thinking with and through creative mediums: there is an intelligence embedded in the materials and processes of art making

Dr. Meg Walch is a Tasmanian artist, educator, and arts advocate with thirty years of experience in the visual arts both in Australia and internationally. Her work and research interests have evolved through residencies in the United States, Paris, Taipei, Thailand, Tokyo, South Korea and Tasmania.

Megan is a Samstag Scholar an alumnus of the San Francisco Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture USA, Yaddo, and The Space Program, NYC. She has a studio-based Doctorate and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from the School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania.

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In 2021 painting and drawing workshops launched at her Giblin Street studio. The Studio is in a renovated boat shed constructed by boat builder Ron Beltz in the 1930’s, following the Great depression.

Meg teaches workshops in her studio with a focus on drawing and painting. She hosts small groups in her private painting studio and lush garden setting.

Mr Beltz building a boat in the back yard