April 2012 - All the latest from NAVA | National Association for the Visual Arts Ltd

Welcome to the April 2012 NAVA News eBulletin!

Click here if you'd prefer to read this eBulletin on our website.

In this issue:

Help make a National Design Policy a reality
Advocacy
About NAVA
NAVA Out and About
Grants
NAVA Members
NAVA Membership Benefits
Members' News
April’s Featured Artist

Happy reading!

From the NAVA Team.

P.S. Don't forget you can catch up with all of our previous eBulletins in the Member Only Area on our website.

Follow us on:

WWW.VISUALARTS.NET.AU

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Help make a National Design Policy a reality
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Australian Design Alliance (AdA) of which NAVA is an active member has launched a campaign on Pozible – the Australian crowdfunding platform – to help fund advocacy for a national design policy. Why should this be of interest to you as a visual or media arts, craft or design practitioner? NAVA believes it can create really exciting new fields for you to apply and profile your innovative and creative skills. The policy could be relevant across many areas of government responsibility: the Innovation Agenda; education; international trade; environmental sustainability; urban design; manufacturing as a start. But it needs your contribution now.

NAVA is asking you to help by showing your support through a donation pledge of any size and by making this a viral campaign through sending the request on to your mates. If lots of people give even just a little, it will demonstrate to Government that there is BIG support for this idea in the creative sector. We hope you will add you pledge however
small by going to: http://www.pozible.com.au/index.php/archive/index/5291/description/0/0 Or contacting Lisa Cahill, AdA Executive Director, at info@australiandesignalliance.com

For the last 18 months ADA, has been very active at both a policy and project level getting design to front of mind for politicians, key decision makers and the community. But the funding has just about run out. We need your help to maintain the impetus of this work.

The good result of this negotiation was an agreement that the Zoo would be entitled to use images only of the winners, and only for the purposes of promoting the exhibition. Separate licenses with appropriate remuneration would be negotiated for any further uses. This is one of the important roles NAVA plays for you i.e. monitoring and requiring compliance with art industry standards.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Craft Sector Planning
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The catalyst is the imminent closure of Craft Australia, the national peak organisation for the Australian contemporary craft and design sector. What is taking place is intense discussion about what should happen now. NAVA helped to organise last week’s meetings of the Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC), Craft Australia and NAVA, both with the Visual Arts Board (VAB) of the Australia Council and between ourselves to discuss where to next. When making the decision towards the end of last year to end the funding for Craft Australia, the VAB announced “a National Craft Strategic Initiative with a total budget of $400,000 over four years that will build advocacy and strategic opportunities for the Australian craft sector”. Subsequently $100K of these funds was allocated to assist in the winding up of Craft Australia which closes its doors this month. The ACDC and NAVA will be responding to this initiative by proposing a three year strategy.

Continuing on for another two years are Artist Representative, sculptor Rick Clise (SA) and Organisational Representatives, Alexie Glass Kantor (Vic) Director of Gertrude Contemporary & Aaron Seeto (NSW) Director of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Newly elected are Artist Representatives, Kelli McClusky (WA) artist and co-founder of the PVI Collective artist run initiative and Pippa Dickson (Tas) designer, curator, project manager and consultant.

We are delighted to have attracted such great people onto the NAVA Board.

For their commitment and greatly valued work on NAVA’s governance, policy and program development we would like to warmly thank outgoing Board members, artist Julie Shiels from Melbourne and Tim Morrell, art curator and writer from Brisbane. We would also like to thank the other people who nominated for the Board for their interest in being involved our work.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVA Connect
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVA’s new program of online career development courses for artists is now available for registration. Courses 1 & 2 are selling fast – don’t miss out. As a NAVA member you will receive a special discounted price of only $100 (normally $140) for any NAVA Connect online course.

Coming Up:

Art Business Basics starts on 13 May and will run for seven weeks covering a range of topics including becoming a sole trader, taxation for artists, contracts and agreements and knowing your rights and restrictions. Click here to enrol.

