Before forming Hand on Heart Arts in 2012, Laura Callaghan Grooms and Russ Callaghan Grooms were both working professionals in the field of music education and arts education, as well as being musicians / artists in our own right. We decided to pool our passions to create Hand on Heart Arts.

Whatever we do, whoever we work with, and whatever skill-set is needed, we try to put people first. We like people. We like music. We like creativity and imagination. We like the arts and culture. We just want people to realise their potential, in whatever way that means to them. We think we’re pretty good at helping with this.