Flying Arts Event Calendar Artists and Artsworkers
april
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.
06apr12:00 pm1:00 pmNaomi Hobson Artist Talk - CairnsArtist Talk
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Cairns Court House Gallery
38 Abbott St
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Saturday the 6th of April 2024 Join the 2023 QRAA Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award Winner, Naomi Hobson, for a free artist talk at Cairns Court House Gallery. About Naomi
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Saturday the 6th of April 2024
Join the 2023 QRAA Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award Winner, Naomi Hobson, for a free artist talk at Cairns Court House Gallery.
About Naomi Hobson:
Naomi Hobson is an Artist practising in painting, photography and ceramics. She resides in Coen on the banks of the riverbeds her grandparents were born. Her residence is an old tin shed that was once her village church. Her colourful abstract compositions act as a link between individuality and a shared identity, her photography grapples with indigenous identity and social issues confronting indigenous peoples while her ceramics are a modern expression of her ancient culture. Her continual inspiration is the vast traditional lands of her ancestors surrounding the town of Coen in Queensland and her culture. More recently, Naomi is further inspired by her travels throughout South-east Asia.
Coen is a small township of 300 people at the bottom of the Mcilwraith Ranges (part of the Great Dividing Range) surrounded by the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, rainforest and open wooded country, with many river systems that snake down to the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef. The local clans include Kaantju, Umpila, Lamalama, Ayapathu, Wik Mungkan and Olkola. This landscape has provided inspiration for Naomi’s paintings.
“I produce art in my own personal space where I feel comfortable which is mostly at home on my back veranda.”
The landscape of Coen is also imbued with a marked political history. Since European settlement Aboriginal people have maintained a connection to their country through working on pastoral properties. Hobson’s grandfather was employed as a stockman for a European family, while other local indigenous people worked as farmhands (cooking, cleaning, gardening, baby-sitters) for no financial reward. Further, Hobson’s family have been active in indigenous land rights and reform movements in the effort to return traditional lands and on social and economic reforms to her Cape York community of Coen.
Through her art, Hobson continues her family tradition of political and social engagement and having such variety and scope of work provides Hobson with a balance in her life.
“My aboriginality is what grounds me. Through art I get to freely express all of this. I can share my creative freedoms in a contemporary way. I find photography particularly enables me to raise issues and promote awareness of our everyday life experiences.”
“My art practise reflects my individuality … I want my work to tell my stories in an innovative way, I want to introduce new work, to maintain a point of difference, I am wary to re-define and not recycle.”
While Hobson is quick to point out she has been exploring her art practise since her teenage years, in 2007 Hobson commenced her journey as an artist. Naomi Hobson June 2017.
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Naomi. There will be time for a Q&A at the end of the artist talk.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
12apr9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with Michael EatherOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand. Spend 45 minutes online with Michael Eather, the Director of FireWorks Gallery, a commercial enterprise known for exhibiting
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand.
Spend 45 minutes online with Michael Eather, the Director of FireWorks Gallery, a commercial enterprise known for exhibiting and promoting artworks by some of Australia’s best contemporary artists. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your artworks and art practice.
Michael’s commitment to presenting the works of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists side by side has left a lasting impact on the Australian art scene. Through mentorship, artistic vision, and his gallery/studio programs, Michael continues to cultivate and expand his network in the art community.
Michael Eather has an extensive history of multidisciplinary art practice, curating and consulting across contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous art forms and issues. He has a particular passion and interest in:
- Attitudes towards art making.
- Analysing/understanding the intersection between art practice/theory and audience
perception. - Understanding the commercial art space.
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.
Additional Information
Your 
facilitator: Michael Eather was born and educated in Tasmania completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture Major) Visual Arts Teaching at Tasmanian School of Art/University of Tasmania in 1983. Since 1985 he has continued to work as a multidisciplinary artist as well as a gallerist, project curator and consultant with extensive experiences across contemporary Indigenous art forms and issues. In 1990 he co-founded Campfire Group Projects aligned with collaboration and cross-cultural initiatives. Between 2001-2004 he curated two major survey exhibitions of Australian Indigenous art and education programs in Museums in Austria generating widespread national and international interest. He remains a practising artist (Ghost Ship Studio) whilst also Director of FireWorks Gallery established in 1993 and located in Bowen Hills Brisbane.
18apr12:00 pm1:00 pmWork Smarter AND Harder with Tamika Grant-IramuOnline webinar
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 18th of April 2024 “Work smarter not harder” is a term most of us have probably heard before. However, in the business of the
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday the 18th of April 2024
“Work smarter not harder” is a term most of us have probably heard before. However, in the business of the arts, full-time artist Tamika Grant-Iramu has taken on the approach “Work smarter AND harder”.
Join Tamika as she talks through the progression of her printmaking practice since graduating from the Queensland College of Art in 2017 and discusses the creative challenges she has faced along the way. Informed by techniques and conceptual approaches of her printmaking practice, Tamika has been able to expand her business by translating her artworks into new mediums such as textiles, interior furnishings, murals and public art.
Participants will learn about:
- Networking in the Arts
- Gallery Representation
- Awards and Residencies
- Collaboration
- Transitioning into the Public Art sector.
About the artist:
https://www.tamikagrantiramu.com/
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Tamika. 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.
Cover image: Tamika Grant-Iramu, Ocean Pandanus, 2022. Window vinyl installation derived from original relief-print. Blaklash Public Art Commission for exhibition, dhagun. La Boite Theatre, Brisbane. Photo by Marcus Ravik. Courtesy of the artist and Blaklash.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Tamika Grant-Iramu is a Brisbane based artist born in 1995. Since graduating from Queensland College of Art in 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (majoring in Interdisciplinary Print Media), she has continued to develop her practice in relief printmaking. Her dedication to her printmaking practice was first recognised in 2018 as a finalist in the Works on Paper Category for the prestigious 35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards’ (NATSIAA).
In 2019, Tamika was shortlisted for the Haugesund International Festival for Artistic Relief Print at the Haugesund Art Gallery (Norway), a Onespace Gallery feature artist in the 2019 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair where she received the Emerging Artist Award, and was an Australia Council Grant Recipient (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Panel), which funded the collaborative development of a new artwork with nationally celebrated artist Brian Robinson, showcased in a stand-out exhibition titled, A Carved Landscape: Stories of Connection and Culture in 2021.
Tamika has undertaken numerous public art commissions, including a major public art project at STARS Herston Hospital completed in 2020, which was shortlisted as a finalist in 2022 for the Rider Levett Bucknall’s Award for Best Public Art Project. The STARS commission also led to the development of a collaborative suite of custom designed rugs with Designer Rugs Australia, launched in March 2022.
Throughout the course of Tamika’s career as an emerging artist, she has also produced works that have been shortlisted in the 2020 National Works on Paper Awards, Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Victoria, was awarded Highly Commended at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022, and most recently was a recipient of the Necia Gilbert Emerging Young Artist award in 2023. Her work has been collected by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, QAGOMA, Queensland Children’s Hospital and both regional and university galleries.
Headshot photo credit: Jared Vethaak
Time
(Saturday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Cairns Court House Gallery
38 Abbott St
Event Details
9am – 4pm Saturday 20th of April UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at the Cairns
Event Details
9am – 4pm Saturday 20th of April
UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at the Cairns Court House Gallery on the 20th of April 2024.
This workshop is a professional development opportunity for artists and artsworkers that will advance their knowledge and approach to visitor engagement through exposure to cultural mediation practice and principles defined by UQ Art Museum cultural mediators.
About this workshop
Cultural mediation is a visitor engagement practice that sees museum staff and volunteers’ journey alongside the visitor in an act of mutual exchange. In this interactive workshop you will explore the history and foundations of cultural mediation from its conceptual European origins, and building on this, experiment with UQ Art Museum’s guiding principles, which underpin the practice. Participants will have the opportunity to put cultural mediation into practice, extend their engagement skill sets and will leave with a renewed perspective of the visitor experience and practical tips and tools to develop cultural mediation into a bespoke engagement model.
Workshop outline:
Session 1: Welcome and Workshop Overview l Introduction to cultural mediation l History of cultural mediation l Guiding principles
Session 2: Active listening activity | Role of the mediator | What makes cultural mediation different to other visitor engagement models
Session 3: Honouring different perspectives | Thinking about audiences
Session 4: Navigating Difficult conversations | Final Reflection
About UQ Art Museum
UQ Art Museum is a site for progressive and contemporary creative inquiry. Our work speaks to the distinct context of the Art Museum’s place within the University. We aim to connect each visitor with new ideas in creative practice, and with learning in its many forms.
We collect and exhibit progressive works of art, which stimulate dialogue and debate. We’re committed to opening up dialogue with the faculties, research institutes and centres of the University, and to place education at the core of our activities.
UQ Art Museum:
- provides creative, active learning through specialised, curriculum-based experiences to diverse disciplines. These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education, Drama, Linguistics, Art History, Museum Studies, and Economics (see UQ Student Strategy > Authentic assessment);
- produces cross-disciplinary, research-based exhibitions that partner with a variety of academics and disciplines on campus; in doing so, contributing productively to Excellence in Research for Australia outcomes, and the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact assessment; and
- provides industry-based training to UQ students to equip them for careers in the arts and humanities. The Art Museum aims to be a national leader in industry-based education.
What to bring
Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.
Venue
Cairns Court House Gallery, 38 Abbott St, Cairns City QLD 4870.
Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.
Additional Information
Your facilitators: Dr. Carol Masel and Nikia Tester
Dr. Carol Masel has worked as a Cultural Mediator at the University of Queensland Art Museum for 3 years and as a volunteer Guide at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art for nine years. Over this time, and across both institutions, Carol has supported visitor engagement with passion and commitment. At the UQ Art Museum, she has recent involvement with the development and delivery of Cultural Mediation training at the Somerset Regional Gallery. Carol also draws on her past professional background working in health-related disciplines in large public hospitals and in universities to facilitate meaningful, inclusive and accessible shared conversations with gallery visitors.
Nikia Tester is a GLAM sector professional with interests in Audience Engagement, Queer & Gender Studies. She holds a BA in Art History and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies. Nikia is a facilitator of Cultural Mediation at UQ Art Museum and continues to practice in this space, in addition to her role as a Museum Officer with Moreton Bay City Council.
may
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.
15may12:00 pm1:00 pmPublic Art Made Public with Tess Bakharia | UAPOnline webinar
Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Wednesday the 15th of May 2024 In this webinar Assistant Curator, Tess Bakharia, will showcase a range of UAP’s public art projects and delve into how
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Wednesday the 15th of May 2024
In this webinar Assistant Curator, Tess Bakharia, will showcase a range of UAP’s public art projects and delve into how public artworks evolve from the initial concept stage to design fabrication and installation in the public realm.
Participants will learn about:
- The public art commissioning process
- Translation of gallery practice to the public realm
- Key tips for artists working in this space
Find out more about UAP here: https://www.uapcompany.com/
What to Bring:
Please bring questions to discuss with Tess. 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.
Cover image: Lindy Lee, Secret World of a Starlight Ember, 2020, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Tess Bakharia is an Assistant Curator at UAP | Urban Art Projects. In her role as Assistant Curator, Tess contributes to the delivery of public art strategies and masterplans that articulate a vision and curatorial approach to commissioning artworks for developments, public spaces or cities. Spanning art, architecture, design, environments and everything in between – UAP works with creatives to make incredible things all over the world. As part of the UAP Consultancy team, Tess assists in Consultancy services for clients in both Australia and the Middle East.
june
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.
07jun9:00 am4:00 pmSOLD OUT | Creative Consultations with Simon WrightOnline Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Due to high demand, these creative consultations have sold out. Spend 45 minutes online with the Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA: Simon Wright. This online
Event Details
Due to high demand, these creative consultations have sold out. Spend 45 minutes online with the Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA: Simon Wright. This online consultation is an opportunity to discuss and receive professional feedback on your art practice and to get practical tips on how to take the next steps in your career as an artist.
Simon Wright has an extensive history of public engagement, exhibition, curatorial and executive management positions. He is committed to audience-centric approaches to curatorial programming, innovative public engagement strategies, and collection development. He has a particular passion and interest for regional arts development and community arts practice, audience engagement and participation, and the nexus between creativity and wellbeing.
Simon is keen to share his extensive knowledge about arts industries including key areas for professional development:
• Engaging with the art market.
• Building a professional profile as an artist.
• Identifying what is involved in being ‘exhibition-ready’ in public/regional galleries.
Use this 45 minute session to discuss matters most relevant to you.
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.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: Simon Wright has held public engagement, exhibition, curatorial and executive management positions in private, public gallery and museum realms since 1993. As Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement) at QAGOMA, he has oversight of a broad range of community-facing and audience-centric portfolio responsibilities, including: Public Engagement (The Children’s Art Centre, Public Programs, Member Services), Learning (Education, Group and Community Access, Volunteer Guides and Regional Services), Information Services (Library) and QAGOMA Publishing. He also manages all Design department outcomes across Exhibition, Graphic, Web and Multimedia, Workshop and Installation teams. He has worked on 350+ exhibition projects, and has been actively involved in the national arts community beyond QAGOMA, serving in various governance capacities, such as The Commissioner’s Council for Australia at the 53rd Venice Biennale and on The Institute of Modern Art Board of Directors. In 2014 he became Founder Benefactor of the QAGOMA Foundation, and in 2018, graduated from the Asialink Business Leaders program at University of Melbourne. He has a particular passion and interest for regional arts development and community arts practice, audience engagement and participation, and the nexus between creativity and wellbeing.
09jun9:00 am4:00 pmSense of Place - Textiles + Papers + StitchArtist and Artsworkers Workshop
Time
(Sunday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Event Details
9am – 4pm Sunday 9th of June 2024 Join artist, Peta Lloyd, for a full day of art making! Register for free today! Participants will transform textile surfaces; paper, and fabrics, old*
Event Details
9am – 4pm Sunday 9th of June 2024
Join artist, Peta Lloyd, for a full day of art making! Register for free today!
Participants will transform textile surfaces; paper, and fabrics, old* and new, combining acrylic paints and drawing inks, crayons, and oil pastels, to create their own unique symbols and marks as they explore mono printing from a Gel plate, transferring photocopy images using the tape transfer method, creating patterns using simple printing blocks and learning the Japanese method of ‘momigami’** to create a fabric like material from magazine pages.
These created textiles will be fodder for participants to create a series of three petite textile pieces, and one medium piece, approx. size A4, choose from: a 2D wall piece, a cover for a simple folded journal, or a ‘pocket’ to display on a wall.
This workshop will encourage participants to try new techniques to create images, marks, and patterns on textiles. A trio of simple hand stitches will be used for joining textiles and for embellishing. Found objects, natural and manufactured may also be incorporated into the work.
An integral part of this one-day process is for participants to explore the narratives and sense of place occurring within the works.
*Used textiles contain their own history and energy, as you intertwine old with new you create another layer of history, with an alternate story, a new narrative.
**A technique used by U.K. Textile Artist Cas Holmes.
What to bring
Peta Lloyd suggests bringing a handful of small pieces of old used textiles/clothing/papers/letters/found objects etc. These may have a special meaning to you and may relate to people, places or things in your life. These bits and pieces can be included in your work as a way of incorporating your personal history within the work.
Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.
Venue
St Lawrence Centenary Hall, 7 Railway Parade, St Lawrence 4707.
Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: Peta Lloyd is a visual artist incorporating printmaking, assemblage, encaustic, textiles, and collage, into her works.
Born in Mildura Victoria, Peta grew up in Melbourne, moving to Central Victoria in the 1980’s. Peta has resided in Central Queensland since 1990.
Peta inspires others through teaching printmaking techniques, book art, assemblage, textile, and encaustic art, locally, interstate and internationally.
Peta is an active member of the Capricornia Printmakers, Latitude 23, and the Emu Park Art Gallery.
Her artworks are held in collections of the State Library Qld, Mackay Regional Gallery, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton Art Gallery, and Benevolent Living Rockhampton.
Peta exhibits her works throughout Australia.
Time
(Saturday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Event Details
9am – 4pm Saturday 29th of June UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at the Queensland
Event Details
9am – 4pm Saturday 29th of June
UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at the Queensland Museum Cobb+Co on the 29th of June 2024.
This workshop is a professional development opportunity for artists and artsworkers that will advance their knowledge and approach to visitor engagement through exposure to cultural mediation practice and principles defined by UQ Art Museum cultural mediators.
About this workshop
Cultural mediation is a visitor engagement practice that sees museum staff and volunteers’ journey alongside the visitor in an act of mutual exchange. In this interactive workshop you will explore the history and foundations of cultural mediation from its conceptual European origins, and building on this, experiment with UQ Art Museum’s guiding principles, which underpin the practice. Participants will have the opportunity to put cultural mediation into practice, extend their engagement skill sets and will leave with a renewed perspective of the visitor experience and practical tips and tools to develop cultural mediation into a bespoke engagement model.
Workshop outline:
Session 1: Welcome and Workshop Overview l Introduction to cultural mediation l History of cultural mediation l Guiding principles
Session 2: Active listening activity | Role of the mediator | What makes cultural mediation different to other visitor engagement models
Session 3: Honouring different perspectives | Thinking about audiences
Session 4: Navigating Difficult conversations | Final Reflection
About UQ Art Museum
UQ Art Museum is a site for progressive and contemporary creative inquiry. Our work speaks to the distinct context of the Art Museum’s place within the University. We aim to connect each visitor with new ideas in creative practice, and with learning in its many forms.
We collect and exhibit progressive works of art, which stimulate dialogue and debate. We’re committed to opening up dialogue with the faculties, research institutes and centres of the University, and to place education at the core of our activities.
UQ Art Museum:
- provides creative, active learning through specialised, curriculum-based experiences to diverse disciplines. These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education, Drama, Linguistics, Art History, Museum Studies, and Economics (see UQ Student Strategy > Authentic assessment);
- produces cross-disciplinary, research-based exhibitions that partner with a variety of academics and disciplines on campus; in doing so, contributing productively to Excellence in Research for Australia outcomes, and the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact assessment; and
- provides industry-based training to UQ students to equip them for careers in the arts and humanities. The Art Museum aims to be a national leader in industry-based education.
What to bring
Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.
Venue
Queensland Museum Cobb+Co, 27 Lindsay St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350
Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.
Additional Information
Your facilitators: Dr. Carol Masel and Nikia Tester
Dr. Carol Masel has worked as a Cultural Mediator at the University of Queensland Art Museum for 3 years and as a volunteer Guide at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art for nine years. Over this time, and across both institutions, Carol has supported visitor engagement with passion and commitment. At the UQ Art Museum, she has recent involvement with the development and delivery of Cultural Mediation training at the Somerset Regional Gallery. Carol also draws on her past professional background working in health-related disciplines in large public hospitals and in universities to facilitate meaningful, inclusive and accessible shared conversations with gallery visitors.
