Meet the team

Introducing you to some of the newest team members you will see working in and around the Cultural Centre, we asked them why they love working here!

Hayley Zena Poynton Curator

Can you tell us a bit more about the career path that led you to this role as Curator?

My formal studies began in the painting studios at Sydney College of the Arts where I completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours). After my undergraduate study I started working in the industry as a practicing artist, participating in group shows and volunteering at any gallery that let me. Before relocating to the Blue Mountains I worked at the Art Gallery of NSW, and was a director at STACKS Projects, Potts Point and AIRspace Projects, Marrickville.

The end goal was always to curate, but it was important to me that my methodologies developed from an artist’s perspective and that I had a practice of my own. I then went on to study a Masters of Curating and Cultural Leadership at UNSW Art and Design, and under the direction of a few keys mentors I really started to develop my personal curatorial modus operandi.

What does an average weekend look like for you?

I usually spend the first half of Saturday and Sunday seeing friends over lunch alongside a gallery visit. If time permits, we either visit the local native plant nurseries or go for a bush walk. The afternoons are reserved for sacred gardening time and quality time at home.