people, in contributing to excellence in the field of arts education and in advocating for the positive impact the visual arts can have on social cohesion, resilience and happiness. Adriane represents the Gallery’s acclaimed Art and Dementia Program nationally and internationally as a speaker and through the two-day Art and Dementia training workshop which has been delivered in more than 25 galleries and museums across Australia. She has also provided creative leadership for the development of the National Summer Art Scholarship, for a new initiative for children and families, NGA Play, an intergenerational drawing program Draw together and for a digital drawing program Drawsome.

Submission of artworks to Braidwood Regional Arts Centre Saturday 10am–3pm September 23-24, winners announced at exhibition opening 6pm Friday September 29. More: bragart.com.au