COFA graduate Del Kathryn Barton has been announced as the State Street Learning for Life ambassador.

The new program, launched by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, will increase the number and variety of educational programs at the gallery over the next three years.

Del Kathryn Barton said “I am delighted to be the ambassador for this important and creative partnership and will use this new role to encourage as many people – particularly young people – to experience art in the hope that this will inform and enhance their lives. I passionately believe that involvement in the arts including the visual arts has wide-ranging benefits for young people throughout their entire life”.

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Image: Del Kathryn Barton with young Gallery visitors in front of Robert Owen’s Cadence #1 (a short span of time) 2003