NETS Victoria is delighted to collaborate once again with the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) to present the 2020 Curatorial Intensive, continuing to reach curators across Victoria and beyond. Unlike previous iterations, the 2020 program adopts a new format comprising of a free series of one-hour webinars.

The program is multi-faceted and provides a platform for curators, artists and writers to share their experiences and knowledge with one another through a live Q+A forum.

Responding to the themes which have shaped 2020, the Curatorial Intensive will include sessions on: managing curatorial risk; First Nations cultural safety; online engagement; and best practice for working inclusively with artists with disability. In addition, a live curatorial one-on-one networking session will be held in break-out rooms where curators will be paired together for ten-minute conversations before being rotated.

If you’re a curator or arts worker at a public institution, ARI, community space, or working on independent projects, we encourage you to register.

Image: Vanessa Low

Session 1: Best practice approaches for working inclusively with artists with disability
Date: Tuesday 10 November
Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)

Chair:
Sim Luttin (she/her) | Curator & Gallery Manager, Arts Project Australia
Presenters:
Dr Catherine Bell (she/her) | Artist and Curator of FEM-aFFINITY
Morwenna Collett (she/her) | Disability and Accessibility Consultant
Eden Menta (they/them) | Artist
Jane Trengove (she/her) | Artist

Find out more and Register Here

This webinar will be Auslan interpreted

Image Credit: Catherine Bell and Eden Menta at ‘FEM-aFFINITY’ exhibition opening, Arts Project Australia, 2019. Photograph: Kate Longley

Session 2: Managing Curatorial Risk
Date: Wednesday 18 November
Time: 2:30-3:30pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)

Chair:
Adam Harding (he/him) | Director CCP & Chair of Artistic Program Advisory Committee: NETS Victoria
Presenters:
Anna Briers (she/her) | Curator, University of Queensland Art Museum
Xanthe Dobbie (they/them) | Artist
Rachel Arndt (she/her) | Gallery Programs and Touring Exhibitions Manager, MGNSW

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This webinar will be live captioned

Image: Xanthe Dobbie: ‘Harriet,’ 2018/20, censored still from the series ‘Wallpaper Queens’, digital collage and interactive quiz, dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist © the artist

Session 3: First Nations Cultural Safety
Date: Wednesday 2 December
Time: 2:30-3:30pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)

Chair:
Bec Cole (she/her) | Director Creative Arts, Latrobe City Council & Board Member of NETS Victoria
Presenters:
Clothilde Bullen (she/her) | Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, MCA
Belinda Briggs (she/her) | Community Engagement – Indigenous, Shepparton Art Museum

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This webinar will be live captioned

Image: Clothilde Bullen, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, MCA
Photograph (detail): Jacquie Manning

Session 4: Online Engagement – Learnings, Pitfalls and Triumphs
Date: Tuesday 8 December
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)

Chair: 
Danny Lacy (he/him) | Artistic Director / Senior Curator, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Presenters:
Camila Galaz  (she/her)| Artist
Miriam Kelly (she/her) | Curator, ACCA
James Nguyen (he/him) | Artist

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This webinar will be live captioned

Image: Camila Galaz: Dead End. Brilliant. 2020
Video, digital print. Courtesy of the artist

Session 5: Curatorial One-on-One
Date: Thursday 10 December
Time: 4:00-5:00pm

Chair: 
Esther Anatolitis | Arts Consultant, Advocate and Writer

Find out more and Register Here

Image: Esther Anatolitis. Photograph by Alex Frayne

The 2020 Curatorial Intensive is presented by NETS Victoria in collaboration with the PGAV and supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.