Focusing on the River

Every State has one - a local council that is outstanding in its commitment to the arts and in Western Australia, the credit for innovation and energy goes to the City of Gosnells, who have arguably led the pack for the last 5 years in interesting community arts projects...

Published June 1994

Brisbane Offers Plenty of Space

Brisbane has been and continues to be well served by artist run spaces and access galleries, particularly in the last 2 years 1993-1994. Can there ever be an over supply? Looks at Dogget Street Studios, QAA, Metro Arts, Inkahoots, Loading Bay, Isn't Studios and Fireworks Gallery.

Published June 1994

Festival of Perth: Visual Arts a Shadow of Their Former Selves

Review A sad thing has happened to the once vibrant visual arts component of the Festival of Perth - the oldest arts festival in Australia. It has become tired if not downright tiresome. The whole event needs a good shake - up.

Published June 1994

Multiples for Sale

Written with Shiralee Saul and Susan Fereday. How does an art object differ from a manufactured 'designer' commodity? Is the traditional status of the work of art undermined by repetition, reproduction and affordability? Are the qualities of fetish, uniqueness and authorial presence removed from or reinstated in the art multiple.

Published June 1994

Dial Up for Rewards

Article written with Phillip Bannigan and Sue Harris. Transactions, enterprise training, curating, industry, art in public, trainees, cashflow.

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

Thinking Wholesale

At the Jam Factory in Adelaide, Rolf Bartz, David Archer and Lorry Wedding-Marchiaro are three of the SA designer makers who have entered into a marketing agreement which may be the way of the future for many more.

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

Adelaide Installations: Adelaide Festival

Various locations

Review Adelaide Installations Adelaide Festival South Australia Various locations 25 February - 13 March 1994

Published 01 June 1994

Showing and Working Together in WA

To survive financially and professionally a large number of artists in WA have formed themselves into co-operatives.

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