Alysha Herrmann hated art until it found her

This year has been a big year for Alysha Herrmann. The self-described proud parent and regional artist working across disciplines in the arts, community development and education is just back in the Riverlands fresh from presenting at Regional Arts Australia’s biennial conference at Goolwa.  The playwright, poet, director, performer and project facilitator was the 2012 recipient of the Independent Arts Foundation Creative Writing Mentorship, working to develop her play Day the Rain Started with Caleb Lewis. Throughout the year, she has continued her ongoing youth community arts project PressureLands which was on the Adelaide Fringe program in March, worked on another play Safe Haven with dramaturg Peter Matheson in the JUTE Enter Stage Write program and had a residency as a poet in a Berri cafe as part of the Australian Poetry Cafe Poets program. This and being a community builder, dedicated volunteer and studying externally for a Teaching/Arts degree.