Introducing Kerin Smith

Hi Mark and thank you for your purposeful posts.
I did art all through high school and it was my whole purpose for being there..... for living in fact! I did a lot of ceramics, had my first exhibition at age 15 and sold 20 white clay bowls with paisley type designs glazed inside and produced some large hand built pieces for my major works for high stakes assessment in NSW. I took part in several commissions and group projects, did Level 1 to Grade 12 with extra training after school in art history and passed in the top 10% of the state. Our art teacher was amazing and inspirational simply in the calm and minimal way he interacted with us. "Call me Justin" he said when he walked in for the first time, treated us like adults and even met us on weekends and took us around the galleries in Paddington and Sydney. Also with my best friend Gail, we were the first 2 girls in NSW to do Technical Drawing in high school in the 1960's. I loved lino printing, did a lot of black and white designs and loved the German Expressionists and prehistoric and the art of Crete were my favourite eras. My life has been all about creativity and producing useful things and I have made money from my art all my adult life. I have studied overseas, various art courses in UK, NZ and Navajo rug weaving in Arizona. Have Diploma in Textiles and Design TAFE in Sydney and Vis Arts degree from Curtin Uni in Western Australia and really want to apply for some art/textile teaching jobs over there but tied down to my house in Rose Bay.
Buried myself in creativity from a young age, had my own business as artist and weaver in NZ for 12 years, worked as graphic artist in Hobart in the 90's, now involved in gallery admin and creative accounting!!! at Detached Contemporary Art Gallery (private collection, residencies, MONA FOMA etc) working with Access Art at TMAG and MONA. I like going to Tas Art Teacher Association events and PD's. I am a practicing artist and exhibit and also a musician.
I already have my Masters Teach Secondary but have been called in regularly all year as relief teacher in many primary schools so I am doing primary units in order to improve my job prospects.  As an older career changer, my teaching is informed by a wealth of life experience and lots of stories.  I am in Limboland this year, still on a journey of study and wish so much I could get a full time teaching job and leave my office job behind instead of having to juggle it with relief teaching. Its not much fun teaching all day then having to do lonely office work at night.
Cheers Kerin