Education
Education Programs
Guided tours and studio visits | Professional
development
Guided tours and studio visits
Gertrude contemporary art spaces is committed to
making contemporary art accessible and engaging. Our Education
and Public Programs provide the opportunity for students,
community and private groups to engage with a changing program
of exhibitions by contemporary artists, as well as interact
with artists in a studio context.
Gertrude contemporary art spaces is uniquely positioned to
provide
education programs which give the public the opportunity to
interact with living artists, while also involving them more
closely with our exhibition program. The Open Studio program
aims to introduce visitors to the issues facing emerging artists,
as well as to address questions of studio practice and technical
experimentation.
Gertrude contemporary art spaces offers special guided tours
and studio visits to secondary & tertiary students and
to other community and private groups. Tours can be tailored
to meet the needs of specific groups, and may include:
- A floortalk on the current exhibitions
- An overview of the organisation
- The opportunity to visit the studio complex and meet
with a tenanted
artist to discuss their work, studio practices and related
professional
issues.
Exhibition visits are free.
A charge of $4.00 (includes GST) per person applies for studio
visits. A
minimum charge of $50 applies.
Tours run for approximately thirty minutes and are offered
Tuesday – Friday 11.00am-4.30pm.
For bookings and enquiries please contact Gertrude Contemporary
Art Spaces on 03 9419 3406
Professional development
Gertrude contemporary art spaces assists in the professional
development of visual artists, writers and curators through
seminars and workshops which give young practitioners the
opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas with leading
exponents in their field. The organisation also runs a highly
respected volunteer program that provides workplace training
and professional experience. Volunteers assist staff in the
daily administration of the gallery and also contribute to
the installation of exhibitions and other special projects.
Professional development programs have included:
Emerging
Writers Program
In 2005, Gertrude
inaugurated an annual mentorship program for emerging visual
arts writers in partnership with Express Media. As a part
of Express Media’s commitment to providing professional
development opportunities for writers under the age of 30,
and Gertrude’s commitment to supporting emerging practitioners
and fostering critical dialogue, the Emerging Writers’
Program partners four young arts writers with four experienced
mentors, working together for 20 contact hours over a period
of four months.
The mentorship program aims to assist in the growth of an
insightful critical culture, providing participants with professional
development opportunities as well as enhancing literacy through
a focus on arts writing. As part of the project outcome each
participant will be expected to produce an exhibition review
for publication in un Magazine, Melbourne’s quarterly
art review journal (2005), Artlink Magazine (2006) and a catalogue
essay for Gertrude’s Studio 12 exhibition program.
In 2005, the Emerging
Writers' Program participants were Rob McKenzie, Veronica
Tello, Nicola Harvey and Michael Ascroft. The Mentors were
Linda Michael, Natalie King, Tessa Dwyer and Anthony Gardner.
In 2006, the Emerging
Writers' Programme participants are Melissa Amore, Kate Just,
Olivia Poloni and Amy Spiers. The mentors are Ashley Crawford,
Daniel Palmer, Sarah Thomas and Sarah Tutton.
The 2007 Emerging
Writers Program will commence in the middle of the year.
Please consult the Gertrude website closer to that time for
application guidelines.
Curatorial Lab (2001)
- A series of seminars and workshops for emerging curators
conducted by leading Australian curators, both freelance and
from such organisations as the National Gallery of Victoria,
the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Asia-Pacific Triennial,
Australian Centre for the Moving Image and the Australian
Centre of Contemporary Art. The program culminated in a masterclass
in which participants had the opportunity to develop and propose
an exhibition for Gertrude contemporary art spaces, the Next
Wave Festival and the Melbourne Festival.
Drivetime (1995)
- A seminar series and publication to assist young artists
in developing the administration skills required to support
and promotetheir artistic practice. Topics covered included
writing exhibition proposals, visual documentation, preparing
budgets, and publicity.
Write (1994)
- A professional development program for emerging writers
in the visual arts featuring presentations by leading exponents
such as Robyn McKenzie, Robert Dessaix, Pam Hansford, Stuart
Koop and Peter Timms.
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