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Curating Safe Practices
The 2020 Curatorial Intensive
A program of free, one-hour webinars
November and December 2020
Best practice approaches for working inclusively with artists with disability
Live Webinar as part of The 2020 Curatorial Intensive

Tuesday 10 November 2020
Managing Curatorial Risk - Live Webinar
Live Webinar as part of The 2020 Curatorial Intensive

18 November 2020
First Nations Cultural Safety - Live webinar
Live Webinar as part of The 2020 Curatorial Intensive

Wednesday 2 December 2020

'FEM-aFFINITY’ is now showing at @horshamregiona

'FEM-aFFINITY’ is now showing at @horshamregionalartgallery until 17 January 2021. The exhibition uncovers shared perspectives on female identity. Drawing upon interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches, and understanding artworks as a complex and nuanced way of thinking about embodied knowledge, FEM-aFFINITY reveals how feminism materialises in distinctive and uncanny ways.We hope you can visit the exhibition!An @artsprojectaus exhibition toured by NETS Victoria, curated by Dr Catherine Bell, Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University.

Image: Installation view, FEM-aFFINITY, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, 2020Image Description: An installation view of FEM-aFFINITY at Horsham Regional Art Gallery with two different painting of a seamstress focussed on her work by Cathy Staughton and Prudence Flint on the left and two different painting of a man staring directly at the viewer by Yvette Coppersmith on the right, while features of the original Art Deco ceiling are visible above. In between the two paintings is a passageway into the next gallery space, displaying colourful paintings of variying sizes depicting circular forms by Fulli Andrinopoulos and Jane Trengrove. #FEMaFFINITY
@catherine_bell_archibalds_mum #fulliandrinopoulos @janetrengove @cathystaughton @prudenceflint @yvettecoppersmith

Register now for ‘First Nations Cultural Safety’. Part of 'Curating Safe Practices: The 2020 Curatorial Intensive' webinar series: Wednesday 2 DecemberTime: 2:30 – 3:30pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)
Free - find out more and register at https://bit.ly/36q0by5 or through the link in our bioThis live webinar brings together First Nations perspectives in a candid discussion aiming to shift curatorial approaches for the better. The session delves into important questions including, how do we as institutions ensure that First Nations cultural safety is embedded in our institutions? Whose job is it? And, when it comes to ensuring the safe interpretation of art through education, children’s labels and didactics, who should write and approve this content? Who should be consulted?Join Chair Bec Cole, Director Creative Arts, @latroberegionalgallery and presenters, Clothilde Bullen, Senior Curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, @mca_australia; Belinda Briggs, Community Engagement – Indigenous, @sam_shepparton; and Stacie Piper, First Nations Curator @tarrawarrama for an important discussion on bringing First Nations art into the spotlight while ensuring safe spaces, considered approaches and accountability.Presented by @netsvictoria in collaboration with @pgav_victoria and supported by the Victorian Government through @creative_vic.Image Credit: Clothilde Bullen, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, MCA. Photograph: Jacquie Mannin.Image Description: A cropped, sitting portrait of Clothilde, head tilted to side, smiling at the camera, while wearing a black dress in front of a plain background.#vicgalleriesathome #australianpublicgalleries #regionalgalleries #regionalgalleriesvictoria #pgavgalleries

Register now for 'Managing Curatorial Risk'. Part

Register now for 'Managing Curatorial Risk'. Part of 'Curating Safe Practices: The 2020 Curatorial Intensive' ⁣Date: Wednesday 18 November⁣
Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm (including 15 minutes of Q&A)⁣
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Find out more and register through the link in our bio ⁣
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This live webinar introduces a new resource ‘Risk Assessment and Management for Exhibition Content‘ developed by NETS Victoria and Museums and Galleries of NSW aimed to assist with curatorial risk management. The session will reflect upon exhibitions’ intent to incite conversation, new ideas and debate, while asking the question – what happens when exhibitions contain content that could be perceived to be controversial, provocative or have the potential to offend certain members of the community, audience or stakeholder groups? This session investigates ‘Conflict In My Outlook’ a current exhibition curated by Anna Briers which navigated this type of curatorial risk and brings together Chair Adam Harding, of CCP; Presenters Anna Briers, Curator, University of Queensland Art Museum; Artist Xanthe Dobbie; and Rachel Arndt, Gallery Programs and Touring Exhibitions Manager, Museums and Galleries of NSW. Join in to hear how the art community can express themselves freely, explore sensitive topics and push boundaries to incite meaningful conversations, while managing the risk process.⁣
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Presented by NETS Victoria in partnership with Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) and supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.Image Credit:⁣
⁣Xanthe Dobbie⁣
Harriet, 2018⁣
still from the series‘Wallpaper Queens’⁣
digital collage and BuzzFeed quiz⁣
dimensions variable⁣
image courtesy of the artist⁣
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Image Description: A digital collage of celebrities' faces/bodies, food, animals and butterflies and phone screens. There is a backdrop of blue water and a very tiny image of the painting 'Narcissus' by artist Caravaggio amongst others.#vicgalleriesathome #australianpublicgalleries #regionalgalleries #regionalgalleriesvictoria #pgavgalleries

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