Lynne Seear is the Manager of the Arts in Health Program for Children’s Health Queensland. She is also Co-Chair of the Arts Health Network Queensland and the state representative on the Australasian Arts and Health Community of Practice for AusHFG. Her professional interest in the therapeutic benefits of art and creativity within healthcare settings was inspired by a long career as a senior curator, writer and arts bureaucrat, including ten years as the Deputy Director of the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA).