Contributors

Melinda Whittle | PLATFORM Editor

Mel collaborates with teams of creatives in all aspects of her work including PLATFORM Youth Culture Magazine, Art on Vic Gallery on Victoria Street and exhibitions for the Youth Arts and Recreation Centre for The City of Hobart. Outside of that she runs her own practice in design and object-making.

Caylee Tierney | Writer and Designer

Caylee is a freelance graphic designer and editor, and a PhD candidate in English at UTAS. Her research interests include popular fiction and children’s fantasy, which she also writes. Simple, typographic design is what most catches her eye. Find her on Twitter: @CayleeTierney.

Joel Imber | PLATFORM Co-Producer

Joel is a Youth Arts Officer for the City of Hobart’s Youth Arts & Recreation Centre. Joel enjoys connecting with people through art, music and other creative ventures. When he isn’t running projects and events, he is in his studio writing and recording music and

spending time with his family.

Malachi Johns | Artist

In the world of art mediums, Malachi is a jack of all trades, dabbling in everything from sculpture to digital. Studying a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences, she is frequently inspired by the mind and how the imagination relates to existence. Malachi currently explores her ideas through portraiture and hopes that her art serves as an invitation for introspection and existential optimism. Facebook: Artisan Fancy, Ketura. Instagram: keturacreate.

Ruby Bartle | Writer

Ruby writes poetry. She started writing for school and then fell in love with poetry books and then began to write for fun. It became a way to express herself and pass the time. Ruby often writes in free verse as it is less conventional and a lot easier to write whatever she wants. Ruby also enjoys singing and reading.

Rhiannon Joyce | Artist

Rhiannon is currently in the tenth grade of high school and enjoys almost all kinds of art forms.

Ayub Kajela | Artist

Ayub is a young Ethiopian boy who came to Tasmania from Egypt in February 2020. Ayub’s winning comic was selected from a number of entrants who entered a creative storytelling competition held by the Tasmanian Migrant Resource Centre in May 2020. We hope you enjoy Ayub’s comic as much as we do!

Rom Moynihan | Artist

Rom has always enjoyed art, colour and all things creative. After finishing school Rom studied graphic design at the art school. At the moment he’s working on his own art practice ready to resume at the art school studying

painting and printmaking next year.

Jake Seabourne | Photographer

Jake is an avid photographer currently developing a body of work in the style of surrealism. His creative use of colour and space emphasise the emotions felt during this year’s

COVID-19 isolation period.