Lisa Gervasoni facts for kids

Lisa Gervasoni (born in 1969) is an expert in planning, a photographer, and an artist. She was born in Melbourne, Australia. Lisa comes from a family that has a long history of working to protect old and important places in Australia. She is a member of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), which is a group that works to preserve heritage around the world. Lisa has also been a main speaker at events in Victoria, Australia. She played a big part in getting Hepburn Pool recognized and protected on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Education and Learning

Lisa Gervasoni went to Genazzano FCJ College for her schooling. She then studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where she earned a degree in Applied Science-Planning. Later, she continued her studies at the University of Melbourne, getting a Master's degree in Environmental Studies.

Her Work and Career

Lisa Gervasoni started working with communities and on heritage projects when she was young. Her father, Jack Gervasoni, was a councilor at City of Kew. Lisa's ideas about planning have been used as examples in important reports. For example, her work was mentioned by the Planning Institute of Australia when they talked to the Australian Parliament about water supply for farms.

Lisa has also spoken to many government inquiries. In 2020, she shared her knowledge with the Royal Commission looking into how Australia handles natural disasters. She even wrote an article about fire risks and planning for a magazine called Planning News in 2010.

Lisa believes that heritage is a very important part of a community's well-being. She also thinks that growing in a way that protects the environment and celebrating history are key for healthy communities. Lisa has written a lot about heritage. She also gave talks at many planning and heritage conferences. In 2013, she was the main speaker at the Victorian Association of Family History Organisation (VAFHO) conference.

Saving Hepburn Pool

Lisa Gervasoni did important work to find and promote old swimming pools built before the Olympic Games. Her efforts were key in saving Hepburn Pool. Because of her work, Hepburn Pool was named Victoria's Favourite Built Place in 2004. This special recognition helped the pool get money from the Minister for Planning in 2006. This funding helped make sure the pool would survive for a long time. Lisa also did a lot of research on pre-Olympic pools for a conference called Watermarks in 2011.

Art and Photography

Lisa Gervasoni is very dedicated to taking photos of Australia's cities, heritage sites, and natural places. She has shared over 70,000 images with the National Library of Australia's Trove database. You can find these photos through the Flickr website.

In 2023, Lisa had her own art show called Reimagining our cultural landscapes. This show was at the Art Gallery of Ballarat during the Ballarat Heritage Festival. Her art was inspired by the works of Eugene Von Guerard. She used a style called abstract expressionism to find new patterns and meanings in the landscape.

In 2004, Lisa won the Daylesford Small Art Prize. She won for an embroidered picture of the Savoia Hotel. She creates art using photography, embroidery, and paint on canvas. Many of her artworks explore the meaning of heritage and cultural places. You can see her art on websites like Bluethumb and the National Register of Art and Artists.

Lisa was a finalist in the 2022 Harden Art Prize for Australian Landscape painting. She also had a solo exhibition at Backspace at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2023.

Lisa's photographs have been printed in books like Ballarat Views by Dorothy Wickham. Her photos were also used in the Warrnambool Heritage Strategy report in 2011. An image she took of Broken Hill was used on the cover of the 2009-2010 Australia ICOMOS Annual report. Another photo of Burra is on the front cover of the history of Australia ICOMOS. A picture of Pootilla is on the cover of the Victorian Farmers Federation 2018 Conference proceedings. Her photo of Stawell Town Hall is on the front cover of a book about regional development.

Her photos have also appeared in newspapers like The Age and the Sydney Herald. Lisa designed the cover art for a math book called Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU). The cover showed an emu made from colorful numbers. In 2007, one of Lisa's images was chosen for the Christmas Card of the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

In 2010, Lisa was asked to be part of ABC Open's first project, One on One: Change. She was also featured in other ABC Open projects. Her work for ABC Open Now and Then was one of 40 photos from across Australia shown at an exhibition in the Museum of Sydney. In 2011, Lisa helped put together an exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery. It showed ABC South West Vic Now and Then photos and images about Warrnambool's environmental history. In 2012, she curated the Makers and Shapers exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery.

Lisa Gervasoni has also published three photo books herself. These books are about weather, Warrnambool, and Uluru. [1]

Awards and Recognition

In 2009, Lisa Gervasoni was added to the Hepburn Shire Council's Women's Honour Roll. The Hepburn Shire recognized her many achievements in her job and in the community. They especially noted her skills as a town planner. She also won the Victorian Urban Planning Achievement award from the Planning Institute of Australia.

Quotes

Lisa Gervasoni has shared some interesting thoughts:

• "People often return to a place with family, and are disappointed when it is greatly changed...understanding what people value can assist in planning."