Firstdraft Sydney

Firstdraft board member’s Tahjee Moar and Tian Zhang spoke to 'So Hot Right Now' host Nicole Beck about diversifying mentorship within Sydney’s arts scene, the influence of First Nations artists and what art exhibitions can do to show solidarity for Invasion Day!To find out more and apply for Firstdraft's inaugural First Nations Curators Program, head to our website firstdraft.org.au/proposalsThis podcast is a re-stream of the January 26 2019 edition of 'So Hot Right Now' on 2ser, Sydney.

Presented and discussed with examples of experiential knowledge, this panel of practitioners and art education facilitators will discuss the role art education plays in engagement of local community audiences with Contemporary Art and the empowerment of its participants, artists and facilitators.The panel includes: Jodie Whalen, Artist and Educator; Simonne Goran, Artist and Educator; Sally O’Neill, Education Officer at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery; and Miranda Samuels, Artist Educator at the AGNSW, Founder of Sydney based education projects Brightside and Key Arts.

A recording of a panel discussion that took place on 22 February 2018 at Firstdraft in collaboration with All Conference.All Conference, Firstdraft and the speakers acknowledge and respects the traditional owners of the land on which Firstdraft is located, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.What’s love got to do with it? is the second in a three part multi-state lecture series organised by All Conference. A dominant attitude towards work is that enjoying what one does for a living should be payment enough. Indeed, this is often the justification for the relative low wage of arts workers. This leg of the All Conference lecture series brings together three arts workers who operate in very different ways within the not-for-profit sector in Australia and New Zealand. Through a series of short papers, speakers will bring their own perspective to the relationship between love and labour in the arts. Papers will be followed by a short Q and A chaired by Firstdraft Director Katie Winten.This discussion has been brought together by All Conference, a recently established organising network of small-scale, artist-run organisations.All Conference, Firstdraft and the speakers acknowledge and respects the traditional owners of the land on which Firstdraft is located, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.