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ARTLANDS - FEMALE ARTS LEADERS PRESENTING
Have you bought your tickets for Artlands Victoria yet? The exciting program for this event includes an extraordinary group
of female arts leaders who will lead conversations, keynotes, workshops and sessions about their practice, research and
experiences. Included in this illustrious list is Ballarat’s own Fiona Sweet, Festival Director of the Ballarat International Foto
Biennale who will discuss the arts festival model.
Book now! Secure your place.
https://artlands.com.au/news/leading-the-charge-an-introduction-to-our-powerhouse-female-presenters
Meet our next round of speakers and presenters; a group of powerhouse women who will lead conversations, keynotes,
workshops and sessions about their practice, research and experiences.
We’ve worked really hard to profile strong intergenerational women’s voices across the program and we are very excited to
introduce you...
Ambitious and fair: the future for regional gallery practice
Let’s collaborate on a set of actions to drive national standards that are ambitious and fair. Australia’s regional galleries
lead important conversations on contemporary practice, taking active roles in the ethics and the politics of the local, and
articulating a strongly grounded artistic leadership. More than simply the custodians of carefully guarded collections, regional
galleries succeed or struggle on the strength of their ambition for fostering the Australian culture from their own unique
standpoint. Increasingly international in their outlook, regional galleries seek to balance local artistic development with global
artistic movements, working from a confident connection to country and sense of place.
Join Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts Esther Anatolitis in an active participatory workshop
for regional artists, curators and gallerists from all over Australia, to characterise contemporary practice and identifying ways
forward.
How is regional feminism different and why does this matter?
Join Dr Julie Montgarrett of Charles Sturt University and Sarah McEwan of The Cad Factory to explore this question and
much more in an in-conversation session to continue their research into regional feminisms. Montgarrett and McEwan want
to know what you think and what your experiences have been.
Harmony Hub — Building Bridges Within our Community
Two women from different countries meet in a small rural Australian city and start a radio show. Archana Patney is from India
and Joelle Whiting from Mauritius. The radio show is called Harmony Hub and is broadcast fortnightly from the Swan Hill
Community Radio 99.1 SMART FM studios. Their motto: Building bridges within our community.
Contemporary best practice in the remote: Artistic process case studies
Remoteness is often seen in juxtaposition to the concept of contemporary arts practice, however case studies from Western
Australian artist Alana Hunt, Northern Territory curator Britt Guy and New South Wales artist Holly Macdonald focus on the
highly innovative way that art is being conceived, made and presented in a remote context.
Why Do We Have Arts Festivals?
Common to non-profit arts festivals is a model based upon a sponsorship agreement between the artist and the festival. That
is, when exhibiting the artist’s work, the festival forgoes paying the artist a fiscal fee on the proposition that the exposure
alone will become quantifiable in their projected future earnings and career projection. The festivals often justify this position
due to their own challenges to remain economically sustainable.
However, is this claim of ‘increased exposure’ misleading? And therefore, what is the role of the festival and its employees in
supporting artists through the festival model?
In 2018, Fiona Sweet received research funding from the Ian Potter Foundation to travel to Europe and present at 6 leading
international photographic festivals. This subsequent lecture is based upon her findings
regarding the ‘why’ of a festival’s existence.
Don’t miss these incredible presentations and more at this year’s Artlands Victoria!
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