Áinne Burke studied fine art (painting, sculpture and drawing) in the Regional Technical College in Galway, Ireland, and the National College of Art in Dublin, Ireland, graduating in 1977. She exhibited in Ireland and Spain in the 1970's and 1980's and began facilitating visual creativity workshops for young people and adults from the time she graduated. She became involved in various projects on the theme of culture, the arts and humanities (eg, 'Aggression, Cultures and Emotions' in the Physiology Department in the University College Galway, Ireland). In the late 1980's Áinne trained as a television producer/director, producing and directing documentaries for international broadcast on the themes of culture, creativity and the arts. In 1988, she trained as a New Media Producer/Director in the UK and has been producing on CD ROM, DVD and the web since then.

In the early nineties, Áinne's work expanded and she began to provide creativity training for the international audio-visual broadcast industry and media colleges in Ireland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland and Denmark. This ultimately led to a demand for structured learning materials on the theme of creativity that other trainers and educators could use. She delivered papers to the European Broadcast Union in Geneva on the subject of Interactive Production and Creative Expression using New Media.

In the early 1990's Áinne devised, produced and directed "Courage to Create", an interactive foundational training title targeted at colleges and audio-visual professionals internationally. She is committed to developing creative learning in our education systems and is working on the first draft of a book on 'Understanding Creativity' (working title) for the general public.

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