'This Creative Life' Expert Panel with FIVE Incredibly Wise Mature Creative Women

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This year we continue to explore the theme of THIS CREATIVE LIFE, bringing light to nourishing, nurturing gatherings. 

We are delighted to present FIVE high calibre creative women for this panel, all about celebrating age and sharing their personal and collective wisdom about living a creative life. Presenting a panel of strong mature women who have achieved amazing success in their professional lives, working across diverse creative fields, and still continue to work and inspire others - IS THE ANTIDOTE THE WORLD NEEDS RIGHT NOW. 

This will also be our Mother's Day celebration event. Come with your mother and/or daughters, or come along and get your nurturing mama fix.

EXTRA SURPRISES: There will be giveaways from the Randwick Ritz cinema, and more surprises in true Mama Creatives style, all to celebrate the power of coming together in a safe space for women to gather, inspire and support each other. 

About Jean Kittson A.M.

Jean Kittson AM is an author, public speaker, actor and comedian. Jean came to national attention on ABC TV’s, 'The Big Gig', followed by Let the Blood Run Free, Kittson Fahey, Good News Week, the Glasshouse, Flat Chat, The Einstein Factor, and many more. 

She recently appeared with Denise Scott and Matt Okine in both series of the remake of Mother and Son. She was a long-lasting participant in Celebrity Apprentice. She appeared alongside Krew Boylan, Rose Byrne and Celeste Barber in the recent Australian film Seriously Red. Now on Netflix.

She was made a guest appearance on Wellmania with Celeste Barber. She has appeared in many theatre productions including David Williamson’s Siren, Calendar Girls, Mum’s The Word.

She was a long-time regular panellist on ABC 702 drive program, Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF). She has conversed twice with Richard Fidler on Conversations, Radio National. She was invited to speak about menopause at the National Press Club. She has been a regular columnist with the New Weekly, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, and many more. 

Jean is currently a columnist with the Australian Carers Magazine. She is the author of three books, including the best sellers:

‘You’re still hot to me, the joys of menopause’ and ‘We need to talk about mum and dad, a practical guide to parenting our ageing parents.’ She is the new host of the podcast ‘Life’s Booming’.

She was the founding chair of the Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation (AGCF). She is currently the Patron of Palliative Care Nurses Australia, and an Ambassador for the Raise Foundation (youth mentoring), the Macular Disease Foundation, the Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation and Taldumande Youth Services. 

In 2023 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. (AM)

Jean's LINKS:

Website: Jean Kittson

Instagram: jeankittson

About Diane Armstrong

Diane is a child Holocaust survivor who was born in Poland and arrived in Australia in 1948.

She is an award-winning journalist. Over 3000 of her articles have been published in major newspapers and magazines in Australia and overseas. Her awards include the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism and the Pluma de Plata for the best article written about Mexico  worldwide.

She is a bestselling author. Her family memoir, MOSAIC, was shortlisted for the National Biography Award, and her account of her voyage to Australia on a postwar hell ship, The Voyage of their Life, was short-listed in the NSW Premier’s Non-Fiction Prize. Her first novel, Winter Journey, was short-listed in the Commonwealth Writers’ Literary Award. Her next novel, Nocturne, won the Women Writers’ Fiction Award and was nominated in Poland as the best novel written about the Polish Uprising. This was followed by Empire Day which is set in Sydney in 1949, The Collaborator which is set in Israel and Hungary, Dancing with the Enemy which is set in the island of Jersey, and The Wild Date Palm, a true spy story set in Ottoman Palestine during World War I.

She is currently working on a novel whose working title is The Nuremberg Quest.

Diane's LINKS:

Website: Diane Armstrong

About Ella Dreyfus

Ella Dreyfus is an academic, artist and filmmaker with exhibitions held in Australia, Canada, France and Germany. She has a 40-year career as a senior lecturer in photomedia and is Head of Public Programs at the National Art School in Sydney.

Ella won the inaugural Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture with her portrait The Lads: Nads and Dax and has been a finalist in numerous photography awards, solo and group exhibitions and was represented by Stills Gallery, Sydney’s leading contemporary photography gallery.

Ella’s award-winning documentary Dreyfus Drei, a film about her Jewish family history, identity and artmaking, has had over 60 screenings around the world.

She is currently working on a 21-year-long series of black and white portraits of boys becoming men, which will have its fourth iteration called Under Thirty-Three.

Ella's LINKS:

Website: Ella Dreyfus

Instagram: ella_dreyfus

About Maggie Hamilton

Writer, social researcher and former publisher Maggie Hamilton, writes books and for magazines; gives frequent talks and lectures; is a media commentator and keen observer of social trends. Passionate about living a creative life and mentoring other creatives, Maggie has spent most of her life in book publishing, with a stint at the ABC. She also set up and ran Allen & Unwin’s mind, body, spirit imprint, Inspired Living. Her own books, which have been published in over a dozen countries worldwide, seek to elevate, and inspire us to new ways of seeing and being in the world.

Maggie's LINKS:

Website: Maggie Hamilton

Instagram: maggiewhispers

Maggie will be facilitating a 6 week online course starting 25 May, through Writing NSW

Online: Mind, Body, Spirit, Starting

About Rowena Robinson

Born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in poverty by a determined single mother, Rowena Robinson’s life has been shaped by resilience, creativity, and a deep commitment to community. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education with a focus on Human Movement and Community Health. In 1972, Rowena made history as the first Black female gymnast to compete at national level in the United States, becoming a member of a national gold-medal winning team.

After moving to Australia, Rowena dedicated 36 years to teaching PDHPE in Sydney secondary schools, where she inspired generations of young people and coached numerous prize-winning teams in gymnastics, volleyball, athletics, and basketball. Beyond the classroom, she contributed to innovative programs exploring Aboriginal spirituality for Year 9 students at a leading Catholic girls’ school.

Friends, by Rowena Robinson

Rowena’s creative life is equally rich. She is a studio artist whose paintings have been exhibited and sold across Sydney, an actress who has appeared in stage productions in Sydney, Canberra, and Adelaide, and a writer and writing tutor. She also holds a Diploma of Herbal Medicine and founded the Well Body Herbal Medicine Clinic on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Today, Rowena finds deep fulfilment as a spiritual pastor and mentor, helping others discover their worth, creativity, and joy.

Rowena's LINKS:

Silver Sirens Website - Rowena will be presenting later this year at their annual conference

Instagram: robinson_rowena

Come and join us for a much needed fun night of connection and wondrous conversation. Bring your friends or come alone and meet other fabulous women. 

About Our Venue: The Bellevue Hotel

We will be hosting this incredible event upstairs at The Bellevue hotel. Arrive a bit earlier and enjoy dinner and drinks in this lovely light filled space. The menu offers a range of excellent tasty pub classics, including Slab it Up Tuesdays. Keep your Tuesdays tasty with their rotating weekly pizza slab special. One big flavour, one big slab, only $20. Forget making dinner, bring a friend or your mama posse for a perfect night out.

PLEASE NOTE: These events have all sold out in the past, please get your ticket sooner than later as there will be limited spots. 

At Mama Creatives we have organised an amazing year of events, online and offline - we can't wait to see you!