Mary Rivett

Mary has degrees in Secondary School Teaching and Social Administration and has worked in teaching and as a Social Worker and, more recently following training, is a volunteer guide at the Art Gallery of South Australia. She completed the MA in Art History in 2005, studying courses in Australian Art, European Art since the Renaissance, Australian Indigenous Art and Japanese Art. She found sessions held in the Art Gallery were an excellent complement to lectures and tutorials.

Mary pursued her interest in Australian Indigenous Art for her MA dissertation entitled: 'Yilpinji art love magic: changes in the representation of Yilpinji love magic objects in the visual arts at Yuendumu'. She found the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Flinders Art Museum provided excellent support and access to their collections for her dissertation study.

Dissertation abstract