
Dr Caelli Brooker
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
- Email:caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:+61 2 4921 6368
Career Summary
Biography
As an active visual communication design and fine arts practitioner, Caelli Jo Brooker's research interests have evolved primarily from her professional experience in commercial design, creative pedagogy and the cultural sector.
Exploring the nexus between design and art, and arriving at an approach that incorporates both practice-led and practice-based research through traditional and digital print media, Brooker's current work examines visuality, visual thinking, image-making, abstraction, typography, alternative publications and print production. Bridging the analogue and digital spheres, her research examines print cultures and technologies, proposing visual methodologies and paradigms of design as generative methods of creative discovery, navigation, and analysis, in linking thought to its representations and visual interpretations.
As a mode of creative and conceptual aesthetic engagement, Brooker's research practice examines the interdisciplinary and multifaceted nature of creative design research, the connective multiplicities inherent in design, and its context within the broader research landscape.
Research Expertise
design; fine art; print media; artists books; graphic design; typography; visual research; materiality; visual literacies; creative pedagogy; drawing; painting; theory and philosophy of art and design;
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE (NSW)
- Diploma of Graphic Design, TAFE (NSW)
- Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFE (NSW)
Keywords
- Art
- Artists' Books
- Collaboration
- Creative Pedagogy
- Creative Research
- Curatorial Practice
- Design
- Drawing
- Graphic Design
- Metal Music Studies
- Painting
- Practice-based Research
- Print Cultures and Technologies
- Printmaking
- Typography
- Visual Communication Design
- Visual Methodologies
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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330316 | Visual communication design (incl. graphic design) | 50 |
360602 | Fine arts | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Lecturer - Design | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Lecturer - Design | University of Newcastle School of Design Communication and IT Australia |
Lecturer - Design | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2010 - 1/12/2013 | Teacher | Hunter TAFE Faculty of Creative Industries Australia |
1/3/2009 - 1/12/2013 | Sessional Academic | University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2007 - | Membership - National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) | National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Australia |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2020 |
Joint Winner – We The Makers: Design for the Future – Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion National Wool Museum |
2019 |
Highly Commended – Collaboration Excellence – Academic Division Awards University of Newcastle, Academic Division - Newcastle |
Distinction
Year | Award |
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2019 |
Selected Artist – The Bender 2019 @ The Lock-up The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space |
2016 |
Finalist - Libris Awards 2016 Artspace Mackay, QLD |
2015 |
Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books 2015 Gallery East |
2012 |
Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books 2012 Gallery East + Midland Junction Arts Centre |
2011 |
Selected Artist - Mattara Festival Outdoor Art Exhibition Mattara Festival |
2010 |
Finalist - 2010 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists’ Book Prize Artspace Mackay, QLD |
2009 |
Finalist - Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial The International Artist’s Book Triennial |
2008 |
Selected Artist - The Utopian Library Project The Utopian Library Project | Luoghi Dell’utopia Festival | Italy |
Prize
Year | Award |
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2012 |
Winner - People’s Choice and Best Mid-candidature Research Poster Award UoN FEDUA Student Research Festival |
2008 |
Winner (Painting Section) Brian & Rhoma Cummins Award University of Newcastle |
2007 |
Winner (Section D) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize |
2007 |
Highly Commended (Sections A & B) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize |
Recipient
Year | Award |
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2012 |
Residency - Gunyah Artist in Residence Program Gunyah AIR |
Recognition
Year | Award |
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2009 |
Faculty Medal (Faculty of Education and Arts) University of Newcastle |
Scholarship
Year | Award |
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2013 |
Margaret Olley Friends of the University Postgraduate Scholarship in Fine Art Friends of The University |
2009 |
Australian Postgraduate Award Commonwealth Government |
2008 |
Deputy Vice Chancellor Honours Scholarship University of Newcastle |
2008 |
Provisional Honours Postgraduate Scholarship University of Newcastle |
Teaching Award
Year | Award |
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2013 |
Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Excellence in Customer Service Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW |
2010 |
Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Team Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW |
Invitations
Speaker
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2015 |
Speaker - The Outstanding Field: Artistic Research Emerging from the Academy The symposium showcases the most outstanding PhD projects to have emerged from the Creative Arts in Australia and New Zealand over the last decade. All presenters are PhD graduates whose thesis projects have been recognized for their quality and excellence. This recognition includes Chancellors Awards for excellence, national and international prizes and other external recognition of the innovation and impact of their artistic research. Presenters for this symposium have been sponsored by Creative Arts institutions from across Australia and New Zealand. It will be an invaluable experience for academics in Creative Arts programs, PhD supervisors in practice-led creative arts disciplines and students enrolled in creative arts PhD and MFA programs. |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (1 outputs)
Journal article (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2021 |
Chand A, Brooker C, 'Building Cultural Capital in Design Education: Framing Undergraduate Visual Communication Design students' approaches to visuospatial inquiry', The International Journal of Design Education, (2021)
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2016 |
McAuley M, Brooker C, 'Novice visual communication design students' awareness of design process', International Journal of Design Education, 11 1-10 (2016) [C1] This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop awareness of their design process. To fa... [more] This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop awareness of their design process. To facilitate this, a learning intervention was incorporated into the teaching structure. This took the form of a design process diary/journal which enabled students to track their design activities during a six-week assignment. The key component of the diary was the inclusion of a six-stage design process model devised by Swann in 2002. Findings suggest that many of the students found the model allowed them to develop a more explicit understanding of the stages they went through while designing and that their previous understanding of design process had been advanced through the use of the process model.
