Migrant Artists and the Mysteries of Australian Culture

The Art of Survival

Vol 14 no 2, 1994

A jam packed issue that examines all those issues dear to every heart -- How to survive as an artist. Is it possible to live off art? Who are the new artist entrepreneurs? What is the strength of the artist co-operative? Is social security the patron saint of artists? As well as the usual plethora of book and exhibition reviews.

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Artist: Ms Elizabeth Gertsakis, feature

The Thousand Handed Hydra has been an experiment of difference and opposition in practice. Hydra began in May 1993 as a one year pilot program of education, transition and introductin for migrant artists to the professional networks of Australian (Melbourne) art, culture and practice. Includes the work of artists Fernando Ronquillo, Anita Lorina and Rafael Rojas.

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Article Index

Articles in this issue

Artrave: Artrave
Book review: A View of the Perennials
Book review: Missing in Action
Feature: (L)earning Curves on the Streets of Melbourne
Feature: Artists -- From Garret to Office
Feature: Artists as Soul Agents in WA
Feature: Artists Pave the Way
Feature: Artists' Park Blooms Again
Feature: Arts Employment Through Small Business
Feature: Bonanza for Creators in Ipswich
Feature: Briefly, Two Epics
Feature: Brisbane Offers Plenty of Space
Feature: Critical Mass/ City Art/ Artists' Initiatives
Feature: Dial Up for Rewards
Feature: Drawing Wages
Feature: Easy Access Hardware
Feature: Focusing on the River
Feature: Furniture, Ceramics: What the Hell, Let's Do It
Feature: Futurama: Art and Technology Expo
Feature: Good Spot for a Pot Shot
Feature: Income, Outcome? Hard Times for Artists + Industry
Feature: Liverpool Links: Industry and Art
Feature: Living Off Your Art: New Figures on Artists' Income
Feature: Looking at the Billboard
Feature: Migrant Artists and the Mysteries of Australian Culture
Feature: Multiples for Sale
Feature: No Vacancy: The Art of 400 Artists
Feature: Noarlunga: Backwater No Longer
Feature: Non-Metro Spaces
Feature: Pav Offers Sweet Success
Feature: Pity the Poor Director: Priorities Askew in Low Budget Film and Video
Feature: Powerful Alternatives - Sydney
Feature: Roads, Rates and Renaissance
Feature: Self-Starting Sculpture
Feature: Shedding the Bark
Feature: Showing and Working Together in WA
Feature: Showing Art On Your Terms
Feature: Sophistication in the Country
Feature: Strategies for Debunking the Myth of Artist as Wanker
Feature: Surviving the Recession
Feature: The End of an Era? Artists' Week 1994 Adelaide Festival
Feature: The Jeweller's Apprentice
Feature: The Spirit of Collectivism: A Brief Guide to Melbourne's Artist-run Galleries
Feature: Things I've Seen a Little Different Along the Way - Stories from Up North
Feature: Thinking Wholesale
Feature: Tickling the Senses in Brunswick St
Feature: Whitechapel Meets Eastenders
Review: Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in Western Australia
Review: Designs on Shopping
Review: Festival Breakthrough: Adelaide Festival
Review: Festival of Perth: Visual Arts a Shadow of Their Former Selves
Review: Jemmy Caution
Review: The Case of the Cigarette and the Egg
Review: The Green and the Wild