Published 30 March 2022
Melbourne artist Ewa offers the benefit of her experience in marketing art without a gallery.
Shire of Eltham on the outskirts of Melbourne Victoria and its commitment to the arts.
Published June 1994
Located in Melbourne Victoria, the City of Fitzroy was given $1m by the federal government in 1992 for capital works. One project funded was the commissioning of 16 pieces of public art from 11 artists to build on that heart of cafe culture Brunswick St.
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.
Examines the Centre for Furniture Design, the Centre for the Arts in Tasmania and the Atlantis Studio in Townsville Queensland.
The Premier of Victoria may claim that his government has opened Victoria for business, but it is the important role of local government and the Federal Government in developing arts training and facilities that is really making the running. Artists are no longer in their garrets but in front of pcs in their offices.
Artists are particularly vulnerable to economic downturn for two main reasons...the business cycle and the role of other jobs in a tight employment market.
The artist describes her attempts to sell her sculpture and the need to take other work. How has this impacted on her artistic approach?
How do artists survive when they are not able to sell work in galleries -- sales are at a record low and many galleries have folded-- or get commissions through State agencies -- because these are few and far between?
Book review Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens By Ken Scarlett Craftsman House 1993
or what I learned at school... the artist Malcolm McKinnon examines his training through the art school in Melbourne in the 1980s.
Book review Body and self: Performance Art in Australia 1969 -1992 By Anne Marsh Oxford University Press Australia 1993