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Conference (6 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2019 |
Brooker C, Catanzaro M, Hodgson B, Kenke R, Morgan C, Sandbach K, 'Not just for show: identity, engagement, and work integrated learning through design graduation exhibitions', https://acuads.com.au/conference/conference-2019/, School of Art and School of Design, RMIT University, and the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2019) [E1]
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2017 | Sage M, Brooker CJ, 'Vulnerable Intensities: an Exploration of the Contemporary Antipodean Metalcore Phenomenon', Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (2017) | ||||
2017 | Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, 'Art and Design as Agent for Change - iJADE Conference 2017', National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2017) | ||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, 'Pinteresting Times: the use and abuse of images in creative research', Newcastle University, UK (2015) [E3] | ||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, 'Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age', University of Melbourne (2015) [E3] | ||||
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Creative Work (77 outputs)
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2020 |
Neilson F, Drabsch B, Brooker C, Penn G, McMahon B, Foong R, et al., Six Seasons (Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future), National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC, Australia (2020)
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2020 |
Golledge L, O'Donnell L, Chand A, Brooker C, DiTA Website. (2020)
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2020 | Brooker C, Sullivan Y, Seven Eyes to Weave, Puente Siete Ojos Eucalyptus Forest, Orgiva, Spain (2020) | ||||||
2015 |
Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, Curve Gallery, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2]
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2015 | Brooker CJ, Stones (series), Cstudios (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Thought Structures, Curious Projects, Eastbourne, UK (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Mapping Collaboration: a participatory art project exploring working together, 310 NXrd Gallery, New Cross, London, UK (2015) [J1] | ||||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Scaled Downs, Gallery East and Gallery Central (Central Institute of Technology), Perth, WA, Between the Sheets: Artists Books Exhibition, 2015 (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2]
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2015 | Brooker CJ, Words and Origami, Gallery 139, Hamilton, NSW, Australia (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, Six Wrapped Vessels, Gallery 139, Hamilton, NSW, Australia (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 |
Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, Curve Gallery, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2]
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2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Mapping Collaboration: a participatory art project exploring working together, 310 NXrd Gallery, New Cross, London, UK (2015) [J1] | ||||||
2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Scaled Downs, Gallery East and Gallery Central (Central Institute of Technology), Perth, WA, Between the Sheets: Artists Books Exhibition, 2015 (2015) [J2] | ||||||
2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2]
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2014 | Brooker CJ, Jenolan Caves (exhibited as part of a Group Exhibition - Cooks Hill Galleries' 40th Birthday), Cooks Hill Galleries (2014) [J2] | ||||||
2014 | Brooker CJ, Tilley L, Smith A, Wells A, Roxburgh B, Joy P, McLaughlin A, Abstraction Now, Newcastle Art Space (NAS) (2014) [J3] | ||||||
2014 | Brooker CJ, Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age, The University Gallery (2014) [J1] | ||||||
2014 | Brooker CJ, Typographic Origami Newcastle (exhibited as part of a group exhibition - Art City - Watt Space Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition), Watt Space Gallery (2014) [J2] | ||||||
2013 | Brooker CJ, Graphicality: new work, Greenway Gallery, Morpeth (2013) [J1] | ||||||
2013 |
Brooker CJ, Shaw G, Tilley P, Murland A, Rey U, Chaffey N, et al., Popped, The Lock-Up, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
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2013 | Brooker CJ, Murland A, Elliot-Ranken M, Osmotherly M, Smith B, Out of Hand: abstraction in monochrome and colour, The Depot Galleryt, Waterloo, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2] | ||||||
2013 | Brooker CJ, Hopcroft H, Year of the Bird: a celebration of hybridity, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J3] | ||||||
2012 | Brooker CJ, Marked Difference, Shopfront Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
2012 | Brooker CJ, The Cave: A Dialogue, Gallery East and Midland Junction Arts Centre, North Fremantle, WA, Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
2012 | Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, The Year of the Bird: A Celebration of Hybridity, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW< Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
2011 | Brooker CJ, Coast Lines, Cooks Hill (2011) [J1] | ||||||
2011 |
Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, Happily Ever After: Alternative Destinies in Contemporary Feminine Narrative, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2011) [J3]
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2014 | Brooker CJ, Lost In Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age, The University of Newcastle (2014) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 11 |
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Total funding | $205,739 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20211 grants / $14,770
Does creativity enhance wellbeing and brain health?$14,770
