About us
The Trackways Sculpture Trail Committee is a team of creative practitioners and art lovers united by a passion for sculpture, place, and community. Drawing on our combined artistic, curatorial, and organisational experience, we work collaboratively to support artists, share local stories, and create meaningful cultural experiences in our region.
United by a belief in the power of art to connect people to environment and to one another, we are committed to building inclusive platforms that nurture creative practice, encourage experimentation, and deliver lasting benefits for artists and the broader community.
Richard
Roberts
Richard pursued a career in various roles for 40 years in the financial sector until his retirement to the Tweed in 2018. He is a strong supporter of the Visual Arts and has used his skills to support fund raising for the Visual Arts firstly as a Member of the QAGOMA Foundation Board for 6 years and more recently through a 6 year membership of, and Treasurer role at, both the Foundation Board and the Committee of the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery. These positions allowed Richard to utilise his skills to raise funds from the community for acquisition of significant artworks at both art galleries. Richard remains an active member of the QAGOMA Foundation.
Treasurer and Public Officer
Annie
Long
Annie Long's curatorial practice began when she established the Murwillumbah Arts Trail, now a biannual event. In 2019, she was a co-curator of 25 Years, 25 Artists, a review of the Southern Cross University visual art alumni. In 2022, she initiated and curated an outdoor sculpture exhibition, entitled Sculpture Distilled, at Husk Distillery in Tumbulgum, Tweed Valley. She has exhibited in outdoor exhibitions with Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Sculpture in the Gaol, Sculpture on the Edge, Sculpture in the Garden and Swell Sculpture Festival.
www.annielongart.com
President
Jo
Norton
Jo has curated eight exhibitions for Northern Rivers artists within a dedicated gallery space in the M-Arts Precinct. She mentors and encourages the development of installation-based works within the region. Jo’s work has been featured in Swell Sculpture Festival, Artisans in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, and the Byron Bay Writers Festival.
www.thrownbyjo.com
Secretary
Amelia
Batchelor
Amelia’s sculptural works have been featured in Swell Sculpture Festival, Townsville Ephemera, Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Husk Sculpture Distilled, Mullum Ingenuity, the Byron Bay Writers Festival and the Murwillumbah Arts Trail. She has also Managed several galleries in Brisbane and Northern Rivers, including CBD Brisbane, Escape Gallery, Small Works Gallery, and Bird Nerds - a recent collaborative platform for art exhibitions, encompassing environmental art, sculpture and educational works for bird conservation.
www.mealieart.com
Vice President and Webmaster
Dave
Hickson
Dave majored in sculpture at the National Art School in Sydney, winning the Julian Beaumont Sculpture Prize in 2002, and graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Sculpture in 2003. In 2005 he completed a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS) and is now a part time sculpture teacher at TAFE NSW campuses in the Northern Rivers. He primarily works from his studio in Ocean Shores.
www.davehickson.net
Committee Member