Marie Laruffa

• Company Overview: Yipirinya School caters for Indigenous students and offers a two-way (bilingual and bicultural) education helping to keep Indigenous culture alive
• As an Assistant Secondary Teacher, I assisted with the development of the young people and teaching of Indigenous culture and languages
• It was my responsibility to aid personal development as well as perform general administrative duties, which included student role data-base and design of lessons
• Yipirinya School caters for Indigenous students and offers a two-way (bilingual and bicultural) education helping to keep Indigenous culture alive
• Achievements: Did art course as a gateway to becoming an Art Teacher at the school

• In my role as Tutor, I assisted Aboriginal young people with on hands computer understanding
• This included other facets of using the internet and computers to further their education to obtain employment

• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
• Developed trust-based relationships with both clients and their families through clear communication and empathetic caregiving approach.

• As a self-representing independent artist, I am currently painting for a number of galleries and some private commissions
• My artworks titled “My Grandmothers Journey,” uses contemporary iconography to depict the songline that is the physical and spiritual journey that my Grandmother travelled through country
• Achievements - Commissioned work with the following Galleries: IDAH - Indigenous Desert Art from the Heart Gallery(Alice Springs), Gallery Gondwana(Alice Springs), v Songlines Gallery, Darwin 2022-present

v Milpinti Gallery, Adelaide 2025

• Experienced retail sales, facilitating Indigenous artist bush trips to gather pandanus, hanging and presenting artworks for display, gallery merchandising and display

• Remained adaptable by modifying workshop content and delivery style in response to participant physical capabilities ensuring maximum relevance and effectiveness.
• Identified areas in need of improvement and implemented solutions.
• Facilitated dialogue between participants, family, and program workers to provide best possible program and individualized program.

• My position involved retail sales, attending to customers and Indigenous artists, ordering stock, receiving stock into Shopify, gallery merchandising and gallery presentation, preparing for exhibitions which includes cataloguing and hanging artworks for presentation