Liverpool Links: Industry and Art

The Cultural Services Unit of the Liverpool City Council has increased substantially over the last 2 years as has the number of artists employed by them.

Published June 1994

Jemmy Caution

Exhibition review Jemmy
Mehmet Adil, Craige Andrae, Johnnie Dadie, Simryn Gill, Richard Grayson, Linda Marie Walker, Paul Hewson, Shaun Kirby, David O'Halloran, Bronia Iwanczak, Andrew Petrusevics, Bronwyn Platten, George Popperwell, Jyanni Steffensen, Steve Wigg
Curated by Alan Cruikshank
Ebenezer Studios Basement
February 18 - March 13 1994

Published June 1994

Artists -- From Garret to Office

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.

Published June 1994

Shedding the Bark

Bark painters of Arnhem Land are experimenting with a new medium - canvas- and in so doing both increasing their output and responding to market forces.

Published June 1994

The Jeweller's Apprentice

"As a practising artist/craftrsperson with an interest in education, teaching and learning, the potential of studio based training greatly appealed to me."

Published June 1994

Powerful Alternatives - Sydney

They may not have been characterised as 'artist run initiatives' but exhibition spaces run by artists have been around, in one form, or another for a long time.

Published June 1994

Non-Metro Spaces

Artists collectives and access galleries do not just exist in big capital cities. It seems that wherever there is a community of artists and Artist Run Initiative will happen.

Published June 1994

Noarlunga: Backwater No Longer

The City of Noarlunga and the City of Prospect in South Australia are the only two councils who have retained community arts officers.

Published June 1994

Artrave

Published June 1994

Futurama: Art and Technology Expo

Article written with collaborator Shiralee Saul. Discusses the planned Futurama which was slated to start in 1996 as a 4-5 day event in Melbourne Victoria - organised by Installation Publication a partnership of 2 artist administrators.

Published 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

Artists' Park Blooms Again

Box Hill known in the art world for its connection to the Heidelberg School of Painting has maintained its commitment to the arts.

Published June 1994