For galleries and institutions
Senior support for galleries, councils and cultural organisations
Contract artist liaison and exhibition production for commercial galleries, and cultural strategy and programming for councils and public institutions. Quoted per project.
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Archibald Prize 2023 regional tour, SECCA, Bega. Photo: David Rogers
Commercial galleries
Artist liaison and exhibition production
For an art fair, a major show, a museum project or cover between hires.
Quoted per project or seasonCouncils and public institutions
Cultural strategy and programming
Arts and culture plans, feasibility studies, consultation, exhibitions and touring.
Quoted per projectPart one
For commercial galleries
Senior artist liaison and exhibition production, for a single project or a busy season, without the cost of a permanent hire.
When galleries call me
Four moments I’m called in
Contract support that slots into your team, so your represented artists get the attention they expect at the moments that matter most.
Art fairs
Booths, budgets, hangs and long days on the floor.
Major exhibitions
Solo and survey exhibitions with heavy production.
Museum projects
Museum approaches, commissions and acquisitions.
Between hires
During recruitment, leave or a sudden departure.
What I take off your plate
Inside your systems, under your brand
- Day-to-day liaison for a group of your represented artists
- Exhibition planning and production: schedules, hang plans, run sheets, freight and install
- Artist biographies, exhibition texts, media releases and marketing collateral
- Proposals and grant applications for artists and gallery projects
- Public art commissions, from expression of interest to installation
- Art fair preparation: booth budgets, proposals, hang plans and on-site presence
- Institutional opportunities: museum approaches, collection placements and Cultural Gifts Program donations
- Accurate artist records and project documentation in your collection management system
Why me
I've worked on every side of the gallery business
Gallerist, art fair director and public gallery director. I know what your artists, collectors and institutional partners expect.
How it works
Three steps in
Every engagement is quoted to the project or the season, so you know the full cost before I start.
A short call
We talk through the artists, projects and dates.
A fixed quote
By the project, or for a season of cover.
I start inside your team
Your systems, your brand, reporting to your director.
A safeguard built in
Your accounts stay yours
I never handle sales, payments or artist funds. Everything runs through your gallery's own accounts and processes.
Part two
For councils and public institutions
A decade inside local government, running a regional gallery through a capital redevelopment, bushfires and a pandemic.
Results
Measured on the ground
I help councils, cultural organisations and creative businesses make informed decisions, attract investment and deliver projects that work.
Services
What I do for organisations
Project-based, quoted after an initial conversation.
Cultural strategy and policy
Arts and culture policies, cultural strategies and strategic plans.
Feasibility studies
For cultural facilities and infrastructure.
Consultation
Community consultation and stakeholder engagement.
Activation planning
Programs that bring under-used places to life.
Exhibitions and touring
Exhibition, touring and public program development.
Cultural tourism
Visitor economy strategies built around arts and events.
SECCA, Bega. Photo: David Rogers
Track record
A regional gallery turned into a regional catalyst
At SECCA I authored the Council's Arts and Culture Policy and the gallery's strategic plans, created festivals and art fairs that drew new visitors to the Sapphire Coast, and directed the redevelopment through bushfires, a pandemic and a builder's collapse.
Planning something?
A season, a strategy, a facility or a tour
Tell me what you’re working on and I’ll come back with a clear scope and a fixed quote.
Discuss a project