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Helen English (Lead); Dr Caelli Brooker; A/Prof Keri Glastonbury; Dr Alexandra Lewis; Prof Frini Karayanidis (Psychology); Dr Michelle Kelly (Psychology); Dr Helena Bezzina (Conjoint); Prof Jane Davidson ( UoM); Prof Felicity Baker (UoM) |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20202 grants / $10,085
Drawing Education Network$7,085
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Ari Chand (Lead), Dr Caelli Brooker, Dr Jan Shadbolt, Mr Carl Morgan, Dr Andrew Howells, Mr Alex Barnes-Keoghan, Dr Lisa Thurlow |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Summer Research internship$3,000
Funding body: The University of Newcastle - Research and Innovation Division
Funding body | The University of Newcastle - Research and Innovation Division |
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Project Team | Dr Ralph Kenke, Dr Caelli Jo Brooker, Benjamin Crocker, Luke Kellet |
Scheme | Summer Research Internships |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20192 grants / $19,000
Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future$10,000
The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future – Six Seasons Collection is supported by the University of Newcastle, School of Creative Industries RAPID program. RAPID is a series of research sprints that sees industry partners and research collaborators work together fast on problems that matter. The Six Seasons range is a collaboration between High Tea With Mrs Woo (a small-run clothing label by Rowena, Juliana & Angela Foong) and team of creative researchers from The University of Newcastle (Faye Neilson, Bernadette Drabsch, Giselle Penn, Brett McMahon, and Caelli Jo Brooker).
The Six Seasons collection is grounded in the desire to create environmentally sustainable garments that inclusively fit a range of body shapes, are gender neutral, and flexibly adapt to changing climate conditions. The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future team's fashion collection is inspired by a love of the environment and a desire to protect it – helping to solve fast fashion with low waste slow and sustainable alternatives. The team seeks to contribute to a local fashion industry that is sustainable and eco-friendly, using low and zero-waste pattern layout and customised, purposeful digital printing. We want to create designs that are free from gender, durable and timeless, and inspired by the seasonal colours and patterns of the Australian bush. We want to show respect to the Indigenous knowledge of these seasonal changes and create a collection that reflects their frugality and connection with the land. Our designs will be made specifically for the Australian environment, being cool, loose and protective in summer and cosy in winter. Our tags and labels will be made out of fabric scraps, with the labels embedded with local, endemic seeds, so they can be planted after purchase to help restore our local biodiversity. We want to design for the future, using smart, sustainable design choices to challenge the fast, disposable fashion ethos that currently exists.
The Six Seasons Collection was the Joint National Winner – We The Makers: Design for the Future – Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion at the National Wool Museum – 27 June to 22 November 2020
Funding body: The University of Newcastle, NSW
Funding body | The University of Newcastle, NSW |
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Project Team | Dr Faye Nielson, Dr Bernadette Drabsch, Dr Caelli Jo Brooker, Brett McMahon, Giselle Penn, High Tea With Mrs Woo (Rowena Foong, Juliana Foong, Angela Foong) |
Scheme | RAPID Funding Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Work Integrated Learning in the Creative Industries$9,000
Visible Praxis: investigating teaching and learning outcomes for emergent creative professionals through design exhibition research and practice
Funding body: University of Newcastle Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Funding body | University of Newcastle Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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Project Team | Dr Caelli Brooker; Dr Janet Fulton; Mrs Andrea Cassin; Ms Bettina Hodgson; Mr Ralphe Kenne; Mr Carl Morgan; Mr Paul Scott; Dr Christina Koutsoukos, Ms Felicity Biggins |
Scheme | tEN Research Investment Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20172 grants / $82,884
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships$80,884
Funding body: The University of Newcastle
Funding body | The University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Faculty of Education and Arts - Conference Travel Grant$2,000
This funding supported the presentation of a research paper at the Modern Heavy Metal Conference 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 28 June - 2 July 2017
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20152 grants / $9,000
Faculty of Science & Information Technology - New Staff Grant$7,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FACULTY OF SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY New Staff Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Copyright Agency of Australia Career Fund$1,500
Funding body: Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia
Funding body | Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia |
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Project Team | Dr Caelli Jo Brooker |
Scheme | Career Fund |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Non Commonwealth |
Category | 1NS |
UON | N |
20111 grants / $2,500
National Association of Visual Arts Australia - Marketing Grant$2,500
Funding body: National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA)
Funding body | National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) |
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Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker and Helen Hopcroft |
Scheme | NAVA Marketing Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
20091 grants / $67,500
Australian Postgraduate Award$67,500
Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Funding body | Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education |
