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NETS Victoria announces Claire Watson as their new Director.⠀
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Chair of NETS Victoria’s Board of Management, Adam Harding says: ‘We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Claire Watson as the organisation’s new Director. The board is very excited for Claire’s new vision to invigorate NETS Victoria and to continue the fantastic projects and ongoing relationships we have within Victoria’s regional communities and beyond. Claire has a wealth of knowledge and experience to manage the organisation, building strong relationships with contemporary arts organisations and the public gallery sector.’⠀
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New Director Claire Watson says: ‘I am excited to join the team at NETS Victoria and work with the Board of Management to lead this organisation. I look forward to working collaboratively with our partners and can’t wait to meet all the artists, curators, arts workers and fellow directors that make our exhibitions and programs come to life.’⠀
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Claire Watson is a passionate contributor to the arts community through her role on boards and advisory committees, as a judge for industry prizes, a writer, and lecturer. Claire has curated over 100 exhibitions including the NETS Victoria/BLINDSIDE touring exhibition Synthetica (2015-2016) and the Asialink/BLINDSIDE touring exhibition Vertigo (2014). She was previously Senior Curator of Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. Her professional experience includes serving as an advisor on the Touring Panel for Creative Victoria (2014-2016), Chair of BLINDSIDE, and a board member of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria – chairing their Advocacy and Research Sub-committee. Claire is an Affiliate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.⠀
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Photograph by Kate Longley.

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NETS Victoria is seeking an Exhibitions Coordinator to join our team!⁣
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Full details on our website, applications close 11 December ⁣
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https://netsvictoria.org.au/2019/11/15/join-the-team-at-nets/⁣
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i hope you get this: Raquel Ormella is currently being installed in the artists home town of Penrith for the last stop of a national tour. This exhibition includes work from a wide variety of media, and particularly draws on her experimental textile works. Ormella explores key themes of social and environmental activism; human and animal relationships; nationalism and national identity. You can see i hope you get this at Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of the Lewers Bequest from 30 Novemeber 2019 to 22 March 2020.

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Image: All these small intensities (detail) 2017–18 silk and cotton embroidery thread on linen and Perspex. dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane © the artist. Photo: David Paterson

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