Migrant Artists and the Mysteries of Australian Culture

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.

Published June 1994

Artrave

Published June 1994

The End of an Era? Artists' Week 1994 Adelaide Festival

Artists were left out in the cold at the 1994 Festival of Arts. Examines issues facing organisers of events such as Artist's week in the context of the Adelaide Festival of Arts.

Published June 1994

Self-Starting Sculpture

The artist describes her attempts to sell her sculpture and the need to take other work. How has this impacted on her artistic approach?

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

No Vacancy: The Art of 400 Artists

Looks at the artist run space 'No Vacancy' located in Melbourne, Victoria.

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

Surviving the Recession

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?

Published June 1994

Designs on Shopping

Exhibition review 4 Seasons - Objects that Contain
Plimsoll Gallery
University of Tasmania Centre for the Arts
March 4 - 27 1994

Published June 1994

The Green and the Wild

Exhibition review Dark Nature
Anne MacDonald and David Stephenson
Dick Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
3 - 22 March 1994

Published June 1994

Bonanza for Creators in Ipswich

Ipswich City Council in Queensland is recruiting artists and designers from their large regional base and assisting them to create their own incomes through the work they are already trained to do.

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