The City of Bunbury and Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) is seeking to engage an emerging curator for a term of three years.
Published 02 October 2024, updated 14 October 2024
BRAG will support a resident Aboriginal curator for three years and empower them to develop and present the upcoming Noongar Country exhibitions. The resident Curator will receive mentorship from professionals in the industry, as chosen by the Curator and the BRAG Aboriginal Reference Group. The Curator will nurture and celebrate the relationship BRAG has developed with the Aboriginal arts community over the past 22 years through Noongar Country, a vital event that brings contemporary Aboriginal art, living culture, and voice to the broader community of WA, Australia, and the world.
The Curatorial Development Program is designed to provide a pathway for an emerging Aboriginal curator to work in the gallery, in addition to enhancing capacity for employment in the sector for the resident in the future. By extension, Aboriginal artists working in our region will benefit from enhanced curatorial services, with the intention of supporting their professional development as well. The resident will also be responsible for developing educational opportunities, such as artists talks and workshops, in conjunction with the Noongar Country Exhibitions, as well as working with artists in developing relationships in the year between the two exhibitions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaise with City of Bunbury Aboriginal Reference Group to identify a Mentor to receive professional guidance and ongoing support, either year to year, or for the three-year curatorial development tenure.
- Identify Professional Development opportunities to participate in.
- Community Engagement. Engage with new, established and potential artists to encourage participation. This might include personal visits to artists within the whole area of Noongar Boodja.
- Deliver two professional exhibitions (2025 and 2027) based on your design and curatorial premise.
- Choose exhibition theme and develop visual identity.
- Assist artists in the application process when required (i.e. deliver hard copies if necessary, explain forms required). Process and monitor applications and follow-up on incomplete entries.
- Maintain and update artist records.
- Assist in installation and exhibition design.
- Assist in the design, editing and proofing of exhibition catalogues.
- Write catalogue essays, plus a didactic statement for display in the gallery.
- Assist in the pick up and delivery of artworks and their return at the end of the exhibition.
- Assist in the organisation of the award/opening events.
- Work closely with a Curatorial Mentor and the BRAG team on all aspects of the exhibition.
- Develop educational and community programs and opportunities (including but not limited to, workshops, artists talks, curator tours etc), with the assistance of Gallery staff.
- Establish and grow relationships with other Galleries for purposes of touring part of Noongar Country exhibitions.
- Work under and with curatorial and professional arts development mentor as chosen by Curator and Aboriginal Reference Group.
Applications close on 16 October 2024
Read more about the role and requirements via the document below. To lodge a response, complete the document below and return it in person, by email or mail (details below)
For any questions about the Curator Role, or the application process for this request please contact:
Anna Edmundson - Team Leader Bunbury Regional Art Gallery - email or call 9792 7320
The deadline for this request is: 16 October 2024
Responses can be submitted:
In person: Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 64 Wittenoom Street Bunbury
Via email: artgallery@bunbury.wa.gov.au
Mail: Bunbury Regional Art Gallery – Noongar Curator, PO Box 21, Bunbury WA 6231