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july
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
04jul12:00 pm1:00 pmApplying for the Regional Arts FundOnline webinar
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 4th of July 2024 In this free webinar, Flying Arts’ RAF Program Manager, Lauren Collard, will discuss the Regional Arts Fund’s offerings and how to maximise
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 4th of July 2024
In this free webinar, Flying Arts’ RAF Program Manager, Lauren Collard, will discuss the Regional Arts Fund’s offerings and how to maximise your chances at success.
Lauren will speak to the context of the fund, what RAF aims to support and strategies for navigating competitive arts funding in 2024.
This webinar will assist applicants in:
- Navigating Eligibility
- Understanding Quick Response Grants and Project Grants
- Presenting your proposed project
- Addressing criteria effectively
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Lauren Collard as there will be time for a Q&A at the end of the session. Flying Arts also recommends having note-taking materials on hand.
Additional Information:
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image: Workshop Participants at Moore Park Beach Arts Festival 2022. Successful Quick Response Grant. Image Credit: Rebel Heart Photography
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Lauren Collard
Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Lead at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
12jul9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with John StaffordOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Event Details
These consultations have sold out. Spend 45 minutes online with John Stafford, the Director of the leading contemporary art gallery: Onespace. This online consultation is
Event Details
These consultations have sold out.
Spend 45 minutes online with John Stafford, the Director of the leading contemporary art gallery: Onespace. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and art practice.
John has a 35-year career in the visual arts in Australia. Together with Jodie Cox, he is one of the founders of CREATIVEMOVE Pty Ltd established in 2012, and an ongoing Director of Onespace Gallery since 2016. John provides leadership and curatorial direction of gallery programming and operations, interacting daily with represented artists, collectors, curators and gallery and museum colleagues throughout Australia and overseas.
John has served on numerous government and not-for-profit boards, currently with NorthSite Contemporary Arts (Cairns) and the Queensland Children’s Hospital Arts Program Committee (Brisbane). He has provided consultancy and curatorial services to all levels of government, Aboriginal and government corporations, statutory authorities, galleries and museums, architectural firms and private developers, and other built environment companies.
John previously led the Queensland Government’s visual arts program including the nationally recognised Art Built-in (1999-2006) and art+place (2007-2012) programs. As Director of Visual Arts, Craft and Design at Arts Queensland for over two decades, John led a team delivering: arts grant programs for organisations and individuals; Backing Indigenous Arts initiative, including the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; the Queensland Design Strategy 2020; and Queensland’s participation in the national Visual Arts and Craft Strategy.
John is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art (1984), Griffith University, and a Churchill Fellow (2003) investigating major public art commissioning programs in the USA. He practised as a visual artist and curator in the 1980s and 90s before moving into arts administration. He is an award winner in academia, industry, and government.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Cover image: John Stafford photographed by Louis Lim. Artwork: Jo Lankester.
august
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
15aug12:00 pm1:00 pmApproaching First Nations Collaborations with Darren BlackmanOnline webinar
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
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Event Details
12:00pm – 1:00pm Thursday 15th of August 2024 Gureng Gureng/Gangulu man, Darren Blackman has spent over 20years working in remote and regional Queensland
Event Details
12:00pm – 1:00pm Thursday 15th of August 2024
Gureng Gureng/Gangulu man, Darren Blackman has spent over 20years working in remote and regional Queensland from, the Western Qld, the Gulf Country, Cape York and the Torres Strait.
In this webinar, he’ll share his lived and learned experiences, engaging with diverse people and cultures.
Participants will learn about:
- Common protocols & practices.
- The uniqueness of First Nations experiences and recent history.
- Create productive and lasting relationships.
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Darren. Flying Arts also recommends having note-taking materials on hand.
