Marcel Cooper is an arts worker and artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. With a background in creative production, gallery coordination and ceramics, her interests revolve around community, connection, and expression. For the past eight years Marcel has led the Ceramic studio program at Arts Project Australia, as well as facilitating the online program, working closely with artists to develop their practice and body of work

Marcel’s passion is to hold space for people to connect; to themselves, to each other and to the contemporary moment and place. Focusing on meaningful engagement and expression in a cross cultural setting contexts, creating community that blends and integrates difference as well as finding the familiar. 

Graduating from COFA, University of NSW with a Postgraduate in Arts Administration and Bachelor of Fine Arts, Marcel has produced festivals and exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, with a focus on subversive sculptural and experiential work. As an artist, Marcel creates narrative based ceramic objects, installations and performances focusing on intimate connections to material, environment, and perceptions of time.

Jemaine Cooper is a practising artist, producer, and designer with over a decade of experience in relationship management, program development, and community engagement.

Jemaine holds a degree in psychology from the University of Melbourne and is passionate about creating person-centred, accessible, and community-driven initiatives. She brings a deep understanding of the biopsychosocial model of care and is committed to promoting resilience, social connectedness, and long-term well-being, particularly for vulnerable populations.

With experience spanning jewellery and fashion design across Asia and the UK, as well as work within healthcare organisations, Jemaine currently works as a producer within a creative agency. She brings a unique skill set that drives both the expansion of artistic practices and ensures the emotional and social safety of participants