mad! timeline

1988-89 State-wide Art & Design Exhibition – Opened at the Glen Eira Arts Complex, travelled to several Regional galleries throughout Victoria, promoting and showcasing the Visual Arts in TAFE

1993 – Course Advisory and Project Team – to develop and write Associate Diploma of Arts – Visual Arts, Associate Diploma of Arts – Design, Applied Photography, Graphic Arts, Ceramics etc

1994 Implementation of the 2 year post – year 12 qualification. TADSC advised and assisted the Curriculum Maintenance Management (formerly the Designated Provide), providing reference groups and curriculum writers.

1993-1994 – Development and writing of Diploma of Arts – Illustration for implementation 1995

July 1998 – Implementation of Arts and Design Curriculum Framework, (1997 re-accreditation and rewrite of the Associate Diploma Courses in the Art & Design fields to Diploma of Arts courses)

1999 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speaker: Carolyn Grayson (CMM Representative)

2000 – Annual Conference (RMIT, Dawson Street). Speakers: Carolyn Grayson (CMM) / Ben Fennessey (TAFE Frontiers Representative)

2001 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Ann Lechte (CMM) / Linda Smart (TAFE Frontiers) / Robyn Jackson (Arts Training Victoria) / Marg Aspin (Online Learning)

2002 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Liz Stafford (OTTE) / Robyn Jackson (Arts Training Victoria) / Dennis Ogden (ADGA – Australian Graphic Design Association) 

2003 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Cheryl Wilkinson (OTTE) re Tafe Development Centre / Dr. Darren Tofts (ACMI & Swinburne University) / Max Delany (Gertrude Contemporary Art Space) / AGIdeas & Cato Design / John Pardy (CMM, Training Package Advisor)

2004 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Vince Dziekan (Artist/Photoimagist & Lecturer Monash Uni) / Gordon Morrison (Director, Ballarat Regional Gallery) / John Vernon (Wellbeing & Work, Health Services VUT) / David Gorman (Digital Dogma – motion graphics) / Simone Le Amon (Moto Works, Artist – Design Practitioner & BHTafe) / – Lina Robinson (Project Manager, CMM) / Cindy Tschernitz (CEO, VERVE)

2005 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Geoff Fitzpatrick (furniture designer, Group General Manager of Cde Group) / Robyn Healey (fashion analyst and commentator, currently undertaking PHD Candidacy) / John Gertsakis (Director of Product Ecology Pty Ltd and Executive Officer – Product Stewardship Australia Ltd) 

2006 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Mandy Grinblat (Govt. DPC) / Pip Shea (Public/Community Art) / Wanda Korndorffer (CEO Tafe Development Centre) / Marlene Johnson (VET Workforce Devt. Manager) / SmartBoards (Technology Demonstration) – Team Games

2007 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers / Presenters: DesignLink Event / RatArtAt Performance / National Centre for Sustainability / William Kelly (Humanist & Artist) / Kate Chmiel (Museum Victoria) / Joshua Price (Diversity Consulting) / Adrian Birch (Motion Capture Lab) / Jenny Pemberton – Webb (Public Art Greater Dandenong)

2008 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Cameron Robbins (Public Art, installation) / Alexi Freeman, Nadja and Chantal (fashion + 2D / 3D Designers – Group presentation) / John Odgers (AUSTRADE) / Clive Jenkinson (Regional Liaison) / Dawna Richarsdon-Hyde (“Teaching in Saudi Arabia” – Box Hill TAFE) / Mark Strachan (Design & Sustainability, School of Design Swinburne)

2009 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs). Speakers: Darryl West-Moore (Head of Design at NGV International Exhibition Design) / Toni Roberts (Mothers Art – Visual designers and training consultants – Employment opportunities – various aspects of design / Lisa Roet (Visual artist: Practice based research)

2010 – Activities: VACD Training Package National Project Reference Group for Visual Arts Higher Qualifications (MAD invited to represent TAFE Victoria) / MAD & Design Institute of Australia (DIA) – Exhibition in the IDA Gallery 15th July – 12th August / 

2010 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) 5th and 6th August. Speakers: Lisa Smith (minds@work) / Andrew Follows (photographer and Eamon – companion dog) / Paul Lambeth (Research, Scholarly art practice) / Craig Ross (Animator) / Tim Kotsiakos (Creative Director Reactive Studios) / Kerri Bailey (Swinburne – The TAFE Landscape: ‘Strategic issues of the moment’

2011 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August 4th and 5th.  Theme: Sustainability & Carbon Footprint. Speakers: Dorothy Baker (Graphic Design Resource supplier) / Gitanjali Bedi (Capacity Building in Sustainability for Educators) / Carmel Bird (Writer) / Melissa Voderbeg (Co director Studio Latitude) / Hannah Bertram (Visual Artist – Sustainability) / Made in Geelong (SME) 

2012 – Activities: May 4 – Regional MAD Professional Development: GOTAFE, Benalla Campus. New Training Package Course Planning

2012 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs).  Theme: ‘KULTURE’. Speakers: Assoc Professor Robert Nelson (Contemporary issues in the arts) / Karen Quinlan (Director Bendigo Regional Art Gallery – Focus Exhibitions from a regional perspective / Ant Helier (Photographer: ‘100 strangers’) / Anna Briers (Street Art & Culture) / Christine Evely (ACMI) / Frances Copolillo (NMIT Associate Director Further Education) – The TAFE/VET Landscape – state of play and direction

2013 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2014 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2014 – Activities: Validation

2015 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2015 – Activities: Contribution to development of CUA Training Package

2016 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2016 – Activities: Contributed feedback to Federal Government for the Fee Help funding bands for VET Creative Courses

2017 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2018 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August2019 – Annual Conference (Hepburn Springs) August

2020 – Annual Conference (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 Restrictions) October. Speakers: Michelle Jarni. 10 Years After Photo Imaging (Alumni – RMIT University, Photo Imaging), Yuanita Kuswara My Career Journey (Alumni – Holmesglen Institute), DMA (Design Media and Art) / Tom Allisey and Sanjay Santhosh. Graduate Experience & Pathways into Industry. Alumni – Swinburne Screen and Media (Animation): Nick Moore. 7 Great Things and 1 Terrible Thing – Online Delivery. Swinburne University – Coordinator/Teacher of Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media (Animation) / Michelle Interlandi. Bliss In the Chaos. Holmesglen and The Bliss Factor – Transformational Coaching / Deb Williams. From Adversity to Innovation. RMIT School of Vocational Design and Social Context

2021 – Annual Conference (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 Restrictions) September. Speakers: Jasmine Mansbridge / Katherine Gailer / Rowan Humphrey – Collide

2022 –Annual Conference. Speakers: Jay (Merda) Rankin – NFT, AI, AR / Dr. Jan Donaldson – Fine Artist / Lynn Bremner – Alumni – Illustration, Melbourne Polytechnic / Madisson Everitt  – Alumni – Animation, Swinburne / Arrayah Loynd – Alumni – Photography, Melbourne Polytechnic