Michelle Jersky

Michelle Jersky is the Program Manager: Arts in Health & Community Development in the Department of Community Child Health, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Randwick).

Lives/Works on

Bidjigal and Gadigal Country

Professional role/s

Artist; Art Historian; Program Manager; Arts Educator

Affiliations

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

Arts

Visual arts & Art History

Arts health role/s

Arts Health Practitioner/Program Facilitator; Community Arts Worker; Consultant; Program Manager; Professional Artist; Researcher

Michelle Jersky is the Program Manager: Arts in Health & Community Development in the Department of Community Child Health, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Randwick).

She has delivered the Ngala Nanga Mai pARenT Group Program in La Perouse, since 2009. The program builds strong social networks, facilitates access to health services and opportunities for strengthening education, creativity and cultural wellbeing.

Michelle is an artist and art historian with a background in arts education and community arts. Michelle is interested in art as meaning making and as a driver for social change.