This Business Called Art

Artists networking during the breaks shown inside the Auditorium at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. Image courtesy Kent Buchanan WPCC.

Project Summary

This Business Called Art is an annual joint project between Orana Arts and the Western Plains Cultural Centre aimed at furthering the professional development of emerging artists and industry professionals. In 2007 the program attracted 55 artists from across Central, Orana and Far West NSW. The program included Alan Lloyd (Art Gallery of NSW) who presented on framing, packing and shipping, Sandra McMahon (Curator, WPCC) on Installing Your Work and an Artists Anonymous meeting hosted by Ben Quilty. The program is an excellent opportunity to further creative practices, examine arts as a business and share experiences in the journey of artistic practice. Feedback from this day indicates the artists in the region see this as an established fixture on the cultural calendar in the Orana Arts region.

Photos

    • Artists networking during the breaks shown inside the Auditorium at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. Image courtesy Kent Buchanan WPCC.

      Artists networking during the breaks shown inside the Auditorium at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. Image courtesy Kent Buchanan WPCC.

Supporting Web Links

http://www.oranaarts.com

http://www.wpccdubbo.org.au

http://www.oranaarts.com/default.asp?page=Training

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Project Information

Council
Dubbo City Council
Cultural Officer
Merryn Spencer / Brigette Leece
Cultural Industries
Division B
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  1. September 01, 2008

    Beyond Social Inclusion: Towards Cultural Democracy - Interesting commentary and website from Scotland...

  2. May 29, 2008

    "Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury

  3. April 17, 2008

    "Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.