Additional Information:
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image Credit: Darren Blackman, Stolen (2021), photograph by Colyn Huber.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Darren Blackman is a proud Gureng Gureng/Gangalu man from Queensland’s central coast with Kanak South Sea Island heritage from Vanuatu. Blackman grew up in the Sunshine Coast town of Nambour and has been living and working throughout the Far North and Western Queensland since 1995. Through this work, Blackman speaks to some of the issues at the centre of the Australian Government’s Close the Gap campaign, that set intent to achieve health, education and employment equality by 2030 and reduce the seventeen-year life-expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples. Touching on oral history from his Elders and reworking those messages, Blackman channels personal observations and his lived experience, to witness a wide range of Aboriginal perspectives and mainstream political and media inference.
22aug12:00 pm1:00 pmUsing Text as a Visual Medium with Sebastian MoodyOnline webinar
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
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Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 22nd of August 2024 In this webinar artist Sebastian Moody will use their own practice as a case study to discuss how text and
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 22nd of August 2024
In this webinar artist Sebastian Moody will use their own practice as a case study to discuss how text and language are used in contemporary visual art.
The participant will:
- Learn the historical origins and evolution of text in the visual arts from concrete poetry and conceptual art to more contemporary applications.
- Understand the important role context plays in shaping the reception and interpretation of text-based artworks.
- Focus on public text art and its potential for creating social, political, humourous, and poetic works in this context.
Find out more about Sebastian here: https://onespace.com.au/artist/sebastian-moody/
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Sebastian. Flying Arts also recommends having note-taking materials on hand.
Additional Information:
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube with closed captions after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Cover Image: Sebastian Moody, ‘Think bigger’ (2009), Brisbane City Council Public Art Collection. Photo by Sam Scoufos. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Sebastian Moody is a Queensland-based conceptual artist with a wide-ranging practice centred around language.
His recent projects include Open Studio at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art where he engaged with their collection of instructional Fluxus art works to build a meditation space and poem-generating machine. Moody also recently completed commissions for Museum of Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane City Council, and Home of the Arts.
september
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
04sep9:00 am4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Aven Noah JrOnline Consultation
Time
(Wednesday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
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Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Aven Noah Jr, the Curator of Northsite Contemporary Arts. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your
Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Aven Noah Jr, the Curator of Northsite Contemporary Arts. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and arts practice.
Aven Noah Jr is a proud Komet Tribesman from Mer, or Murray Island in the eastern Torres Strait islands and is the Curator for NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Cairns, Far North Qld. An alumnus of the National Gallery of Australia’s Indigenous Arts Leadership program (2015), he has over 14 years’ experience in the arts industry and approaches his work with deep understanding, respect, and observance of cultural protocols. Aven was formerly Gallery Officer at Gab Titui Cultural Centre on Thursday Island.
At NorthSite, he’s worked on exhibitions including Meriba Tonar | Ngoelmudh | Our Way (Torres Strait group show), Andrew Passi Snr: Lamar Kop – Spiritual Centre, Moa Arts Centre: Malu Bardthar Dapar | Sea Land Sky, Nerelle Nicol: See What I See, Mornington Island Art: Legacies Living On, Djabugay Art Centre: Bulurru Dagil-ndu “The people are strong, the spirit is strong, the creator is strong”, Robert Tommy Pau: Torres Strait Enlightenment: 150th Anniversary of Coming of the Light.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
12sep12:00 pm1:00 pmThe Seven Legal Sins for Artists with Professor John SwinsonOnline webinar
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
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Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 12th of September 2024 In this webinar, Professor John Swinson will discuss legal issues for artists, so that you don’t get sued and can
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 12th of September 2024
In this webinar, Professor John Swinson will discuss legal issues for artists, so that you don’t get sued and can protect your creations. This seminar will include case studies, so that you can learn from the mistakes of others!
Topics include:
- Copyright
- Contracting
- Compensation
- Credit
- Control
- Can I use AI?
Find out more about John here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/australianlawyer/?originalSubdomain=au
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with John. Flying Arts also recommends having note-taking materials on hand.
Additional Information:
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube with closed captions after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: John Swinson is a professor at The University of Queensland in the Law School and he is the course coordinator for Privacy Law, Internet and AI Law, and Business in a Borderless World. John also teaches cybersecurity law and copyright law.
