Our People
Melynda von Wayward - WWGF Founder - Melynda has over 20 years experience in the arts industry in many different capacities. She is passionate about the positive, and often therapeutic results, that can come from the arts and the community coming together to work on a creative project
Elizabeth Reale - Elizabeth is a librarian, back-up-singer in pop-punk band The Peptides and co-creator of the one-of-a-kind graphic novel titled Piranhas in Love, written by Elizabeth Reale and illustrated by the great Fred Negro
. This graphic novel was officially launched in 2017 at the exhibition titled St Kilda’s Alright - The Fred Negro Experience.
Kat Rae - Kat is an emerging artist who is completing her Honours in print-informed fine art at RMIT, Naarm. Kat served in the Australian Army for 20 years before deciding to become a full-time artist in 2019, and her work explores how place, memory and experience layer and mesh, and who/what is forgotten after the war.
Marina Perkovich - Marina is a visual artist, ex-social worker and stalwart of the 1980s Melbourne punk scene, as well as being a fabulously stylish lady.