Sky River is a Margaret River based award winning writer, artistic director, and puppet maker who draws on local environmental influences and worldwide mythologies to explore the relationships between humans and the world.
Sky loves creating regional arts opportunities and utilises her background in Theatre Studies (Griffith University) to lead teams of artists to produce her original shows as ‘Folk of the Puppetree’.
A skilled workshop facilitator, her community work includes coordinating Artzability for adults living with disabilities, teaching drama and art for Barking Gecko and schools and developing arts projects for youth outreach program, The Concrete Club.
Sky holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Arts and English, trained with the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and was awarded a National Regional Arts Fellowship as a producer with Performing Lines.