LECTURES, TALKS & ARTS EDUCATION WORK

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M.E. Baird studied landscape architecture and architecture at RMIT, Melbourne, in the 90s.  He later discovered that 'architecture' wasn't for him. However, he did fall in love with the university environment and academia. For twenty five years, and as means to fund his music, M.E. Baird has held various tutoring and sessional lecturing positions across the disciplines of, architecture, design and the visual arts at several institutions in Victoria and New South Wales that included RMIT University, Melbourne, the UNSW College of Fine Arts & Design (COFA), the UNSW Built Environment Department, the University of Sydney, and Deakin University, Victoria. As a lecturer, he has received several awards for teaching and academic excellence. At Deakin University, his increasing passion for understanding the creative mind and the creative process led him to contribute to the development and delivery of evidence-based teaching methods for students studying architecture and design. This role also included writing several course outlines and teaching material focused on creative philosophy, story, and the creative processes across various art forms.

 

Although he is no longer involved in university-based academic work, M.E. Baird continues to pursue independent research on creativity and is available for private and public lectures and arts consultancy work. 

 

 M.E. Baird is currently delivering a regular lecture series at Pack Gallery, Byron Bay. The lectures cover a broad array of art history and creative philosophy topics, such as abstraction, abstract expressionism, symbolism in art,  idea generation, the figure painted, the rise of the modern landscape and more.   

 

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