Andrew McNichol

Andrew has worked with various Indigenous communities. He has worked as an artist and educator for more than 30 years including mounting a major workshop and performance program for local schools called "What Happened Here?" in collaboration with Permangk elder Richard Hunter and local historians Anni Luur Fox and Robin Coles in 1993.

He has worked extensively with the Ngarrindjeri community in Murray Bridge as both as a community workshop leader and performing arts instructor.

It was personally transformative for Andrew to work as an artist in residence within the Yuendumu community. On his second visit, he was given a skin name, tying him to kin in order to work alongside indigenous artists under their guidance. This gift of kinship to the Walbiri community had a very powerful effect on him.

Andrew is currently the Artistic Director of the local arts group, Arts Excentrix, (formerly Dance Excentrix), an organisation that has made a huge contribution to Community Cultural Development in the Adelaide Hills and Mt Barker regions since 1987 providing performances and educational opportunities.