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Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker |
Scheme | Australian Postgraduate Award |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | Honours | Room For Error: Provoking Typographic Design Through Deconstruction | Graphic Arts & Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Can Human Geography, Ecology and Contemporary Art be Combined Through Installation Art Practices to Share the Concept of the Human Self as Part of the Environment? | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Learning, Creativity and Motivation in Visual Communication Professional Practice | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | The Impact of Graphic Design on Environmental Concerns: How Visual Communication Can Change Behaviours | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Story Design in Contemporary Children's Picture Books: How Narrative and Meaning are Constructed | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | A Study in Cognitive Ecology for a Print-mediated Art Practice | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2021 | Masters | Losing Control of Comics: New Narrative Function in Comic Book Design | M Philosophy (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Biloela: Afore and Beyond | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Speculative Memories / Speculative Futures: creative technological advancements in augmented realities | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Mottainai: New cycles of textile practice | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Narrative, Aesthetics and Mechanics: A Study of Interconnected Game Elements | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2016 | Honours | The Status and Future of Print Design | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2016 | Honours | Shifting Tides - Cinemagraphic book cover designs for New Adult audiences | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2014 | Honours | Coal Magazine - Visual Strategies that can Sustain Readership and Attract Audience | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2014 | Honours | Hybrid Novels: The New Novel? Graphic Devices Contributing to New Ways of Reading | Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Research Projects
HAPPILY EVER AFTER PROJECT 2011 - 2013
Happily Ever After: alternative destinies in contemporary feminine narrative
Caelli Jo Booker and Helen Hopcroft
The Happily Ever After Project was conceived as an interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, writers and craftspeople invited to work together to create handmade books which explore female narratives within the fairytale genre.
While the classic fairytale ending ‘happily ever after’ envisages a single, finite destiny, the contemporary feminine experience encompasses a multiplicity of roles, expectations, endings, beginnings and relationships. Thus the project and exhibition theme is probably best conceptualised as a celebration of diversity within destiny, with the fairytale genre used as the narrative vehicle to explore this idea.
John Painter Gallery 10 – 26 June, 2011
Cox Rayner Gallery, Artspace Mackay 29 July – 28 October, 2011
Manly Library 03 December, 2011 – 29 January, 2012
The Auchmuty Library 21 November, 2012 – 07 April, 2013
This project was supported by a grant from the New South Wales Government - Arts NSW and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).
Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future 2019 - 2020
The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future – Six Seasons Collection is supported by the University of Newcastle, School of Creative Industries RAPID program. RAPID is a series of research sprints that sees industry partners and research collaborators work together fast on problems that matter. The Six Seasons range is a collaboration between High Tea With Mrs Woo (a small-run clothing label by Rowena, Juliana & Angela Foong) and team of creative researchers from The University of Newcastle (Faye Neilson, Bernadette Drabsch, Giselle Penn, Brett McMahon, and Caelli Jo Brooker).
Six Seasons
The Six Seasons collection is grounded in the desire to create environmentally sustainable garments that inclusively fit a range of body shapes, are gender neutral, and flexibly adapt to changing climate conditions.
The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future team's fashion collection is inspired by a love of the environment and a desire to protect it – helping to solve fast fashion with low waste slow and sustainable alternatives. The team seeks to contribute to a local fashion industry that is sustainable and eco-friendly, using low and zero-waste pattern layout and customised, purposeful digital printing. We want to create designs that are free from gender, durable and timeless, and inspired by the seasonal colours and patterns of the Australian bush. We want to show respect to the Indigenous knowledge of these seasonal changes and create a collection that reflects their frugality and connection with the land. Our designs will be made specifically for the Australian environment, being cool, loose and protective in summer and cosy in winter. Our tags and labels will be made out of fabric scraps, with the labels embedded with local, endemic seeds, so they can be planted after purchase to help restore our local biodiversity. We want to design for the future, using smart, sustainable design choices to challenge the fast, disposable fashion ethos that currently exists.
Joint Winner – We The Makers: Design for the Future – Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion
National Wool Museum – 27 June to 22 November 2020
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Dr Caelli Brooker
Position
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
College of Human and Social Futures
Contact Details
caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | +61 2 4921 6368 |
Link | Personal webpage |
Office
Room | D.206 |
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Building | Design Building |
Location | University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |