The Visual Field | Arts Industry Insight for Teens

Curious about a career in the arts after school or wanting to immerse yourself in the world of contemporary art? The Visual Field is a professional development program for young and emerging creatives aged 15-18, delivered by Flying Arts Alliance and the Institute of Modern Art and hosted by Rockhampton Museum of Art. 

 

Bookings close 5pm, Monday 10 April 2023.

 

Program Outcomes

• Meet artists and arts industry professionals to explore career pathways and connect with like-minded teens
• Gain real-world experience in engaging audiences on contemporary art by producing a piece of written or digital content
• Participate in a range of activities during this three-day immersive experience, including exhibition tours, hands-on workshops, and panel discussions
• Several participants will have the opportunity to receive mentoring from an arts industry professional to hone their arts review for publication by online arts magazine, Lemonade

 

Program Highlights

• Hands-on textile pattern and print workshop with artist, Niloufar Lovegrove
• Curatorial tour of RMOA’s current exhibitions with curator, Emily Wakeling
• Artist talk and demonstration with letterpress printmaker, Derek Lamb of Officina Athelstane
• Digital conversation between Dr Melinda Mann, RMOA's First Nations Arts Officer, and artist D Harding
• Panel discussion on career pathways in the arts with staff from Rockhampton Museum of Art, Flying Arts Alliance and the Institute of Modern Art 
• Mentoring and feedback on your written exhibition review by arts professionals 

 

Important Information

• Program materials, lunches and snacks will be supplied by Flying Arts and IMA
• Thursday 13 April commences at 9.00am, Friday 14 and Saturday 15 commence at 10.00am

 

Please bring:

• A hat and sunscreen
• Enclosed shoes
• Materials for writing, photographing or documenting your experience
• Face masks are optional, but encouraged
  
  
  

Limited bursaries are available to cover the cost of participation for rural, regional and remote students. For more information please contact Madeline Brewer at programlead@flyingarts.org.au or call 07 3216 1322.

The Book Now button below will take you to Flying Arts Alliance website for registrations. 

Image: Young people participating in The Visual Field at the Institute of Modern Art during 2022. Photo credit: Cian Saunders.   

 

Event Partners

Flying Arts Alliance

Flying Arts is an arts and cultural development organisation which has been delivering visual arts projects and services to regional and remote Queensland since 1971. The Association has played a significant role in inspiring artists and communities, as well as helping to overcome the impacts of regional isolation and remote living.

 

Institute of Modern Art 

Since 1975 the Institute of Modern Art has been the hub of Brisbane’s contemporary art scene, presenting an annual program of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and offsite programs by Queensland, Australian, and international artists. As one of Australia’s leading independent contemporary art spaces, our vision is to become a truly inclusive, sustainable, and future focused organisation. Through our artistic programs, which include exhibitions, publications, offsite projects, and public programs, we invest in the local, shape the national, and impact the international. The IMA is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, and from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments.   

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