“Professionalising Practice & The Cultural Landscape”

25 June → 29 June 2019

Professionalising Practice & The Cultural Landscape is a series of workshops, discussions and presentations for artists, curators and arts workers looking to open up dialogues and develop skills. Over four days West Space will host discussions ranging from the micro to the macro; from grant writing, admin and install, collectivity, curatorial methodologies, cultural competency and parenthood in the arts.

Public Program

Cost per day: Waged: $5 / Unwaged: free

Collaborative Practice and Collective Spaces

Panel discussion featuring James Nguyen, Ciaran Begley, Phuong Ngo and Nikki Lam.

Tuesday 25 June, 4pm - 5:30pm, West Space, Bourke Street.

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Deprofessionalising Practice (Keynote)

Artist Sean Dockray speaks about open calls, access, transparency

Tuesday 25 June, 6pm, West Space, Bourke Street.

Artist tools: the fundamentals of grants; basic finance; and install problem-solving.

Wednesday 26 June, 3pm - 5:30pm - Workshop with West Space staff

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Online and institutional publishing, arts writing and criticism (Keynote)

Writers Amelia Winata and Sarah Gory in discussion.

Wednesday 26 June, 6pm, West Space, Bourke Street.

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Cultural Appropriation & (In)Sensitivity: Working in a Cross-Cultural Context

With Sophia Cai, Lara Chamas & Lucreccia Quintanilla.

Thursday 27 June, West Space, Bourke Street.

5pm - 6:pm - Panel Discussion
6:30pm - Keynote Lecture

Working curatorially: institutions, duty of care, curatorial methods, and artists as curators.

Curators Andy Butler and Pip Wallis in discussion.

Art and Parenthood

Claudia Pharès, Camilla Hannan, Nina Ross, Jessie Scott, and Aseel Tayah in discussion.

Saturday 29 June, 2pm, West Space, Bourke Street.

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