Public Engagement
Highlights
Coming soon - Solo exhibition
November-December 2026
Venue: CQ University, Level 1, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane City, 4000
Stay tuned for further details
Pending publication
All will be revealed soon
Selected past and future engagements
Gimara Duncan-Rice's art engagements are divided into seven catergories:
- Art book club
- Speaking
- Art writing & storytelling
- Cultural leadership through peer reviews of exhibtions
- Residencies
- Exhibitions
- Demonstrations & workshops
Art book club
In 2019, Gimara founded an online art book club: https://m.facebook.com/groups/ArtBookClub/
Speaking
- Arts and Health Hub, Southbank Centre, London, UK:
- 23rd March 2022
Selected art writing & storytelling
- A portrait of a studio, in the time of Covid-19, funded by Social Art Library and Axis Web, Published online, UK:
- 2021
- Find more of my writing at Lunatic Asylum White
- 2025; 2026
Cultural leadership through peer reviews of art exhibtions
Throught the Arts Council England's Impact and Insight Programme, I have contributed as a peer reviewer. I was invited to evaluate exhibitions at institutions including as the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK).
Residencies
- Autumn Residency 2022, V&A Sculpture Gallery, London, UK:
- 5-9 September 2022 - A self-led drawing residency
- Summer Residency 2022, In a Cast Gallery, Cambridge, UK:
- 2-5 Aug 2022 - A self-led sketching residency surrounded by ancient gods, heroes, rulers & philosophers
Selected exhibitions
2026 - coming soon
Solo Exhibition - CQ University, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
2024 - 2025
Group Exhibitions - Capricornia Printmakers, Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Queensland, Australia
2022
Group Exhibition - Digswell Arts, Print Studios, The Forge, Hertfordshire, UK
2012
Solo Exhibition - Spotlight Gallery, Hertfordshire, UK
2012
Group Exhibition - The Elephant in the Room at the Point, South Yorkshire, UK
2011
Solo Exhibition - Herts Visual Art Open Studios, UK
Consultations, art interventions, residencies and community projects etc.
Gimara undertakes consultations, art interventions, residencies and community projects. I have contributed to national museum programmes supporting inclusive, innovative approaches to audience engagement and institutional change.
Demonstrations, workshops & lectures
The exchange of knowledge is central to my practice. Since 2010, I have delivered over a hundred creative workshops tailored to adult learners, engaging participants across the UK and Australia. My approach combines technical skill-building through choice-based education to foster well-being and creative confidence. My experience spans many sectors, including:
- Further Education Prior to my move to Australia, I was a Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at the Hitchin Campus of North Hertfordshire College (NHC via Hart's Protocol) for approximately 5 years. I designed and delivered two term time programmes that formed part of NHC's Adult Further Education Programmes for beginners and improvers.
- Museum & Cultural Engagement I designed bespoke workshops for Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne, UK ( managed by Epping Forest District Council). These sold out events involved the learners reimaging works from special exhibtions: Printmaking (Dec 2019), Drawing and Painting with Watercolour Pencils (March 2020).
- Local Government & Community: In 2010, I designed and lead a series of 'Drawing and Painting Techniques'workshops for Derbyshire County Council's Adult Community Education programme at their Ashbourne campus.
I continue to lead bespoke workshops through DuncanRice Studios , please contact via the studios if you would like further information on workshops or demonstrations.
Demonstrations and workshops
Gimara has designed and led 'drawing and painting /or printmaking' workshop programmes for:
- Capricornia printmakers, Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Rockhampton, Australia, supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund and Rockhampton City Council:
- December 2024 - Monotype-Monoprint for beginners
- Gladstone Community Group, Cedar Galleries, QLD, Australia:
- 2024- Screenprinting with a screenburner
- North Hertfordshire College, Hitchin Campus, Hertfordshire, UK:
- April 2023 (8 weeks)
- January 2023 (8 weeks)
- 22nd September 2022- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 21st April 2022- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 15th January 2022- 'Drawing and painting for improvers' (8 weeks)
- 30th September 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 15th April 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 21st January 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks) *cancelled due to COVD-19
- 23rd April 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks) *cancelled due to COVD-19
- 8th October 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 16th January 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for improvers' (8 weeks)
- 26th September 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
- 25th April 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (10 weeks)
- 10th January 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (10 weeks)
- Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne, UK,
- 7th March 2020 Drawing and Painting with Watercolour Pencils at Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne (Managed by Epping Forest District Council)
https://ex.broxbourne.gov.uk/leisure-lowewood-museum/event/art-workshops-adults
- 7th March 2020 Drawing and Painting with Watercolour Pencils at Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne (Managed by Epping Forest District Council)
- 7th December 2019 Printmaking at Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne (managed by Epping Forest District Council)
https://ex.broxbourne.gov.uk/leisure-lowewood-museum/event/art-workshops-adults - Derbyshire County Council, Adult Community Education (ACE) (6 weeks)
Additionally, Gimara has run Open Access printmaking sessions for Digswell Arts Trust at the Forge, Digswell, UK.
Gimara runs art workshops throughDuncanRice Studios
Work with me
Hire me
I base my rates on professional industry fee schedules such as the Artists Union England and NAVA (AUS), which you can view here: