Published
Works
Explore selected published works from poetry, creative writing, arts journalism, and exhibition catalogues to English education resources, and academic research on teaching visual literacy through art, museum education, and teachers as creative practitioners.
Fields of Publication
Purnima’s breadth of publications showcases her passion and expertise in these areas and her versatility as a poet, teacher, education and arts writer, editor, and researcher.
A passionate performance poet writing words to empower, inspire, uplift and foster unity, Purnima’s poems and short stories have been featured in newspapers, anthologies, and magazines, including the International Women’s Day organisation, The Nation Newspaper Thailand, Red Room Poetry Sydney, The My Hero Project, The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Yuwana Zine, ASEAN Youth Forum, Poetic Reveries, Indian Link Magazine, and more. She explores themes of women’s empowerment, activism, the diaspora, creativity, identity, belonging, mental health and wellbeing and other social issues.
Purnima has written for art, culture, and travel titles as a freelancer for Indian Link, The Melbourne Review, Arts Hub Australia, and Expat Weekend Thailand. Her writing includes exhibition reviews, artist interviews, catalogue essays, museum exhibition texts, and art theory essays for a variety of readers in newspapers, magazines, catalogues and publications, websites, gallery education resources, and books.
As an editor, Purnima has collaborated with arts and education organisations, including schools, museums and galleries, to publish high-quality books and anthologies featuring work by emerging, established, and acclaimed artists, teaching artists, and students, mostly on topics focused on teaching, art and life, the natural environment, activism, culture, and identity.
Purnima’s published research centres around her interests in the connection between visual art and literacy, museum education and teacher-artist issues. She has contributed to journals including Australian Art Education, English Australia, The Canadian Review of Art Education, IGI Global, and The Journal of Artistic and Creative Education with her peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters. Her interdisciplinary approach to teaching creative writing through art has gained international recognition, being widely cited in research publications.
With fifteen years of experience teaching in classrooms and art galleries, Purnima produces innovative resources for teachers and students of secondary school English, writing engaging, curriculum-aligned educational copy promoting critical, creative thinking and visual literacy. Her project-based series ‘Inspired English,’ (Macmillan Education Australia), is aimed at improving secondary English students’ creative writing and critical thinking through art. Together with co-author Susie May, she is currently developing a new resource to inspire secondary school students to read and write poetry with enthusiasm and confidence.
Always seeking to share her firsthand experiences and perspectives with others in the education community, Purnima contributes to school and education blogs and magazines, offering insights on innovative approaches to English teaching, project-based learning, pedagogy for increasing student engagement through unique, authentic learning experiences, and methods for cultivating creativity, connection, and community in school culture.
Selected Publications
Ruanglertbutr, P. & May, S. (2016). Inspired English 1: Creative Writing & Critical Thinking Through Art, Macmillan Education Australia.
Ruanglertbutr, P. & May, S. (2016). Inspired English 2: Creative Writing & Critical Thinking Through Art, Macmillan Education Australia.
Ruanglertbutr, P., (2015). “Teaching with iPads to enhance K-12 student learning in art museums: A museum educator’s guide to innovative practices.” Revolutionising Arts Education in K-12 classrooms through technological integration, edited by Dr Narelle Lemon, IGI Global, 2015, pages 41-86.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. Inspiration Wild: An Artistic Celebration of Nature and Environment. The Wildlife Art Museum of Australia, 2014.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. Gallery and Museum Education: Purpose, Pedagogy and Practice. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia, 2014.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. Patana Canvases: Unveiling the Artistic Practices of Our Community. Exhibition Catalogue of the Teachers as Practitioners Project exhibition, Bangkok Patana School, 2025.
Ruanglertbutr, P., and Imms, W., eds. Connections: Art, Teaching, Life. Catalogue of the 3rd Teacher Artmaker Project, Melbourne, 2014.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. Sensations of Art-making: Triumphs, Torments and Risk-taking. Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, October 2013.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. The Artful World of Animals. Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne, October 2013.
Ruanglertbutr, P., ed. Crossing Boundaries: The Journey from Teacher to Teaching Artist. Exhibition Catalogue, October 2012.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2015). Utilising art museums as learning and teaching resources for Adult English language learners: the benefits and strategies. English Australia Journal, pp. 3-29.
Ruanglertbutr, P. & May, S. (2014). The Art of English: An Interdisciplinary approach to supporting English and Literature curricula at the National Gallery of Victoria. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, Special Edition: Museum and Gallery Education: Purpose, Practice and Pedagogy, pp. 194-231.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2014). Editorial: Learning beyond the classroom: Museum and gallery education. In P. Ruanglertbutr (Ed.), Museum and Gallery Education: Purpose, Pedagogy and Practice. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, pp. 3-13.
Imms, W., & Ruanglertbutr, P. (2013). The teacher as an art maker: What do new teachers identify as ‘the issues’. Australian Art Education, 35(1&2), pp. 81-92.
Imms, W., & Ruanglertbutr, P. (2013). Can early career teachers be artists as well? Canadian Review of Art Education, 39, pp. 7-23.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2025). Champions of Change: Inspiring Resilience and Hope. Patana News: Volume 27, Issue 33, p. 26-27.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2025). Nature, Art and the Power of Poetic Imagination. Patana News: Volume 27, Issue 30, p. 22-23.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2025). Teachers as Arts Practitioners (TAPs) Project: Insights from the Exhibition. Patana News: Volume 27, Issue 23, p. 26-28.
Ruanglertbutr P. (2025). Poetry in the Outdoor Classroom: Inspiration in Nature. Patana Life: March 19.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2025). Introducing The Teachers As Art Practitioners Project: A Vision of Creativity and Professional Learning. Bangkok Patana School Magazine: Issue 74, Term 1, December, pp. 12-15.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2025). Whispers of the Rainforest and Nature. Patana News: Volume 27, Issue 4, p. 6.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr P., Unleashing Voices. Bangkok Patana Magazine: Volume 26, Issue 33, June 2024, pp. 20-23.
Ghogar, P. (2024). Uniting Voices: Spoken Word Poetry Showcase 2024. Patana News: Volume 26, Issue 29, pp. 6-7.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr. P. (2024). Designing Tomorrow: Building Utopias Rooted in Sustainable Development Goals. Bangkok Patana Magazine: Volume 26, Issue 72, Term 2, March 2024, pp. 20-23.
Ghogar, Ruanglertbutr P. (2023). Empowering Young Voices: Communicating Global Issues Through Poetry. Bangkok Patana School Magazine: Issue 7, Term 3, June, pp. 28-30.
Ghogar, P. (2022). Patana Masterclass: How to Use Visual Art to Inspire Creative Writing. Patana News: Volume 24, Issue 34, p. 19.
Ruanglertbutr, P. & Imms, W. (2013). Crossing Boundaries: The Journey from Teacher to Teaching Artist. ARTicle, The Journal of Art Education Victoria, 15(1), pp. 18-26.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2013). Sport + Art + Education, Vol. 12 (May), The Ian Potter Museum of Art Magazine -Art+Events+Ideas
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2012). Promoting inclusion: How museums can educate mass audiences. Special Issue: Education and Curriculum, September, edition 30. In Melbourne Alumni eNews.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (February 2025). A Spectacular TAPs Exhibition Launch: Celebrating The Arts and Creativity at Bangkok Patana. Patana Life Blog.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (April 2015). Fashion and identity in India. Indian Link magazine.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (September 2014). Kwality Chai: not your ordinary tea cart. Arts Hub Australia.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (September 2014). Kwality Chai: not your ordinary tea cart. Indian Link Magazine.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Nurturing Intercultural Dialogue through Art. Indian Link magazine.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Nurturing Intercultural Dialogue through Art. Arts Hub Australia.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (January 2014). The splendour of India’s salt deserts. Melbourne Review.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (November 2013). The magnificence of India’s vast deserts. Indian Link magazine, p. 36-37.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2008). Fine Art Gallery Bangkok. Expat Weekend Thailand Magazine.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (April 2015). Made up Love Song by Bettina von Zwehl. Arts Hub Australia.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (March 2014) Glory, Glass and Gondolas. Articulation.
Ruanglertbutr, P. (2009). The Melbourne Stencil Festival sprays itself on the city’s cultural agenda. Artwrite, The University of New South Wales. 42, pp. 35-38.
Ruanglertbutr, P. shared depths. In Ourselves in Rivers and Oceans: a poetry anthology, edited by Claire Thom, Marc Brimble, John Tessitore, Sarah Jeannine Gawthrop, Colin Thom, The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.
Ghogar, P. (2021). cosmosis. Issue 3, Poetic Reveries, Endings and New Beginnings, p. 23.
Ghogar, P. (2021). breathe green. In Red Room Poetry, Poem Forest Nature Writing Prize.
Ghogar, P. (2021). your fire isn’t a hazard. Spoken Word poem in My Hero Project – My Hero Audio Room: Poets.
Ghogar, P. (2021). our art is a weapon against oppression. Spoken Word poem in My Hero Project – My Hero Audio Room: Poets.
Ghogar, P. (2021). choose to challenge. Spoken Word poem in My Hero Project – My Hero Films: Women.
Ghogar, P. (2021). choose to challenge. Spoken Word poem in My Hero Project – My Hero Audio Room: Poets.
Ghogar, P. (2021). spilling seeds of creativity. In ASEAN Youth Forum, Yuwana Zine #4 – Lockdown, p. 168-169.
Ghogar, P. (2021). Choose to Challenge. Spoken Word Poets #ChoosetoChallenge, International Women’s Day.
Ghogar, P. (2021). our art is a weapon. In ASEAN Youth Forum, Yuwana Zine #3 – Days of Activism, p. 56.
Ghogar, P. (2020). bathe in your light. Featured poems, Blood Moon Poetry Journal.
Ruanglertbutr, Purnima. (September 2013). The Spreading Streak of Indian Ink. Indian Link magazine, p. 31.
Ruanglertbutr, Purnima. Wildflower (2005) watercolour painting and poem featured in Open Ground, December weekend insert, The Nation Thailand.
Ruanglertbutr, Purnima. Song of a Nightingale (2005) watercolour painting and poem featured in Open Ground, December weekend insert, The Nation Thailand.
Ruanglertbutr, Purnima. Serenity (2005) oil painting and poem featured in Open Ground, October weekend insert, The Nation Thailand.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Children’s trail booklet. Basil Sellers Art Prize exhibition 2012, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Writing about an artwork. Basil Sellers Art Prize exhibition 2012, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Education Resource (English as a Second Language), Basil Sellers Art Prize 2012, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Veterinary Science Education Resource. Academic Programs Unit, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
Ruanglertbutr, P. Working with Children Education Resource. Academic Programs Unit, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.