Nikia Tester is a GLAM sector professional with interests in Audience Engagement, Queer & Gender Studies. She holds a BA in Art History and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies. Nikia is a facilitator of Cultural Mediation at UQ Art Museum and continues to practice in this space, in addition to her role as a Museum Officer with Moreton Bay City Council.
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
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.
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
Location
Your computer
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
Location
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Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand. Spend 45 minutes online with John Stafford, the Director of the leading contemporary art gallery: Onespace. This online
Event Details
Sold out due to popular demand.
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.
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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
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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.
Time
(Monday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Artspace Mackay
Gordon St, Mackay
Event Details
9am – 4pm Monday 5th of August This workshop is sold out. There are still tickets available for the Cairns and Toowoomba workshops. UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with
Event Details
9am – 4pm Monday 5th of August
This workshop is sold out. There are still tickets available for the Cairns and Toowoomba workshops.
UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at Artspace Mackay on the 5th of August 2024.
This workshop is a professional development opportunity for artists and artsworkers that will advance their knowledge and approach to visitor engagement through exposure to cultural mediation practice and principles defined by UQ Art Museum cultural mediators.
About this workshop
Cultural mediation is a visitor engagement practice that sees museum staff and volunteers’ journey alongside the visitor in an act of mutual exchange. In this interactive workshop you will explore the history and foundations of cultural mediation from its conceptual European origins, and building on this, experiment with UQ Art Museum’s guiding principles, which underpin the practice. Participants will have the opportunity to put cultural mediation into practice, extend their engagement skill sets and will leave with a renewed perspective of the visitor experience and practical tips and tools to develop cultural mediation into a bespoke engagement model.
Workshop outline:
Session 1: Welcome and Workshop Overview l Introduction to cultural mediation l History of cultural mediation l Guiding principles
Session 2: Active listening activity | Role of the mediator | What makes cultural mediation different to other visitor engagement models
Session 3: Honouring different perspectives | Thinking about audiences
Session 4: Navigating Difficult conversations | Final Reflection
About UQ Art Museum
UQ Art Museum is a site for progressive and contemporary creative inquiry. Our work speaks to the distinct context of the Art Museum’s place within the University. We aim to connect each visitor with new ideas in creative practice, and with learning in its many forms.
We collect and exhibit progressive works of art, which stimulate dialogue and debate. We’re committed to opening up dialogue with the faculties, research institutes and centres of the University, and to place education at the core of our activities.
UQ Art Museum:
- provides creative, active learning through specialised, curriculum-based experiences to diverse disciplines. These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education, Drama, Linguistics, Art History, Museum Studies, and Economics (see UQ Student Strategy > Authentic assessment);
- produces cross-disciplinary, research-based exhibitions that partner with a variety of academics and disciplines on campus; in doing so, contributing productively to Excellence in Research for Australia outcomes, and the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact assessment; and
- provides industry-based training to UQ students to equip them for careers in the arts and humanities. The Art Museum aims to be a national leader in industry-based education.
What to bring
Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.
Venue
Artspace Mackay, Civic Centre Precinct, 61 Gordon St, Mackay QLD 4740.
Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.
Additional Information
Your facilitators: Dr. Carol Masel and Nikia Tester
Dr. Carol Masel has worked as a Cultural Mediator at the University of Queensland Art Museum for 3 years and as a volunteer Guide at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art for nine years. Over this time, and across both institutions, Carol has supported visitor engagement with passion and commitment. At the UQ Art Museum, she has recent involvement with the development and delivery of Cultural Mediation training at the Somerset Regional Gallery. Carol also draws on her past professional background working in health-related disciplines in large public hospitals and in universities to facilitate meaningful, inclusive and accessible shared conversations with gallery visitors.
Nikia Tester is a GLAM sector professional with interests in Audience Engagement, Queer & Gender Studies. She holds a BA in Art History and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies. Nikia is a facilitator of Cultural Mediation at UQ Art Museum and continues to practice in this space, in addition to her role as a Museum Officer with Moreton Bay City Council.