Art and Architecture Tour of Frankston Area Past Event

Philip Goad is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Chair of Architecture and Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH) at the University of Melbourne. An authority on modern Australian architecture, he has worked extensively as an architect, conservation consultant, and curator. In 2019–20 he was Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. He is co-author and co-editor of Modern Times: The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia (2008), The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture (2012), and Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond: Transforming Education through Art, Design and Architecture (2019).

Jane Eckett is Lecturer in Art History and Art Curatorship at the University of Melbourne. Previously she held the Ursula Hoff Fellowship at the Ian Potter Museum of Art and National Gallery of Victoria (2018) and a Melbourne Research Fellowship (2021). Her work focuses on modernist sculpture, public art and memorials, diaspora art, and émigré networks. Publications include the award-winning catalogue accompanying Melbourne Modern: European Art and Design at RMIT since 1945 (RMIT Gallery, 2019, co-curated and co-edited with Harriet Edquist) and Centre Five: Bridging the Gap (McClelland, 2022).

Lisa Byrne is a curator and director with more than 25 years’ experience in contemporary Australian art. She has been Creative and Executive Director at McClelland since 2018 and has previously held numerous leadership roles across various public arts institutions and in education as well as significant curatorial roles in research and practice at Monash and RMIT Universities. She has written on contemporary Australian art and has a particular interest in socially engaged artistic practice informed through history, anthropology, and philosophy. She holds a Bachelor of Education from UNSW and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in art history and theory from the University of Sydney.