Maximise Your Exposure starts on 8 July and will run for seven weeks covering reaching your target through marketing and promotion, social and mainstream media, grant writing and revenue raising. Click here to enrol.

Courses 3 & 4 will open for enrolment in May 2012. Stay tuned for further details.

· Personal Properties Securities Act (new rules affecting your work on consignment)

· Occupational Health & Safety

· Freedom of Expression & Censorship

· Intellectual Property

· Accessibility

· Indigenous Legal issues

Check out the NAVA website for session times and details.

ARIna offers users the opportunity to create or comment on a topic, post listings and connect with others working within the artist run community.

One person’s trash is another’s treasure.
In the spirit of recycle, reuse and renew, ARIna will have a section dedicated to sharing and swapping supplies called ‘Scrapyard’. This means you can clear out the garage and find a good home for all those items too good to become landfill. Stay tuned. We’ll keep you updated on when you can get started.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artists Week
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVA’s Executive Director, Tamara Winikoff attended some of Artists Week at the Adelaide Festival and visited many of the exhibitions that were curated for the Festival. She took the opportunity to discuss policy and exchange up to date sector information at meetings with the senior staff of Arts SA, and directors of the Australian Experimental Arts Foundation (AEAF), Jam Factory, Craftsouth, Artlink magazine and the curator of the South Australian School of Art Gallery.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Art Month Talk at Blacktown
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In mid-March, NAVA’s Brokerage & Strategy Manager, Brianna Munting, joined two other expert panellists for Blacktown Arts Centre’s forum ‘Debunking the Myths’. Brianna’s talk dealt with the issues facing artists when submitting their work in prizes and exhibitions, detailing the need to read the fine print in entry forms, the benefits and traps of these events and artists’ rights, expectations, and considerations in regard to copyright and moral rights. The event was held as part of Sydney’s Art Month and presented in partnership with NAVA.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Friday 30^th March, NAVA staff were part of the scrum at the opening of the most well known of Australia’s art competitions at the Art Gallery of NSW. One of Australia’s oldest, the Archibald Prize is awarded to the best portrait painting of someone distinguished in art, letters, science or politics. It is often set about with controversy. At the same time the Wynne Prize is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture, while the Sulman Prize is given to the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media.

This year the winners in each category are:

Archibald: Tim Storrier with ‘The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch)’

Wynne: Imants Tillers with ‘Waterfall (after Williams)’

Sulman: Nigel Milsom with ‘Judo House pt 4 (Golden Mud)’.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Curator Mentorship Initiative: Deadline Now Extented until Monday 16 April 2012
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are only a couple of weeks left to get your application in for the Curator Mentorship Initiative. This unique opportunity is available to assist emerging and mid-career curators to realise their dream projects through mentored placements within an art institution, gallery or university. To find out more about the CMI or to apply online click here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NSW Artists' Grant
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The closing date for the next round of the NSW Artists’ Grant is Tuesday 15 May. The NSW Artists’ Grant gives financial assistance to professional visual arts, craft and design practitioners in NSW to effectively produce, present and promote their work throughout NSW, interstate and overseas. To find out more or to apply online click here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Australian Artists' Grant & Eckersley's Art Material Prize for NAVA Members
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The closing date for the next round of the Australian Artists’ Grant is also Tuesday 15 May. The Australian Artists' Grant (formerly the Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant) gives financial assistance to professional artists for the public presentation of their work. To find out more or to apply online click here.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVA's new CIRCA Membership for art workers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As part of a suite of new benefits, NAVA’s is excited to offer a brand new membership category for curators, installers, registrars, conservators and arts administrators. The package includes access to a comprehensive insurance package including public liability. You can also get a discounted rate on membership of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). To apply for NAVA’s CIRCA membership you’ll need to meet the selection criteria and complete an online form. Applications open in April. To find out more click here.

