Whitechapel Meets Eastenders

Museums and larger arts spaces are increasingly looking at ways to improve access to their exhibitions for a wider range of people. Contemporary art spaces face a more difficult battle than museums in trying to become more relevant to their diverse communities.

Published June 1994

Artrave

Published June 1994

Income, Outcome? Hard Times for Artists + Industry

As an organisation, Arts + Industry is fundamentally concerned with economics and income generation. Assisting artists and designers to either find employment with industry or create opportunities as self-employed designer/makers is integral to their goals.

Published June 1994

Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in Western Australia

Review The Festival of Perth presented two major exhibitions of Western Australian Aboriginal art Bush Women at the Fremantle Arts Centre and This is my country at the exciting new exhibition venue 'Artplace' in Claremont.

Published June 1994

Artists Pave the Way

One outcome of the recent spate of local urban design projects and processes has been employment for artists.

Published June 1994

Furniture, Ceramics: What the Hell, Let's Do It

Examines the Centre for Furniture Design, the Centre for the Arts in Tasmania and the Atlantis Studio in Townsville Queensland.

Published June 1994

(L)earning Curves on the Streets of Melbourne

The transforming role of local government. More enlightened attitudes towards art making are coming from all levels of government and from property developers and others - often at the urging of those various levels of government.

Published June 1994

Artists as Soul Agents in WA

During the 1990s a number of initiatives have been undertaken in Western Australia which aim to improve the lot of the State's artists. The article examines three particular initiatives.

Published June 1994

Easy Access Hardware

The Raw Material Curatorial Development Program was designed to provide training opportunities for curators without experience, but with plenty of potential. Based at Gertrude Street Victoria. Featured artwork by Marie Sierra-Hughes.

Published June 1994

Good Spot for a Pot Shot

The time is post-recession, the economic climate is uncertain, Australian designers and consumers inhabit the suburbs but are cut off from each other, and someone decided to do something about it in the City of Caulfield, Victoria.

Published June 1994

Critical Mass/ City Art/ Artists' Initiatives

A recurring feature of recent initiatives is to be self-funded or to operate with a minimum level of government funding and frequently to begin with a limited time frame in mind. The social side of such organisations cannot be underestimated and is probably as important as any art that eventuates.

Published June 1994

Looking at the Billboard

Written with Lee Salomone exploring the utilisation of prominent billboards on the tram track in Adelaide for the term of one year at no cost for them to be used as public art spaces.

Published June 1994