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2024 BFA Props and Effects graduate Grace McCann
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Grace McCann

Grace is an Australian creative whose passions lie in the art of object curation. Fascinated by the ability to make one object look like another, Grace pursued an education in prop-making at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, opening doors to the worlds of film, theatre and display.

Grace enjoys stylised realism and multimedia, engaging with a variety of materials and mediums in experimental collages. With an interest in worldbuilding, character design and visual symbolism, Grace’s projects carefully consider the relevance of colour, texture, and interactivity to communicate an emotional narrative.

The integration of personal symbols has become a maker’s mark of sorts, and Grace aspires to travel the world constructing an eclectic narrative of creative experiences.

NIDA Productions

Props Assistant & Crew
Picnic at Hanging Rock 2022

Exhibition Fabricator
NIDA Makes 2022

Designer, Maker, Producer & Editor
I Spy 2023

Props Master & Script Writer
Hooked 2023

Cinematographer, Voice Actor & Puppeteer
The Sweet Escape 2023

Props Maker
The Great Theatre of the World 2023

Props Maker
Abigail Williams 2023

Props Maker
Seen 2023

Props Supervisor & Maker
Frankenstein 2024

Exhibition Supervisor, Designer & Maker
NIDA Makes 2024

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