If you miss the closing date, NAVA can now fast track your membership application for an extra $10. Applicants will be signed up within 5 days of lodging their application. If you would like to take up this offer, email admin@visualarts.net.au once you have submitted the online application form. Click the ‘Join NAVA’ tab on the visualarts homepage to start your application. For information and to apply, click here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Membership Benefit: Money for Visual Artists Online
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Very shortly, all current NAVA members will get the online version of NAVA’s best selling publication ‘Money for Visual Artists’ free as part of your membership package. For non-members, for $35 it is available as an online subscription service. This exciting new benefit will provide you as a NAVA member, with access to all the current opportunities, grants and prizes around Australia and beyond. NAVA will keep you posted about when it goes live.

Book lovers need not despair. The hard copy version of the 11^th edition of Money for Visual Artists will be available at the end of May and can be purchased at the discounted membership price of $25 including postage. To pre-order, email marketing@visualarts.net.au with MFVA in the subject line.

On now
The annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize exhibition opened on 31 March at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (until 3 June 2012);

Works by the great masters of 15^th and 16^th century Europe are on exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Renaissance: Raphael, Botticelli, Titian, Bellini (from 9 December 2011 to 9 April 2012);

Coming soon
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire at the National Gallery of Victoria (from 2 June until 7 October 2012)

Fred Williams Infinite Horizons at the Ian Potter Gallery (from April 7 until 22 July 2012);

Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado at the Queensland Art Gallery (from 21 July until 4 November 2012);

For a full list of galleries offering discounted or free entry to NAVA members visit the NAVA Directory.

The latest from our members

Karen Standke’s exhibition you are here will be showing at Jackman Gallery in St Kilda, Melbourne until 14 April 2012. Click here to visit Karen's website.

Ben Kenning is currently in Beijing on a two-month Artist in Residence program with Red Gate. When he returns he will join Newcastle Regional Art Gallery as a Gallery Attendant. Click here to visit Ben's website.

Anna Glynn will be artist in residence at the Avian Kingdom, Harlösa, Sweden in July and August this year. Whilst there she will be creating a new Avian Kingdom series of works, which will combine drawings, paintings, photos, video and sound as well as a short digital video artwork that ARNA can include for an online audience. Click here to visit Anna's website or here to visit ARNA's.

Ceramicist Cathy Keys has a brand new website www.cathykeys.com .Head to the website for a preview of Bunya, her latest exhibition. Bunya will be on display until 30 April 2012 at the Bunya Forest Gallery, Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Cathy's gorgeous new website was created with the assistance of a Queensland Government Arts Queensland Presentation and Development Grant.

Margo Humphries’ t-shirt design recently made it to the top 20 in Redbubble’s T-Shirt design competition for New York band 'The Big Sleep'. The competition involved designing a limited edition tee for the band’s SXSW gig in Austin, Texas on 15 March 2012. For the design, Margo sourced dolls from op shops, removed the bodies and then sewed the doll heads onto pink straps before photographing them. Click here to visit Margo's website.

Submit your news
If you have any exhibitions, events or residencies coming up or if you've recently received a grant or prize then please let us know and we'll feature it in the next eBulletin. Send your news and any images to our Online Communications Coordinator kim@visualarts.net.au.

April Featured Artist: Mairi Ward

This month’s Featured Artist is Launceston based artist/designer Mairi Ward. Since her first solo exhibition in 2007, Mairi has exhibited on a regular basis and has been selected as a finalist in juried exhibitions, including the 2010 Glover prize. She is represented by Handmark Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania and in 2009 Mairi received an Australian post-graduate scholarship to undertake a Masters of Fine Art at the university of Tasmania.

Recently Mairi spoke to NAVA about her work and the relationship between the visual art and design aspects of her practice.

Click here to read NAVA’s interview with Mairi.

JAN

1970

End Date : January,1970
Opportunity Type :
Art forms :

....[Read More]

Search

SIGN IN

April 2012 - All the latest from NAVA

Welcome to the April 2012 NAVA News eBulletin!

WWW.VISUALARTS.NET.AU

Principal Funders