With an art career spanning four decades, Leafa Wilson has been involved in almost every aspect of the visual arts, from making, curating, installing, and education.

Wilson was the curator of art at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato for 17 years, curating hundreds of exhibitions during this time. Her love for the community led to her employment with Creative Waikato, where her belief in the democratisation of the arts could be delivered more readily to people in communities around the city, and Waikato region.

As a multimedia performance artist, Wilson participated in exhibitions around the motu of Aotearoa and overseas in London, Australia, and India: she has works in numerous private and public collections. She is speaking on the topic: "Unearthing Community Creativity (because everyone possesses it)."