April 2019 Sheena News

 

Have a look at my new page !  

  • Read the story of The Prophecy CD and other endeavours.

  • Listen to Sheena sing.

 

Music News

Sheena is currently working with Rob Fry (Robby Fry) in his duo ‘2 Much’.

Find out more about Sheena’s live work and performance dates at these links:

FACEBOOK 

Sheena Mackie – Artist page

Robby Fry – Artist page

YOU TUBE 

Sheena has just started on YouTube – subscribe today and help her get it off the ground – Sheena on YouTube here… 

Academic / writing news

Recently, Sheena received two Letters of Commendation from the Dean of Arts & Education and the Dean of Business & Law, for excellent results in 2018.

She is currently studying a Literature minor to complete her degree (Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business) and graduate at the end of this year.

 

 

 

March 2017: Sheena news

Academic writing update

  • Sheena has an article on campus safety and security, being published this month, in the Student Psychological Society’s (SPS) newsletter.
    • The newsletter is an internal publication of CQUniversity, Australia.
  • Sheena is also consolidating ideas for a writing project she is undertaking at her university.

 

Art update

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An arty afternoon trying out some techniques. Works by Estelle Toussaint and Sheena Mackie

New art group

With the demands of everyday life, art can take a backseat to other ‘pressing’ activities.

That is why Sheena has recently started a special group on Facebook for artists at all levels, who want to maintain and improve their skill level.

This ‘closed’ group is focused upon learning, sharing and encouraging.

The group is for drawing and painting styles in pencil (and pen), pastel (and oil pastel), acrylic and watercolour, as well as mixed media within those mediums.

If you are interested, please read the description and send a join request via the button. Thanks 🙂  All applications go through an admin approval process.

Facebook group link: Visual Artists: Learn & Inspire

 

New Age writing update

The Psychic Club of Australia Pty Ltd, is selling Your Stars magazine and moving on to other ventures.

Sheena will not be contributing to future publications of the magazine. This also marks the end of 19 years of writing for the Club, its affiliates and other new age publications.

The March news for this genre is available here:  New age writing news: March 2017

Any further endeavours in this genre will be research-related.

Music update

John (Nymo) Nyman is busy in the studio putting together various aspects of the Lives Travelled album.

Sheena is co-writing and performing a piece for the album, for which instrumentation is currently being recorded at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 

November 2016: Sheena News

Academic writing update

On 27th October, Sheena presented undergraduate research at the Fifth Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research (ACUR), hosted by CQUniversity in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

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Figure 1: Sheena presenting at ACUR 2016.  Source: Mackie, S 2016

The 20 minute spoken presentation was in Sociology and in the category of Social Justice.

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Figure 2: Sheena presenting at ACUR 2016 – Introduction. Source: Mackie, S 2016.

An abstract of the work is currently available here:

ABSTRACT: The global response…

*The full presentation will be available soon. 

 

Music update

Sheena is currently in the process of writing music with John (Nymo) Nyman for an upcoming album. John was a member of charting Australian pop band, Geisha in the 1980s.

Other writing work

An sociological blog is in the works, as are a few other publication opportunities. Sheena is adjusting direction to pursue goals in academic writing in 2017.


References

Figures 1 -2:  Mackie, S 2016, ‘The global response to climate change requires a new paradigm’, Fifth Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research (ACUR) 2016, undergraduate presentations, pp. 1-2.

More information:

ACUR: Australasian Council for Undergraduate Research; Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research 2016.

http://www.acur.org.au