John Swinson is a former partner of a major international law firm and has 30 years of law firm experience in NY and Australia, with principle focus on technology law and intellectual property law. Currently, he is principal of boutique law firm Pie Legal.
After graduating from UQ with computer science and law degrees, John continued to Harvard Law School as a Fulbright and Frank Knox Scholar where he received a Masters of Law. Barak Obama was a member of his graduating class. John passed the NY bar examination and practiced technology law as an attorney in NY State.
John is a past President of the Australian Fulbright Alumni Association and was Chair of the auDA Policy Review Panel to introduce the new .au domain name space in Australia.
Since 2000, John has been an arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO, which is a United Nations organisation based in Geneva) under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP). John has decided over 690 domain name disputes.
John has represented artists and filmmakers in copyright litigations and dealings including:
- Richard Bell v Steele [2012] FCA 246
- TS Production LLC v Drew Pictures Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1329
- Dais Studio Pty Ltd v Bullet Creative Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 2054
october
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
04oct9:00 am4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Troy CaseyOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
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Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Troy Casey, the Managing Director of Blaklash (Kamilaroi). This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks
Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Troy Casey, the Managing Director of Blaklash (Kamilaroi). This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and arts practice.
Troy is passionate about harnessing economic opportunities to create positive social change for First Nations Australians. He combines his extensive community engagement experience spanning the government, not-for-profit and higher education sectors, with his curatorial practice, working collaboratively with communities to ensure First Nations voices are embedded across projects within public art, placemaking, and urban design.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Cover image: Troy Casey photographed by Josef Ruckli. Courtesy of Blaklash.
november
15jan(jan 15)10:00 am20dec(dec 20)4:00 pmRAF Consultations
Time
January 15 (Monday) 10:00 am - December 20 (Friday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Event Details
Regional Arts Fund Consultations are a one-on-one opportunity to discuss and receive advice about your Quick Response Grant or Project Grant application.
Consultations run for 20 minutes and are held via Microsoft Teams. To make the most of your time, we ask that you come prepared with a brief description of the proposed activity/project you are applying for and a list of questions you have about the RAF.
RAF Consultations are for assistance with:
- Understanding eligibility
- Addressing the criteria
- Knowing what support materials to include
- Evidencing and following cultural protocols
- Working with children and vulnerable people requirements
- Budgeting appropriately
RAF Consultations are NOT for:
- Receiving feedback on previous applications
- Brainstorming activity/project concepts
- SmartyGrants Training
Image credit: Joe Ruckli 2023.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Lauren Collard is the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Program Manager at Flying Arts Alliance. She delights in working alongside regional artists and national administrators to support sustainable cultural activities in regional communities, ultimately strengthening the social and economic fabric of the arts industry.
With a background in arts education and administration, Lauren has a keen eye for connecting people, the arts and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in how participation in the arts affects the individual’s relation to self and mental health.
After some years delivering arts programs and managing cultural events, Lauren’s experience equips her to be an advocate for Queensland artists. Lauren’s heart lies with community engagement, and she loves being one small piece in the magnificent painting that is Australia’s regional arts sector.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.
08nov9:00 am4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Jonathan McBurnieOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Jonathan McBurnie, the Director of leading Queensland art gallery: Rockhampton Museum of Art. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive
Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with Jonathan McBurnie, the Director of leading Queensland art gallery: Rockhampton Museum of Art. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and arts practice.
Jonathan McBurnie is the Director of Rockhampton Museum of Art. McBurnie completed a PhD at the University of Sydney in 2014, charting the shifting role of drawing in the digital age, emphasizing the discipline’s ongoing tenacity through tactility and, adaptability.
McBurnie is regularly involved in a variety of artistic, academic and curatorial projects. Currently he is working on his 23rd solo exhibition, a greaphic novel, and a follow up to 2023’s Litcomix: Literary Theory and the Graphic Novel (co-written with Adam Geczy).
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.