Art and Artists - What Galleries Do

Carriageworks and Regional and Public Galleries of NSW in association with Museums & Galleries of NSW present Art & Artists: Public Galleries Summit 2018. Held concurrently with the 21st Biennale of Sydney, Art & Artists will bring together staff from galleries throughout Australia and New Zealand during Sydney’s busiest month of art and culture. The gallery sector is diverse, covering major cultural institutions, regional galleries, artist run initiatives, contemporary art spaces and of course, most importantly, artists themselves.

Focusing on the distinction that the visual arts and artists bring to the cultural space, Art & Artists will present a lively program including panel discussions, workshops, a summit dinner and other networking events at one of Australia’s most significant contemporary arts centres, as well as other venues across the city.

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Summit speakers include:

Vernon Ah Kee, artist, Brisbane
Esther Anatolitis, Executive Director, National Association for the Visual Arts
Brook Andrew, artist, Melbourne
Cigdem Aydemie, Artist, Sydney
Julian Bowron, Director, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Bunbury
Mark Brown, Audio Visual Coordinator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Grainne Brunsdon, Director, Engagement, Partnerships and Development, Create NSW
Lisa Cahill, CEO and Artistic Director, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
Justine Cogan, Development Manager, Octapod, Newcastle
Jess Cook, 107 Projects, Sydney
Anna Davis, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Michael Edwards, Director, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
Reuben Friend, Director, Pataka Art + Museum, New Zealand
Todd Fuller, artist, Sydney
Jim Geddes, District Curator, Eastern Southland Gallery, New Zealand
Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney
Sarah Goffman, artist, Sydney
Channon Goodwin, artist and Director, Bus Projects, Melbourne
Courtney Johnston, Director, Hutt City Museums, New Zealand
Mami Kataoka, Artistic Director, Biennale of Sydney
Deborah Kelly, artist, Sydney
Anne Loxley, Senior Curator, C3West, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Marco Marcon, Artistic Director & Co-Founder, International Art Space, Perth
Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Senior Curator - Visual Arts, Carriageworks, Sydney
Brigid Noone, artist and Director, Fontanelle Gallery & Studios, Adelaide
Gill Nicol, Director Audience Development, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Ben Quilty, artist, Sydney
Oliver Watts, artist and curator, Sydney
Dominic Willsdon, Curator, Education & Public Practice, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA

Summit Dinner
Monday 19 March
Zilver Restaurant, Haymarket
Curated by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and featuring work by Jason Phu and Louise Zhang.

For more information about this event please contact Dale Maxwell-Smith, Program & Events Coordinator, Museums & Galleries of NSW on 02 9339 9914 or dalem@mgnsw.org.au.

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Art & Artists: Public Galleries Summit 2018 is presented by Carriageworks and Regional and Public Galleries of NSW in association with Museums & Galleries of NSW and the Biennale of Sydney. This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the City of Sydney.

Image: Fifth National Public Galleries Summit, held in Bendigo in 2015. Photography: Bill Conroy. Courtesy of the Public Galleries Assocation of Victoria.